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 …

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 …

A new understanding of the photocatalytic mechanism of the direct Z-scheme gC 3 N 4/TiO 2 heterostructure

J Liu, B Cheng, J Yu - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing a TiO2 based heterostructure is a very effective strategy for enhancing
photocatalytic performance. The details of the electronic structure, interfacial interaction, and …

TiO2 Nanoparticles as Functional Building Blocks

L Sang, Y Zhao, C Burda - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
TiO2 has been commercially manufactured by the millions of tons to be widely utilized as
pigment, paint additive, and sunscreen to name a few uses, due to its photostability and light …

Nanolayered Ti3C2 and SrTiO3 Composites for Photocatalytic Reduction and Removal of Uranium(VI)

H Deng, Z Li, L Wang, L Yuan, J Lan… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Given its promising electron transportation ability, excellent electrical conductivity, and larger
work function (6.2 eV) disclosed by density functional theory calculations, MXene material, O …

Highly efficient direct Z-scheme WO3/CdS-diethylenetriamine photocatalyst and its enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible light irradiation

T Hu, P Li, J Zhang, C Liang, K Dai - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) has demonstrated great promise in artificial photocataytic hydrogen
(H 2) production. However, the serious photocorrosion hinders its effective interaction and …

Rational design of semiconductor heterojunctions for photocatalysis

G Di Liberto, LA Cipriano, S Tosoni… - … –A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic structure calculations provide a useful complement to experimental
characterization tools in the atomic‐scale design of semiconductor heterojunctions for …

Semicrystalline SrTiO3‐Decorated Anatase TiO2 Nanopie as Heterostructure for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Y He, L Zhang, Y Wei, X Zhang, Z Wang, R Yu - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The coupling of TiO2 and SrTiO3 through elaborate bandgap engineering can provide
synergies for highly efficient photocatalysts. To further improve the separation between …

Structural characteristics and strain behavior of two-dimensional C3N: First principles calculations

LB Shi, YY Zhang, XM Xiu, HK Dong - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, structural characteristics and strain behaviors of C 3 N are investigated by first
principles calculations. First, we investigate the stacking behaviors of C 3 N, and find the …

In situ Sr2+ ions diffusion synthesis SrTiO3-δ quantum dots on TiO2-δ nanorods with efficient interfacial electron transfer for deeply NO oxidation removal

Y Ou, J Lu, W Zhang, QU Hassan, L Zhu, J Gao… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The reduction and oxidation sites on the photocatalyst surface are spatially close at the
nanoscale, resulting in a high recombination rate of internal charges and surface trapped …