Over the past decades, designing efficient photocatalysts represents a remarkable route to
deal with energy crisis, environmental pollution issues and global warming problems. Zinc …

Plastics take hundreds of years to degrade naturally, while their chemical degradation
typically requires high temperature and pressure. Here, we first utilize solar energy to realize …

Various photocatalysts have been developed for photocatalytic water splitting—one of the
most important processes that produces dihydrogen as clean energy for fuel cells. The …

Photocatalytic oxidation of arsenite (As (III)) to arsenate (As (V)) was studied in aqueous
solution using a series of WO 3/TiO 2 semiconductors readily synthesized through sol-gel …

This work was undertaken to provide a new potent route for wastewater treatment by
developing a hybrid photocatalyst from waste rice straw. On this basis, rice straw-based SiO …

Due to the urgent requirement of transparent photovoltaics (TPVs) for building integrated
applications, solar-blind photodetectors, and high-power devices, the immediate necessity is …

Sensitization of TiO2 by dyes such as cyanine and their derivatives is used as a technique to
improve potency for the production of hydrogen gas as an alternative green fuel. These dyes …

Photocatalytic technology based on the specific band structure of semiconductors offers a
promising way to solve the urgent energy and environmental issues in modern society. In …

In the present work, we report the effect of the addition of platinum (Pt loading 1 wt%) on
photocatalysts based on TiO 2 and its incorporation in a SiO 2 matrix using the sol gel …

In this study, an interfacial modification layer was applied to improve the plasmon-induced
light energy conversion of a gallium (III) oxide (Ga2O3) photoelectrode, which possesses a …