Particulate photocatalysts for light-driven water splitting: mechanisms, challenges, and design strategies

Q Wang, K Domen - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven water splitting provides a leading approach to store the abundant yet
intermittent solar energy and produce hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier. A …

Dual Cocatalysts in TiO2 Photocatalysis

A Meng, L Zhang, B Cheng, J Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis is recognized as a promising strategy to simultaneously
address energy needs and environmental pollution. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been …

Challenges of photocatalysis and their coping strategies

X Li, Y Chen, Y Tao, L Shen, Z Xu, Z Bian, H Li - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
The photocatalysis process comprises both the catalytic steps, such as diffusion, adsorption,
surface reaction, and desorption, and the photoelectric conversion steps, including light …

Hydrogen production by water splitting with support of metal and carbon-based photocatalysts

AT Hoang, A Pandey, WH Chen… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy is environmental-friendly and considered an attractive alternative to fossil
fuels. Among the feasible technologies for hydrogen generation, photocatalysis-derived …

Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO2 and TiO2-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review

S Lettieri, M Pavone, A Fioravanti, L Santamaria Amato… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis based technologies have a key role in addressing important challenges of
the ecological transition, such as environment remediation and conversion of renewable …

A nonmetal plasmonic Z‐scheme photocatalyst with UV‐to NIR‐driven photocatalytic protons reduction

Z Zhang, J Huang, Y Fang, M Zhang, K Liu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrabroad‐spectrum absorption and highly efficient generation of available charge carriers
are two essential requirements for promising semiconductor‐based photocatalysts, towards …

Facile Photochemical Synthesis of Au/Pt/gC3N4 with Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Antibiotic Degradation

J Xue, S Ma, Y Zhou, Z Zhang, M He - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A novel plasmonic photocatalyst, Au/Pt/g-C3N4, was prepared by a facile calcination-
photodeposition technique. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, energy …

Electrospun semiconductor‐based nano‐heterostructures for photocatalytic energy conversion and environmental remediation: opportunities and challenges

N Lu, M Zhang, X Jing, P Zhang, Y Zhu… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting solar energy to drive the semiconductor photocatalysis offers a promising tactic
to address ever‐growing challenges of both energy shortage and environmental pollution …

Facile fabrication of novel Ag2S/Kg-C3N4 composite and its enhanced performance in photocatalytic H2 evolution

Q Zhang, P Chen, L Chen, M Wu, X Dai, P Xing… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work synthesized a novel Ag 2 S/KgC 3 N 4 photocatalyst which was effective in
photocatalytic hydrogen production under simulated sunlight and visible light. Systematic …

Nanogold plasmonic photocatalysis for organic synthesis and clean energy conversion

C Wang, D Astruc - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides the basic concepts, an overall survey and the state-of-the art of
plasmon-based nanogold photocatalysis using visible light including fundamental …