Photocatalysts for a sustainable future: Innovations in large-scale environmental and energy applications

Z Kuspanov, B Bakbolat, A Baimenov… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing environmental and energy crises have prompted researchers to seek new
solutions, including large-scale photocatalytic environmental remediation and the …

A review on photothermal conversion of solar energy with nanomaterials and nanostructures: from fundamentals to applications

P Cheng, D Wang, P Schaaf - Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy is a green, sustainable, and de facto inexhaustible energy source for mankind.
The conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy has attracted extensive research …

Recent progress of diatomic catalysts: general design fundamentals and diversified catalytic applications

Y Hu, Z Li, B Li, C Yu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, some experiments and theoretical work have pointed out that diatomic
catalysts not only retain the advantages of monoatomic catalysts, but also introduce a variety …

Catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds by non-noble metal catalyst: Current advancement and future prospectives

B Lou, N Shakoor, M Adeel, P Zhang, L Huang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the inception of urbanization and industrialization, emissions of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) have become serious concern due to harmful effects on terrestrial biota …

Recent advances in photocatalysis based on bioinspired superwettabilities

H Zhu, S Cai, G Liao, ZF Gao, X Min, Y Huang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the field of interface science, superwettability and photocatalysis are two significant
research hot spots. Currently, wettability has been proved to be a decisive factor to enhance …

TiO2-based photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water and wastewater

HA Maitlo, B Anand, KH Kim - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Among emerging techniques for energy recovery, photocatalytic water/wastewater splitting
has been recognized as a sustainable option to generate hydrogen. In this work, the working …

Removal of gaseous formaldehyde by portable photocatalytic air purifier equipped with bimetallic Pt@ Cu-TiO2 filter

A Bathla, D Kukkar, PM Heynderickx, SA Younis… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, a mini-scale air purifier (AP) system was built with a series of honeycomb
(HC) ceramic filters coated with 1 wt% Pt@ Cu/TiO 2 (AP (PCT-x), where x= 1, 2, and 3 for Pt …

Thermocatalytic Degradation of Gaseous Formaldehyde Using Transition Metal‐Based Catalysts

Y Hua, Y Ahmadi, KH Kim - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Formaldehyde (HCHO: FA) is one of the most abundant but hazardous gaseous pollutants.
Transition metal oxide (TMO)‐based thermocatalysts have gained much attention in its …

Photocatalytic degradation of gaseous benzene using metal oxide nanocomposites

A Bathla, K Vikrant, D Kukkar, KH Kim - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid industrial growth has been accompanied by the pollution of hazardous volatile
organic pollutants (VOCs) in air. Among various options available for the treatment of VOCs …

A platinum ensemble catalyst for room-temperature removal of formaldehyde in the air

K Vikrant, MW Chung, DW Boukhvalov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Minimal use of noble metals is ideal in developing catalytic systems against carcinogenic
formaldehyde (FA) in air. Although single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been proposed to …