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ReviewACS energy letters2023

Soft Materials for Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production.

Erin L Ratcliff, Zhiting Chen, Casey M Davis, Eui Hyun Suh, Michael F Toney, Neal R Armstrong, Obadiah G Reid, Ann L Greenaway

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Review in ACS energy letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Buried Interfaces in Organic Photocathodes for HACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
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  2. The Excited-State Lifetime of Poly(NDI2OD-T2) Is Intrinsically Short.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Erin L RatcliffDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2360-8436
Zhiting ChenDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.
Casey M DavisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.
Eui Hyun SuhDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.
Michael F ToneyMaterials Science and Engineering Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7513-1166
Neal R ArmstrongDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-9612
Obadiah G ReidRenewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-3981
Ann L GreenawayMaterials, Chemistry, and Computational Science Directorate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6681-9965
University of Arizona · USNational Laboratory of the Rockies · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymer semiconductors are fascinating materials that could enable delivery of chemical fuels from water and sunlight, offering several potential advantages over their inorganic counterparts. These include extensive synthetic tunability of optoelectronic and redox properties and unique opportunities to tailor catalytic sites via chemical control over the nanoenvironment. Added to this is proven functionality of polymer semiconductors in solar cells, low-cost processability, and potential for large-area scalability. Herein we discuss recent progress on soft photoelectrochemical systems and define three critical knowledge gaps that must be closed for these materials to reach their full potential. We must (1) understand the influence of electrolyte penetration on photoinduced charge separation, transport, and recombination, (2) learn to exploit the swollen polymer/electrolyte interphase to drive selective fuel formation, and (3) establish co-design criteria for soft materials that sustain function in the face of harsh chemical challenges. Achieving these formidable goals would enable tailorable systems for driving photoelectrochemical fuel production at scale.

Identifiers

PMID38094752
PMCPMC10714404
OpenAlexW4388818139

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