Recent advancements in the use of novel piezoelectric materials for piezocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic applications

H Zheng, Y Wang, J Liu, K Yan, K Zhu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis has gradually attracted the interest of researchers owing to their excellent
ability to improve the separation and migration of photoelectrons and holes. The alternating …

Piezocatalysis and piezo‐photocatalysis: catalysts classification and modification strategy, reaction mechanism, and practical application

S Tu, Y Guo, Y Zhang, C Hu, T Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric‐based catalysis that relies on the charge energy or separation efficiency of
charge carriers has attracted significant attention. The piezo‐potential induced by strain or …

Piezo‐Photocatalytic Synergy in BiFeO3@COF Z‐Scheme Heterostructures for High‐Efficiency Overall Water Splitting

ML Xu, M Lu, GY Qin, XM Wu, T Yu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven overall water splitting is an ideal way to generate renewable energy while still
challenging. For the first time, this work combined covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and …

Exceptional cocatalyst‐free photo‐enhanced piezocatalytic hydrogen evolution of carbon nitride nanosheets from strong in‐plane polarization

C Hu, F Chen, Y Wang, N Tian, T Ma… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Utilizing mechanical energy to produce hydrogen is emerging as a promising way to
generate renewable energy, but is challenged by low efficiency and scanty cognition. In this …

2D MXenes polar catalysts for multi-renewable energy harvesting applications

X Pan, X Yang, M Yu, X Lu, H Kang, MQ Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The synchronous harvesting and conversion of multiple renewable energy sources for
chemical fuel production and environmental remediation in a single system is a holy grail in …

The mechanism of piezocatalysis: energy band theory or screening charge effect?

K Wang, C Han, J Li, J Qiu, J Sunarso… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalysis, a newly emerging catalysis technology that relies on the piezopotential and
piezoelectric properties of the catalysts, is attracting unprecedented research enthusiasm for …

Piezoelectric materials and techniques for environmental pollution remediation

J Li, X Liu, G Zhao, Z Liu, Y Cai, S Wang, C Shen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of industrialization and agriculture, a series of critical imminent
environmental problems and water pollution have caught wide attention from the public and …

Selective Enhancement of Photo‐Piezocatalytic Performance in BaTiO3 Via heterovalent Ion Doping

C Yu, J He, M Tan, Y Hou, H Zeng, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposes a strategy based on heterovalent ion doping that gives rise to a
synergistic piezo‐phototronic effect with significantly improved catalytic activity and leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry

N Meng, W Liu, R Jiang, Y Zhang, S Dunn, J Wu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis, an evolving catalytic technology built on the piezoelectric properties of
catalysts, breaks down the barrier between mechanical energy and chemical energy. The …

[HTML][HTML] Semiconducting piezoelectric heterostructures for piezo-and piezophotocatalysis

X Zhou, B Shen, A Lyubartsev, J Zhai, N Hedin - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric semiconductors can be polarized and used in mechanoredox systems and in
photoredox catalysis. Conventional non-piezoelectric semiconductors have limitations when …