Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Recent developments and perspectives in CdS-based photocatalysts for water splitting

JA Nasir, Z ur Rehman, SNA Shah, A Khan… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few years, many approaches have been developed progressively to produce
hydrogen (H2) from water under solar light irradiation. This process of fuel production is …

The role of polarization in photocatalysis

F Chen, H Huang, L Guo, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis as a desirable technology shows great potential in
environmental remediation and renewable energy generation, but its efficiency is severely …

Surface-plasmon-driven hot electron photochemistry

Y Zhang, S He, W Guo, Y Hu, J Huang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …

Au nanodots@ thiol-UiO66@ ZnIn2S4 nanosheets with significantly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution: The effect of different Au positions on the …

S Mao, JW Shi, G Sun, D Ma, C He, Z Pu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a new type of photocatalysts, Au nanodots@ thiol-UiO-66@ ZnIn 2 S 4 nanosheets
(Au@ UiOS@ ZIS), is elaborately designed for the photocatalytic H 2 evolution from water …

[HTML][HTML] Brookite vs. rutile vs. anatase: Whats behind their various photocatalytic activities?

G Žerjav, K Žižek, J Zavašnik, A Pintar - Journal of environmental chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The results of investigating the morphological, optical and electronic properties of three
synthesized TiO 2 polymorphs (anatase (A and A2), brookite (B and B2) and rutile (R)) show …

Dodecylamine coordinated tri-arm CdS nanorod wrapped in intermittent ZnS shell for greatly improved photocatalytic H2 evolution

G Sun, JW Shi, S Mao, D Ma, C He, H Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new photocatalyst, the tri-arm CdS/ZnS core–shell nanorod, is carefully designed for the
first time, where tri-arm CdS nanorods are decorated by dodecylamine (DDA) molecules and …

Visible-light driven heterojunction photocatalysts for water splitting–a critical review

SJA Moniz, SA Shevlin, DJ Martin, ZX Guo… - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar driven catalysis on semiconductors to produce clean chemical fuels, such as
hydrogen, is widely considered as a promising route to mitigate environmental issues …

Steering charge kinetics in photocatalysis: intersection of materials syntheses, characterization techniques and theoretical simulations

S Bai, J Jiang, Q Zhang, Y Xiong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge kinetics is highly critical in determining the quantum efficiency of solar-to-chemical
conversion in photocatalysis, and this includes, but is not limited to, the separation of …

Nanometals for solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion: from semiconductor‐based photocatalysis to plasmon‐mediated photocatalysis and photo‐thermocatalysis

X Meng, L Liu, S Ouyang, H Xu, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nanometal materials play very important roles in solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion due
to their unique catalytic and optical characteristics. They have found wide applications from …