Recent advances in homojunction-based photocatalysis for sustainable environmental remediation and clean energy generation

SJ Phang, VL Wong, LL Tan, SP Chai - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past decade, homojunction-based semiconductors have piqued the interest of many
researchers and this research area is advancing at a rapid pace. Homojunction …

Nanoporous BiVO4 Photoanodes with Dual-Layer Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for Solar Water Splitting

TW Kim, KS Choi - Science, 2014 - science.org
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has a band structure that is well-suited for potential use as a
photoanode in solar water splitting, but it suffers from poor electron-hole separation. Here …

Defect pyrochlore oxides: as photocatalyst materials for environmental and energy applications‐a review

RR Jitta, R Gundeboina, NK Veldurthi… - Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic technology utilizing abundant solar light holds great promise to tackle many
challenging environmental and energy issues. In recent years, various types of …

Introducing a novel photo-induced nanozymatic method for high throughput reusable biodegradation of organic dyes

B Ahmadi-Leilakouhi, SR Hormozi Jangi, A Khorshidi - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
Currently, the nanozymes-based catalysis was focused on their enzyme (peroxidase)
mimetic properties. This work described a novel idea for the development of nanozymes with …

Mechanisms for the enhanced photo-Fenton activity of ferrihydrite modified with BiVO4 at neutral pH

T Xu, R Zhu, G Zhu, J Zhu, X Liang, Y Zhu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalysts generally show very weak photo-Fenton activity at
near-neutral pH because of the relatively low rate of Fe 2+ regeneration. The aim of this …

An Efficient, Visible Light Driven, Selective Oxidation of Aromatic Alcohols and Amines with O2 Using BiVO4/gC3N4 Nanocomposite: A Systematic and …

S Samanta, S Khilari, D Pradhan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this study, BiVO4 was prepared by a hydrothermal synthesis route in the presence of
sodium dodecyl sulfate using aqueous NH3 as precipitant. g-C3N4 was prepared by a …

Improved Visible Light Photoactivity of CuBi2O4/CuO Heterojunctions for Photodegradation of Methylene Blue and Metronidazole

AC Nogueira, LE Gomes, JAP Ferencz… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Herein, a one-step solvothermal method was applied to produce CuBi2O4/CuO
heterojunctions containing nanocolumns with small platelike nanoparticles homogeneously …

Controlled synthesis of BiVO4 photocatalysts: evidence of the role of heterojunctions in their catalytic performance driven by visible-light

OF Lopes, KTG Carvalho, AE Nogueira… - Applied catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite heterostructured semiconductors gaining attention as photocatalysts due to their
improved activity compared to that of the isolated materials, the role of these heterojunctions …

New Insights Into BiVO4 Properties as Visible Light Photocatalyst

T Saison, N Chemin, C Chanéac… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bismuth vanadate has attractive photocatalytic properties under visible light. The influence
of structure and morphology of BiVO4 nanomaterials on its photocatalytic properties in the …

Improving Stability and Photoelectrochemical Performance of BiVO4 Photoanodes in Basic Media by Adding a ZnFe2O4 Layer

TW Kim, KS Choi - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
BiVO4 photoanodes have mainly been investigated under neutral conditions because
BiVO4 gradually dissolves under extreme pH conditions. In this study, the possibility of …