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A major thrust of current research and development all over the world is reducing mankind’s dependence on fossil fuels to produce energy. The supply of fossil fuels is exhaustible, and their extraction and use are taking a heavy toll on the environment. Renewable sources of energy are thus being vigorously explored to replace fossil fuels. One of the options is to use the intense and abundant solar energy to fulfil the ever-increasing energy demands of mankind. Green plants use the process of photosynthesis to convert solar energy to chemical energy. This is achieved through the processes of photo-catalysis. Mankind is making sustained endeavours to emulate the process and harness the energy of the sun to satiate the needs of mankind. Solar energy may be used for the transformation of molecules to other molecules that may be used as “fuels”. However, to make use of this environmentally sustainable source of energy commercially viable enough to substantially replace fossil fuels, a lot of research and development is needed. One of the techniques, that is being intensely developed, is photoelectrochemistry, wherein external electrical energy is used to aid photocatalysis carried out by semiconductor catalysts to carry out chemical conversions using light energy.