Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanorods: formation chemistry, growth mechanism, and tailoring of surface properties for photocatalytic activities

T Gupta, J Cho, J Prakash - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is one of the best semiconductor photocatalysts with optical band
gap of 3.2 eV. The optical band gap and photocatalytic properties could be further tuned by …

Visible-light photocatalysts: Prospects and challenges

AB Djurišić, Y He, A Ng - Apl Materials, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this research update, we discuss the visible-light photocatalysis. Due to the potential of
utilizing freely available solar energy for environmental remediation and fuel generation, this …

[HTML][HTML] High piezo/photocatalytic efficiency of Ag/Bi5O7I nanocomposite using mechanical and solar energy for N2 fixation and methyl orange degradation

L Chen, W Zhang, J Wang, X Li, Y Li, X Hu… - Green Energy & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, Ag/Bi 5 O 7 I nanocomposite was prepared and firstly applied in
piezo/photocatalytic reduction of N 2 to NH 3 and methyl orange (MO) degradation. Bi 5 O 7 I …

Superior Interfacial Contact Yields Efficient Electron Transfer Rate and Enhanced Solar Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation in M/C3N4 Schottky Junctions

SA Rawool, MR Pai, AM Banerjee, S Nath… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Various literature studies (Table 6) have reported that dispersion of metal nanoparticles
(NPs) on graphitic carbon nitride g-C3N4 (M/CN) has considerably improved the …

Synthesis of 3D-MoS2 nanoflowers with tunable surface area for the application in photocatalysis and SERS based sensing

J Singh, S Kumar, RK Soni - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanostructured two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDCs) have been
attracting great attention in the field of environmental remediation and sensing due to their …

Fabrication of ZnO–TiO2 nanohybrids for rapid sunlight driven photodegradation of textile dyes and antibiotic residue molecules

J Singh, S Kumar, AK Manna, RK Soni - Optical materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Semiconductor nanohybrids garner huge interest among environmentalists for the various
applications owing to their efficiency, cost-effectiveness and benignity. We report the …

Nitrogen-rich carbon nitride (C3N5) coupled with oxygen vacancy TiO2 arrays for efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production

W Gan, X Fu, J Jin, J Guo, M Zhang, R Chen… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing efficient and facilitated recycling photocatalysts for H 2 O 2 formation is an ideal
strategy for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In this work, we synthesized ultrathin C 3 N …

Plasmon activation versus plasmon quenching on the overall photocatalytic performance of Ag/Au bimetal decorated g-C3N4 nanosheets under selective …

T Kashyap, S Biswas, S Ahmed, D Kalita, P Nath… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The exploitation of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) properties of metal nanoparticles
(NPs) are considered beneficial for an improved photocatalysis under visible and near infra …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in microwave synthesis for photoluminescence and photocatalysis

R Krishnan, SN Shibu, D Poelman, AK Badyal… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive discussion on the microwave-assisted synthesis of
various materials for photoluminescence and photocatalytic applications. In the past decade …

Enhanced visible light photoelectrocatalytic degradation of o-chloronitrobenzene through surface plasmonic Au nanoparticles and g-C3N4 co-modified TiO2 nanotube …

S Xin, X Ma, J Lu, G Zhang, S Huo, M Gao, P Xu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chloronitrobenzenes are typical refractory aromatic halogenated nitroaromatic and high-
toxic contaminants. The reduction process of chloronitrobenzenes cannot realize their …