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 …

Photocatalysis enhanced by external fields

C Hu, S Tu, N Tian, T Ma, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient conversion of solar energy by means of photocatalysis shows huge potential to
relieve the ongoing energy crisis and increasing environmental pollution. However …

The role of polarization in photocatalysis

F Chen, H Huang, L Guo, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis as a desirable technology shows great potential in
environmental remediation and renewable energy generation, but its efficiency is severely …

Ferroelectric Polarization in BaTiO3 Nanocrystals Controls Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

S Assavachin, FE Osterloh - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ferroelectric (FE) semiconductors such as BaTiO3 support a remnant polarization after the
application of an electric field that can promote the separation of photogenerated charge …

Boosting photocatalytic water oxidation on photocatalysts with ferroelectric single domains

J He, Y Liu, J Qu, H Xie, R Lu, F Fan, C Li - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroelectric materials are considered as promising photocatalysts due to their efficient
charge separation via a polarization‐induced built‐in electric field. However, the polydomain …

Recent advances of ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric nanomaterials for catalytic applications

S Li, Z Zhao, J Zhao, Z Zhang, X Li… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric materials are emerging as potential candidates for
converting various forms of primary energy from the ambient environment (eg, sunlight …

Rational design of carbon nitride photocatalysts by identification of cyanamide defects as catalytically relevant sites

VW Lau, I Moudrakovski, T Botari, S Weinberger… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The heptazine-based polymer melon (also known as graphitic carbon nitride, g-C3N4) is a
promising photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Nonetheless, attempts to improve its …

Enhanced catalytic performance by multi-field coupling in KNbO3 nanostructures: Piezo-photocatalytic and ferro-photoelectrochemical effects

D Yu, Z Liu, J Zhang, S Li, Z Zhao, L Zhu, W Liu, Y Lin… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The coupling between piezo-/ferroelectricity and photoexcitation in semiconductors creates
unique opportunities to enhance the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical (PEC) …

Charge separation in photocatalysts: mechanisms, physical parameters, and design principles

R Yanagi, T Zhao, D Solanki, Z Pan, S Hu - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic fuel production has gathered increasing attention due to its potential for large-
scale deployment, but the quantum yield of existing photocatalysts remains limited mainly by …

Engineering the defects and microstructures in ferroelectrics for enhanced/novel properties: an emerging way to cope with energy crisis and environmental pollution

W Dong, H Xiao, Y Jia, L Chen, H Geng… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the past century, ferroelectrics are well known in electroceramics and microelectronics for
their unique ferroelectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and photovoltaic effects. Nowadays, the …