TABLE 3.
Quick view on reports of PFC employing cathode materials other than carbon-based materials and Pt.
| Anode | Cathode | Electrolyte | Lamp | Fuel | Voc (V) | Jsc (mAcm−2) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTNA | Cu2O/Cu | PBS | Solar Simulator | Acetic acid | 0.39 | 0.20 | Li et al. (2013a) |
| WO3-TiO2 nanotubes | CuO-TiO2 nanotubes | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Rh B | 0.18 | 0.04 | Yang et al. (2014) |
| TiO2 | Ag doped TiO2 | - | UV-Visible light | Acidic Water | 1.59 | 0.074 | Ogura et al. (2014) |
| TiO2 nanorods | C/Cu2O/Cu | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Phenol | 0.41 | 0.50 | Wu et al. (2015) |
| BiVO4/TiO2 nanotubes | ZnO/CuO nanowires | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Glucose | 0.53 | 0.43 | Bai et al. (2016) |
| Ag/AgCl/GO | ZnIn2S4 | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Rh B | 0.35 | 0.52 | Liu et al. (2016) |
| CdS | Porous Ni | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Glucose and Ascorbic Acid | 0.571 | 0.166 | Liang et al. (2016) |
| CdS- TiO2 | H-NiOx (honeycomb structured) | Na2SO4-NiCl2 | Visible light | Bisphenol A | 0.85 | 0.032 | Huang et al. (2018) |
| Polyaniline/TiO2 nanotubes | CuO/Co3O4 nanorods | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Rh B | 0.24 | 0.085 | Pan et al. (2018) |
| TiO2 nanotube array | Cu | Na2SO4 | UV lamp | 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) | 0.24 | 0.37 | Ye et al. (2018) |
| CdS-ZnS- TiO2 | CuS/Cu2O/Cu nanowire | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | KOH + ethanol | 1.13 | 3.18 | Wang et al. (2019) |
| CdS-ZnS- TiO2 | CuO nanorods | KOH | Solar Simulator | KOH + Methanol | 1.0 | 3.0 | Liu et al. (2019a) |
| g-C3N4/Fe0/TiO2 | WO3 | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Berberine Chloride | 0.81 | 2.02 | Rabé et al. (2019b) |
| g-C3N4/Fe0/TiO2 | WO3 | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Rh B | 0.95 | 2.32 | Rabé et al. (2019a) |
| TiO2 | Ag Paste | - | UV lamp | Urea | 0.719 | - | Qiu et al. (2019) |
| Ag3PO4/Fe/GTiP | ZnIn2S4 | - | Visible light | Rh B | 0.197 | - | Nahyoon et al. (2019a) |
| Pt | BiOCl | Na2SO4 | Xe lamp | Furfur | - | - | Wang et al. (2020d) |
| Pt | Fe2O3/NiO | Na2SO4 | Simulated Solar Light | Methanol | 0.48 | 0.183 | Zhang et al. (2020a) |