A review and recent advances in solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion based on photocatalytic water splitting over doped-TiO2 nanoparticles

M Ismael - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light irradiation is an attractive and
appealing technology to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel to reduce CO 2 …

Photocatalytic hydrogen production using metal doped TiO2: A review of recent advances

V Kumaravel, S Mathew, J Bartlett, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) production via photocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising
technologies for clean solar energy conversion to emerge in recent decades. The …

Strategies for improving perovskite photocatalysts reactivity for organic pollutants degradation: A review on recent progress

K Wei, Y Faraj, G Yao, R Xie, B Lai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Perovskite oxides have been recognized as highly potent catalysts for photocatalytic water
decontamination due to their potential to capture solar energy and drive catalytic reaction …

Titanium dioxide-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic fuel generations

Y Ma, X Wang, Y Jia, X Chen, H Han, C Li - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, with the rapid depletion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum oil), the
development of renewable energies based on sufficient energy sources with sustainable …

Enhanced ferroelectric-nanocrystal-based hybrid photocatalysis by ultrasonic-wave-generated piezophototronic effect

H Li, Y Sang, S Chang, X Huang, Y Zhang, R Yang… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
An electric field built inside a crystal was proposed to enhance photoinduced carrier
separation for improving photocatalytic property of semiconductor photocatalysts. However …

Photocatalysts with internal electric fields

L Li, PA Salvador, GS Rohrer - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The photocatalytic activity of materials for water splitting is limited by the recombination of
photogenerated electron–hole pairs as well as the back-reaction of intermediate species …

Arising applications of ferroelectric materials in photovoltaic devices

Y Yuan, Z Xiao, B Yang, J Huang - Journal of Materials chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The ferroelectric-photovoltaic (FE-PV) device, in which a homogeneous ferroelectric material
is used as a light absorbing layer, has been investigated during the past several decades …

Highly reactive {001} facets of TiO 2-based composites: synthesis, formation mechanism and characterization

WJ Ong, LL Tan, SP Chai, ST Yong, AR Mohamed - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most widely investigated metal oxides due to its
extraordinary surface, electronic and catalytic properties. However, the large band gap of …

Simultaneous Enhancement of Charge Separation and Hole Transportation in a TiO2–SrTiO3 Core–Shell Nanowire Photoelectrochemical System

F Wu, Y Yu, H Yang, LN German, Z Li… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient charge separation and transportation are key factors that determine the
photoelectrochemical (PEC) water‐splitting efficiency. Here, a simultaneous enhancement …

Ferroelectric polarization effect on surface chemistry and photo-catalytic activity: A review

MA Khan, MA Nadeem, H Idriss - Surface science reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The current efficiency of various photocatalytic processes is limited by the recombination of
photogenerated electron–hole pairs in the photocatalyst as well as the back-reaction of …