This capability can screen unknown
photoelectrode candidate
materials and, by evaluating their intrinsic bulk and interfacial properties, determine their potential to direct sunlight toward water splitting.
Prof. Jeong Min Baik of UNIST (School of
Materials Science and Engineering) said that while several attempts have been made to use UV - based
photoelectrodes for hydrogen production, the new
photoelectrode represents the first use of the metal - dielectric hybrid - structured film with TiO2 for oxygen production.