Chemiresistive gas sensors have been widely applied to monitor analytes of environmental,
food and health importance. Among the plethora of materials that can be used for designing …

ZnO nanomaterials have attracted tremendous interest in the fields of photocatalysis,
sensors, solar cells, supercapacitors, etc. However, the performance of intrinsic ZnO is …

Metal oxides are widely employed in heterogeneous catalysis, but it remains challenging to
determine their exact structure and understand the reaction mechanisms at the molecular …

Defect-rich ultrathin ZnAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets are successfully prepared.
Under UV-vis irradiation, these nanosheets are superior efficient catalysts for the …

A systematic and complete antibacterial study on well-designed and well-characterized
microparticle (micro), nanoparticle (nano), and capped nano ZnO has been carried out in …

Complex tunable visible-light-driven Aurivillius-phase-based micro-and nanostructured
photocatalysts were fabricated following a novel, scalable, easily implemented sequential …

Engineering of defects in semiconductors provides an effective protocol for improving
photocatalytic N 2 conversion efficiency. This review focuses on the state-of-the-art progress …

High concentrations of defects are introduced into nanoscale ZnO through non‐equilibrium
processes and resultant blue emissions are comprehensively analyzed, focusing on defect …

The gravest oxidation of MXenes has become a critical problem due to the formation of
metal oxides, leading to the loss of their intrinsic properties. Herein, bimetallic cobalt …

Direct hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol using green hydrogen has emerged as a
promising method for carbon neutrality, but qualifying catalysts represent a grand challenge …