Vacancy engineering in semiconductor photocatalysts: implications in hydrogen evolution and nitrogen fixation applications

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is a well‐known fact that the pronounced photogenerated charge recombination and poor
light absorption are the main bottlenecks of photocatalysis applications. The conventional …

Nanoscale zinc oxide based heterojunctions as visible light active photocatalysts for hydrogen energy and environmental remediation

S Kumar, A Kumar, A Kumar, V Krishnan - Catalysis Reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the recent years, zinc oxide has emerged as one of the promising alternate materials to
titania for photocatalytic applications due to its several advantages properties. This review …

Sustained CO2-photoreduction activity and high selectivity over Mn, C-codoped ZnO core-triple shell hollow spheres

M Sayed, F Xu, P Kuang, J Low, S Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar conversion of CO2 into energy-rich products is one of the sustainable solutions to
lessen the global energy shortage and environmental crisis. Pitifully, it is still challenging to …

Facile synthesis of Ag2O/ZnO/rGO heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity under simulated solar light: Kinetics and mechanism

P Xu, P Wang, Q Wang, R Wei, Y Li, Y Xin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ag 2 O/ZnO/rGO heterojunction photocatalysts were synthesized via a rapid
microwave hydrothermal method for photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) under …

New insight into the effect of fluorine doping and oxygen vacancies on electrochemical performance of Co2MnO4 for flexible quasi-solid-state asymmetric …

S Liu, Y Yin, D Ni, K San Hui, M Ma, S Park… - Energy Storage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anion doping and oxygen-defect creation have been extensively employed to modify the
electronic properties and increase concentration of electrochemically active sites of …

Unraveling the structural and morphological stability of oxygen vacancy engineered leaf-templated CaTiO 3 towards photocatalytic H 2 evolution and N 2 fixation …

A Kumar, M Kumar, VN Rao, MV Shankar… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The investigation of the structural and morphological stability of leaf-templated and oxygen
vacancy engineered materials is of great importance along with the detailed study of …

Mn-doping-induced photocatalytic activity enhancement of ZnO nanorods prepared on glass substrates

NA Putri, V Fauzia, S Iwan, L Roza, AA Umar… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mn-doped ZnO nanorods were synthesized on glass substrates via a two-steps process of
ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods with four different concentrations Mn …

Low temperature ammonia gas sensor based on Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticle decorated microspheres

RS Ganesh, E Durgadevi, M Navaneethan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ammonia is a kind of colorless, pungent gas which is highly toxic to human health when
inhaled above the moderate level. Detection of ammonia at low temperature is one of the …

Oxygen vacancies engineering by coordinating oxygen-buffering CeO2 with CoOx nanorods as efficient bifunctional oxygen electrode electrocatalyst

H Zhong, LA Estudillo-Wong, Y Gao, Y Feng… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
CeO 2 decorated CoO x rod-like hybrid, supported onto holey reduced graphene (CoO
x/CeO 2/RGO) composite, was fabricated via a surfactant-assisted route. Its corresponding …

Co3V2O8 Sponge Network Morphology Derived from Metal–Organic Framework as an Excellent Lithium Storage Anode Material

V Soundharrajan, B Sambandam, J Song… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-based synthesis of battery electrodes has presntly become
a topic of significant research interest. Considering the complications to prepare Co3V2O8 …