Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

Q Xu, L Zhang, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Recent developments on AgI based heterojunction photocatalytic systems in photocatalytic application

XJ Wen, CH Shen, ZH Fei, D Fang, ZT Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past years, photocatalytic technology has exhibited a great potential in treating
wastewater, splitting water to hydrogen and reducing CO 2 to fuel. Among, more and more …

Fabrication of pn CuBi2O4/MoS2 heterojunction with nanosheets-on-microrods structure for enhanced photocatalytic activity towards tetracycline degradation

F Guo, M Li, H Ren, X Huang, W Hou, C Wang… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconductor-based photocatalytic oxidation technology represents a promising strategy
for clean, low-cost, and environmental friendly to solve the water pollution problems by …

Photocatalytic degradation of organic dye and tetracycline by ternary Ag2O/AgBr–CeO2 photocatalyst under visible-light irradiation

F Su, P Li, J Huang, M Gu, Z Liu, Y Xu - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this work, CeO2 nanosheets decorated with Ag2O and AgBr are successfully fabricated
via a simple sediment-precipitation method. The as-prepared ternary Ag2O/AgBr–CeO2 …

Recent research progress and challenges of MIL-88 (Fe) from synthesis to advanced oxidation process

S Jiang, Z Zhao, J Chen, Y Yang, C Ding, Y Yang… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
By virtue of diverse structures and tunable properties, MIL-88 (Fe) and modified materials
displayed extensive applications including biosensor, energy storage, catalytic oxidation …

Ce3+-ion, Surface Oxygen Vacancy, and Visible Light-induced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Photocapacitive Performance of CeO2-Graphene …

ME Khan, MM Khan, MH Cho - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) were fabricated and grown on graphene
sheets using a facile, low cost hydrothermal approach and subsequently characterized …

Highly efficient degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenol over CeO2/g-C3N4 composites under visible-light irradiation: detailed reaction pathway and mechanism

M Humayun, Z Hu, A Khan, W Cheng, Y Yuan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Herein, we report for the first time the highly efficient degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-
DCP) over CeO 2/gC 3 N 4 composites (xCeO/CN) prepared via wet-chemical solution …

Construction of Direct Z-Scheme AgI/Bi2Sn2O7 Nanojunction System with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity: Accelerated Interfacial Charge Transfer Induced Efficient Cr(VI) …

H Guo, CG Niu, L Zhang, XJ Wen, C Liang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The exploration of highly efficient visible light driven photocatalysts for diverse pollutants
removal has received great concerns in wastewater treatment. Here, a series of tightly …

Visible light driven redox-mediator-free dual semiconductor photocatalytic systems for pollutant degradation and the ambiguity in applying Z-scheme concept

TS Natarajan, KR Thampi, RJ Tayade - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis using single or modified semiconductors and heterojunction-
type composites is limited due to lower visible light response, rapid recombination of …

Efficient Photon Conversion via Double Charge Dynamics CeO2–BiFeO3 p–n Heterojunction Photocatalyst Promising toward N2 Fixation and Phenol–Cr(VI) …

S Mansingh, S Sultana, R Acharya, MK Ghosh… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
For better exciton separation and high catalytic activity, the most trailblazing stratagem is to
construct defect engineered low-dimensional p–n heterojunction framed photocatalytic …