Progress in developing metal oxide nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Y Yang, S Niu, D Han, T Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting represents an environmentally friendly and
sustainable method to obtain hydrogen fuel. Semiconductor materials as the central …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the development of visible light-responsive WO3-based photocatalysts for environmental applications

JC Murillo-Sierra, A Hernández-Ramírez… - Chemical engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of semiconductor photocatalysis is a promising, green, and sustainable technology
to address solar energy conversion and environmental remediation issues. Among …

Synthesis of novel direct Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst from WO3 nanoplates and SrTiO3 nanoparticles with abundant oxygen vacancies

G Hosseinzadeh, SM Sajjadi, L Mostafa, A Yousefi… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive use of insecticides in agriculture has raised a global concern owing to their
environmental pollution. Various techniques are utilized for removal these compounds …

Comparison of modification strategies towards enhanced charge carrier separation and photocatalytic degradation activity of metal oxide semiconductors (TiO2, WO3 …

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Metal oxide semiconductors (TiO 2, WO 3 and ZnO) finds unparalleled opportunity in
wastewater purification under UV/visible light, largely encouraged by their divergent …

The application of photoelectrocatalysis in the degradation of rhodamine B in aqueous solutions: A review

TL Yusuf, BO Orimolade, D Masekela, B Mamba… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The pollution of the water environment by industrial effluents is an ongoing challenge due to
the rate of industrialisation and globalisation. Photoelectrocatalysis (PEC), an …

Enhanced photoreduction of U (VI) on WO3 nanosheets by oxygen defect engineering

J Lei, H Liu, C Yuan, Q Chen, JA Liu, F Wen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient, safe, and low-cost treatment of uranium-containing wastewater is still an urgent
and meaningful problem. The uranium-containing wastewater system commonly contains a …

Understanding the nature of ammonia treatment to synthesize oxygen vacancy-enriched transition metal oxides

D Liu, C Wang, Y Yu, BH Zhao, W Wang, Y Du… - Chem, 2019 - cell.com
Oxygen vacancies (OVs) have emerged as an important strategy to modulate the electronic
structures, conductivity, and catalytic performance of transition metal oxides (TMOs). A few …

Plasmonic photoanodes for solar water splitting with visible light

J Lee, S Mubeen, X Ji, GD Stucky, M Moskovits - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report a plasmonic water splitting cell in which 95% of the effective charge carriers
derive from surface plasmon decay to hot electrons, as evidenced by fuel production …

Photo‐driven oxygen vacancies extends charge carrier lifetime for efficient solar water splitting

M Sun, RT Gao, J He, X Liu, T Nakajima… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A photocharge/discharge strategy is proposed to initiate the WO3 photoelectrode and
suppress the main charge recombination, which remarkably improves the …

Non-metal doping of transition metal oxides for visible-light photocatalysis

R Marschall, L Wang - Catalysis Today, 2014 - Elsevier
Transition metal oxides and mixed oxides are the largest group of materials for
photocatalytic applications. Many highly active compounds are known from literature for …