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 …

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 …

Tumor Microenvironment Stimuli‐Responsive Fluorescence Imaging and Synergistic Cancer Therapy by Carbon‐Dot–Cu2+ Nanoassemblies

S Sun, Q Chen, Z Tang, C Liu, Z Li, A Wu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A method is developed to fabricate tumor microenvironment (TME) stimuli‐responsive
nanoplatform for fluorescence (FL) imaging and synergistic cancer therapy via assembling …

NIR light-induced rapid self-healing hydrogel toward multifunctional applications in sensing

L Xu, Y Chen, M Yu, M Hou, G Gong, H Tan, N Li, J Xu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible conductive hydrogels with self-healing ability have attracted great attention in the
fields of wearable devices and healthcare monitoring due to their recoverability and …

Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

J Pang, RG Mendes, A Bachmatiuk, L Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

Supramolecular Photothermal Cascade Nano‐Reactor Enables Photothermal Effect, Cascade Reaction, and In Situ Hydrogelation for Biofilm‐Associated Tooth …

L Chen, M Peng, J Zhou, X Hu, Y Piao, H Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the emergence of drug resistance in bacteria and biofilm protection, achieving a
satisfactory therapeutic effect for bacteria‐infected open wounds with conventional …

Designing high-efficiency light-to-thermal conversion materials for solar desalination and photothermal catalysis

H Jiang, X Liu, D Wang, Z Qiao, D Wang… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light-to-thermal conversion materials (LTCMs) have been of great interest to researchers
due to their impressive energy conversion capacity and wide range of applications in …

Self-Doping Surface Oxygen Vacancy-Induced Lattice Strains for Enhancing Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic H2 Evolution over Black TiO2

J Gao, J Xue, S Jia, Q Shen, X Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The synergistic effect of surface oxygen vacancy with induced lattice strains on visible light-
driven photocatalytic H2 evolution over black TiO2 was investigated. Experimental …

Light‐responsive inorganic biomaterials for biomedical applications

HP Lee, AK Gaharwar - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐responsive inorganic biomaterials are an emerging class of materials used for
developing noninvasive, noncontact, precise, and controllable medical devices in a wide …

MXene Ti3C2: An Effective 2D Light-to-Heat Conversion Material

R Li, L Zhang, L Shi, P Wang - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
MXene, a new series of 2D material, has been steadily advancing its applications to a
variety of fields, such as catalysis, supercapacitor, molecular separation, electromagnetic …