Recent progress in defective TiO2 photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications

Z Li, S Wang, J Wu, W Zhou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, TiO 2 nanomaterial photocatalysts for energy and environmental
applications have attracted extensive research interest. However, the main bottlenecks are …

Vacancy engineering in semiconductor photocatalysts: implications in hydrogen evolution and nitrogen fixation applications

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is a well‐known fact that the pronounced photogenerated charge recombination and poor
light absorption are the main bottlenecks of photocatalysis applications. The conventional …

Fluorine-induced oxygen vacancies on TiO2 nanosheets for photocatalytic indoor VOCs degradation

Y Wang, Y Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation of indoor VOCs has great prospects for addressing human health
issues in daily life. Here, TiO 2 containing fluorine ions (F−) on the surface was reduced by …

Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2

R Jia, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Ling, Y Yu, B Zhang - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction into recyclable ammonium under benign conditions is
significant. However, the development of such a process has been retarded by the lack of …

Cu clusters/TiO 2− x with abundant oxygen vacancies for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

X Zhang, C Wang, Y Guo, B Zhang, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate is considered as an attractive approach for ammonia
synthesis. Herein, Cu clusters homogeneously supported on TiO2 nanosheets with …

Latest progress on the key operating parameters affecting the photocatalytic activity of TiO2-based photocatalysts for hydrogen fuel production: A comprehensive …

M Ismael - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen generation via water splitting is a sustainable, renewable, and
promising technology to produce green and clean hydrogen fuel by disassociating water …

Synergistic Pd Single Atoms, Clusters, and Oxygen Vacancies on TiO2 for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Coupled with Selective Organic Oxidation

T Wang, X Tao, X Li, K Zhang, S Liu, B Li - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient photocatalysts for synchronously producing H2 and high value‐added
chemicals holds great promise to enhance solar energy conversion. Herein, a facile strategy …

Noble metal–metal oxide nanohybrids with tailored nanostructures for efficient solar energy conversion, photocatalysis and environmental remediation

X Liu, J Iocozzia, Y Wang, X Cui, Y Chen… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The controlled synthesis of nanohybrids composed of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt and Pd, as
well as AuAg alloy) and metal oxides (ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O and CeO2) have received …

Black TiO2: A review of its properties and conflicting trends

TS Rajaraman, SP Parikh, VG Gandhi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Black titanium dioxide (TiO 2) has been one of the most researched photocatalyst in recent
years. Its ability to overcome the limitations of pristine TiO 2 through enhanced visible light …

Photocatalytic hydrogen production: a rift into the future energy supply

KC Christoforidis, P Fornasiero - ChemCatChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production is a process that converts solar energy into
chemical energy by means of a suitable photocatalyst. After the huge amount of systems that …