Solution Combustion Synthesis of Complex Oxide Semiconductors

Abstract

This is a perspective of the role that combustion synthesis, specifically solution combustion synthesis, has played in the development of ternary and quaternary metal oxide semiconductors, and materials derived from these compounds such as composites, solid solutions, and doped samples. The attributes of materials, collectively termed ‘complex oxides’ within the context of this discussion, are discussed in terms of their applicability in the generation of solar fuels from water splitting and CO2 reduction, and environmental pollution remediation via heterogeneous photocatalysis.