C-, N-Vacancy defect engineered polymeric carbon nitride towards photocatalysis: viewpoints and challenges

A Kumar, P Raizada… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alluring metal-free polymeric semiconductor material, graphite-like carbon nitride (g-
C3N4; abbreviated as GCN) has triggered a new impetus in the field of photocatalysis …

Structure‐activity relationship of defective metal‐based photocatalysts for water splitting: experimental and theoretical perspectives

YC Zhang, N Afzal, L Pan, X Zhang, JJ Zou - Advanced science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting is promising for hydrogen energy production using solar
energy and developing highly efficient photocatalysts is challenging. Defect engineering is …

CO2 Photoreduction Catalyzed by Cu-Deficient Cu1.95S@CuS: Enhanced Performance via Boosted Directional Interfacial Charge Transfer

X Shi, L Wang, W Dai, X Dong, Y Bai, L Ye - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterojunction construction and defect engineering are regarded as a strategy for improving
photogenerated charge carrier transfer and enhancing photocatalytic performances. In this …

Mutual interplay of ZnO micro-and nanowires and methylene blue during cyclic photocatalysis process

D Smazna, S Shree, O Polonskyi, S Lamaka… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water purification through photocatalysis is the most important requirement due to the
increased health, environmental and energy conservation concerns. Metal oxide …

Photocatalytic performance of BiPO4 nanorods adjusted via defects

Y Zhu, Q Ling, Y Liu, H Wang, Y Zhu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of defect on the photocatalytic and photoelectric performance of BiPO 4 has been
revealed. The bulk defects of BiPO 4 such as bismuth vacancies (V Bi), oxygen vacancies …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways to Tailor Photocatalytic Performance of TiO2 Thin Films Deposited by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering

A Vahl, S Veziroglu, B Henkel, T Strunskus… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
TiO2 thin films are used extensively for a broad range of applications including
environmental remediation, self-cleaning technologies (windows, building exteriors, and …

Fabrication of pyramid-BiVO4/CdSe composite with controlled surface oxygen vacancies boosting efficient carriers' separation for photocathodic protection

D Xu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, Z Shi, M Yang, C Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to solve the bottleneck problem of weak efficiency of carriers' separation and
transfer in BiVO 4 photocatalyst, a novel pyramid-BiVO 4 with sufficient oxygen vacancies …

[HTML][HTML] A Review on the Pathways of the Improved Structural Characteristics and Photocatalytic Performance of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Thin Films Fabricated by the …

YH Wang, KH Rahman, CC Wu, KC Chen - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films are used for a broad range of applications such as
wastewater treatment, photocatalytic degradation activity, water splitting, antibacterial and …

Size dependence of nanosheet BiVO4 with oxygen vacancies and exposed {0 0 1} facets on the photodegradation of oxytetracycline

J Xu, Z Bian, X Xin, A Chen, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
A new type of promising nanosheet BiVO 4 with reduced dimension, sufficient oxygen
vacancies (OVs) concentration, and exposed {0 0 1} crystal facets for oxytetracycline …

Surface oxygen vacancies promoted photodegradation of benzene on TiO2 film

H Xie, N Li, X Chen, J Jiang, X Zhao - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Engineering the bulk and surface oxygen vacancy defects in titania (TiO 2) photocatalysts
has been proved to bean efficient strategy to improve quantum efficiency. In this work, we …