Semiconductor polymeric graphitic carbon nitride photocatalysts: the “holy grail” for the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction under visible light

G Liao, Y Gong, L Zhang, H Gao, GJ Yang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor polymeric graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalysts have attracted
dramatically growing attention in the field of the visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution …

Semiconductor-based photocatalysts and photoelectrochemical cells for solar fuel generation: a review

J Li, N Wu - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
To address the challenge in sustainable global development, considerable effort has been
made to produce fuels from renewable resources with photocatalysts and …

Amorphous inorganic semiconductors for the development of solar cell, photoelectrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications

B Wang, GM Biesold, M Zhang, Z Lin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Amorphous inorganic semiconductors have attracted growing interest due to their unique
electrical and optical properties that arise from their intrinsic disordered structure and …

Plasmonic Gold Nanocrystals Coupled with Photonic Crystal Seamlessly on TiO2 Nanotube Photoelectrodes for Efficient Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Water …

Z Zhang, L Zhang, MN Hedhili, H Zhang, P Wang - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
A visible light responsive plasmonic photocatalytic composite material is designed by
rationally selecting Au nanocrystals and assembling them with the TiO2-based photonic …

The advancements in sol–gel method of doped-TiO2 photocatalysts

UG Akpan, BH Hameed - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2010 - Elsevier
A critical review on the advancements in sol–gel method of doping TiO2 photocatalysts is
provided. Various sol–gel and related systems of doping were considered, ranging from co …

Rational design of nanomaterials for water treatment

R Li, L Zhang, P Wang - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing human demand for safe and clean water is gradually pushing
conventional water treatment technologies to their limits. It is now a popular perception that …

Optimization of photoelectrochemical water splitting performance on hierarchical TiO 2 nanotube arrays

Z Zhang, P Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, we show that by varying the voltages during two-step anodization the
morphology of the hierarchical top-layer/bottom-tube TiO2 (TiO2 NTs) can be finely tuned …

Solar hydrogen production with semiconductor metal oxides: new directions in experiment and theory

A Valdes, J Brillet, M Grätzel… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
An overview of a collaborative experimental and theoretical effort toward efficient hydrogen
production via photoelectrochemical splitting of water into di-hydrogen and di-oxygen is …

Electrochemical reduction induced self-doping of Ti 3+ for efficient water splitting performance on TiO 2 based photoelectrodes

Z Zhang, MN Hedhili, H Zhu, P Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Hetero-element doping (eg, N, F, C) of TiO2 is inevitably accompanied by significantly
increased structural defects due to the dopants' nature being foreign impurities. Very …

Atomically-thin Schottky-like photo-electrocatalytic cross-flow membrane reactors for ultrafast remediation of persistent organic pollutants

P Kumari, N Bahadur, XA Conlan, M Laleh, L Kong… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The remediation of persistent organic pollutants in surface and ground water represents a
major environmental challenge worldwide. Conventional physico-chemical techniques do …