Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Core–shell structured catalysts for thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2

S Das, J Pérez-Ramírez, J Gong… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic conversion of CO2 to produce fuels and chemicals is attractive in prospect because
it provides an alternative to fossil feedstocks and the benefit of converting and cycling the …

Hierarchical Sb2S3/ZnIn2S4 core–shell heterostructure for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production and pollutant degradation

Y Xiao, H Wang, Y Jiang, W Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel hierarchical 1D/2D core/shell Sb 2 S 3-ZnIn 2 S 4 (SB-ZIS)
heterostructure with highly efficient photocatalytic activities for both hydrogen production …

Rational design of yolk–shell nanostructures for photocatalysis

A Li, W Zhu, C Li, T Wang, J Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis is a promising route to convert solar energy into chemical energy directly,
providing an alternative solution to environment and natural resource problems …

Photocatalytic properties of the g-C3N4/{010} facets BiVO4 interface Z-Scheme photocatalysts induced by BiVO4 surface heterojunction

Y Wang, G Tan, T Liu, Y Su, H Ren, XL Zhang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The gC 3 N 4/{010} facets BiVO 4 interface Z-scheme photocatalysts is fabricated by
ultrasonic dispersion method. The density functional theory (DFT) shows that the differences …

Full-spectrum broad-spectrum degradation of antibiotics by BiVO4@ BiOCl crystal plane S-type and Z-type heterojunctions

Q Yang, G Tan, L Yin, W Liu, B Zhang, S Feng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the poor full-spectrum broad-spectrum catalytic activity of the exposed crystal
faces of BiVO 4, a photo-deposited crystal plane selectively induce method was used to …

Sunlight-driven water-splitting using two-dimensional carbon based semiconductors

P Kumar, R Boukherroub, K Shankar - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The overwhelming challenge of depleting fossil fuels and anthropogenic carbon emissions
has driven research into alternative clean sources of energy. To achieve the goal of a …

Toward designing semiconductor-semiconductor heterojunctions for photocatalytic applications

L Zhang, M Jaroniec - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysts show a great potential for environmental and energy-related
applications, however one of the major disadvantages is their relatively low photocatalytic …

Z-scheme BiOCl-Au-CdS heterostructure with enhanced sunlight-driven photocatalytic activity in degrading water dyes and antibiotics

Q Li, Z Guan, D Wu, X Zhao, S Bao… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although semiconductor photocatalysis has made great progresses as a promising solution
to solve the problem of environmental pollution, the highly efficient decomposition of organic …

Hierarchically Z-scheme photocatalyst of Ag@ AgCl decorated on BiVO4 (0 4 0) with enhancing photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance

H Li, Y Sun, B Cai, S Gan, D Han, L Niu, T Wu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Crystal facet dependence, as the crucial factor for semiconductor photocatalysis, is a
significant strategy for optimizing the reactivity of photocatalyst. Given that there is a strong …