Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances

K Edalati, A Bachmaier, VA Beloshenko… - Materials Research …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is effective in producing bulk ultrafine-grained and
nanostructured materials with large densities of lattice defects. This field, also known as …

A review and recent advances in solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion based on photocatalytic water splitting over doped-TiO2 nanoparticles

M Ismael - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light irradiation is an attractive and
appealing technology to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel to reduce CO 2 …

Shedding light on the role of misfit strain in controlling core–shell nanocrystals

J Zhao, B Chen, F Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Heteroepitaxial modification of nanomaterials has become a powerful means to create novel
functionalities for various applications. One of the most elementary factors in heteroepitaxial …

High-entropy oxynitride as a low-bandgap and stable photocatalyst for hydrogen production

P Edalati, XF Shen, M Watanabe, T Ishihara… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal oxynitrides are promising photocatalysts due to their narrow bandgap, but their lower
stability compared to metal oxides is a drawback. The introduction of high-entropy alloys …

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution on a high-entropy oxide

P Edalati, Q Wang, H Razavi-Khosroshahi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of high-entropy oxides (HEOs), ie compounds containing oxygen and five
or more cations in their crystal structure, has led to interesting functional properties in recent …

Study of iron group transition metal phosphides (M2P, M= Ni, Co, Fe) for boosting photocatalytic H2 production

X Ma, W Li, C Ren, M Dong, L Geng, T Wang - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development and research of non-noble-metal cocatalyst is of great significance for
efficient photocatalytic H 2 production. Here, with iron group transition metal phosphides as …

A simple sol–gel method for the synthesis of Pt co-catalyzed spinel-type CuFe2O4 for hydrogen production; the role of crystallinity and band gap energy

M Ismael, M Wark - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In this investigation, spinel-type copper ferrites (CuFe 2 O 4) at different calcination
temperatures (600–900° C) were produced using a facile citric acid-assisted sol–gel …

Enhanced CO2 conversion on highly-strained and oxygen-deficient BiVO4 photocatalyst

S Akrami, Y Murakami, M Watanabe, T Ishihara… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4) has recently received significant attention for photocatalytic CO 2
conversion due to its low bandgap and high stability, but low position of the conduction band …

A novel hierarchical nanostructured S-scheme RGO/Bi2MoO6/Bi2WO6 heterojunction: Excellent photocatalytic degradation activity for pollutants

R Chen, W Zhou, W Qu, Y Wang, L Shi, S Chen - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The S-scheme heterogeneous photocatalysts have outstanding photocatalytic performance
resulting from the suitable matching of band edge potential. In this study, a hierarchical …

Photocatalytic hydrogen generation on low-bandgap black zirconia (ZrO 2) produced by high-pressure torsion

Q Wang, K Edalati, Y Koganemaru… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis on semiconductors using solar energy sources provides a clean technology
to produce hydrogen from water splitting. Although zirconia (ZrO2) is a semiconductor oxide …