Principles on design and fabrication of nanomaterials as photocatalysts for water-splitting

H Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
As an energy carrier, hydrogen has been extensively studied to satisfy the increasing
demand on green energy. Efficiently producing hydrogen from water under sunlight is one of …

Instability of Hydrogenated TiO2

MI Nandasiri, V Shutthanandan… - The journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenated TiO2 (H-TiO2) is touted as a viable visible light photocatalyst. We report a
systematic study on the thermal stability of H-implanted TiO2 using nuclear reaction analysis …

First-principles study on structural, mechanical and optoelectronic properties of lead-free mixed Ge–Sn hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites

K Hossain, S Khanom, F Israt, MK Hossain… - Solid State …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lead-based perovskite materials are commercially restricted as ideal candidates for solar
cell applications due to their toxic nature. Here, we have performed a first-principles …

Influence of substituted acetic acids on “bridge” synthesis of highly photocatalytic active heterophase TiO2 in hydrogen production

J Cihlar, LKT Navarro, J Cihlar, V Kasparek… - Journal of Sol-Gel …, 2023 - Springer
Anatase/brookite nanoparticles were prepared by low-temperature hydrolysis and
polycondensation of titanium isopropoxide in the presence of low concentrations of acetic …

Influence of LA/Ti molar ratio on the complex synthesis of anatase/brookite nanoparticles and their hydrogen production

J Cihlar, LKT Navarro, V Kasparek, J Michalicka… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heterophase TiO 2 nanoparticles formed in the presence of a very low concentration of a
substance with two donor groups were studied and the mechanism of their formation was …

A first-principles study on the structural and electronic properties of Sn-based organic–inorganic halide perovskites

ZQ Ma, H Pan, PK Wong - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2016 - Springer
Organic–inorganic halide perovskites have attracted increasing interest on solar-energy
harvesting because of their outstanding electronic properties. In this work, we systematically …

The electronic structure, optical absorption and photocatalytic water splitting of (Fe+ Ni)-codoped TiO2: A DFT+ U study

Y Lin, Z Jiang, C Zhu, R Zhang, X Hu, X Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The electronic and optical properties of Fe or/and Ni (co) doped anatase and rutile TiO 2
were investigated using the spin-polarized density functional theory. Our calculated results …

Exploring the charge transfer nature and electro-optical properties of anthracene based sensitizers@ TiO2 cluster

A Irfan, AR Chaudhry, R Jin, AG Al-Sehemi… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two new anthracene derivatives donor–π–acceptor (Compound 1) and acceptor–π–
acceptor (Compound 2) have been designed with the aim to understand the effect of donor …

Effects of non-metal dopants and defects on electronic properties of barium titanate as photocatalyst

ZQ Ma, H Pan, ZS Wang, PK Wong - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Design of novel photocatalyst through native defect and doping is a simple and
effective approach to improve its performance in photocatalytic reaction, such as solar …

Bandgap engineering of oxygen-rich TiO2+x for photocatalyst with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic ability

H Pan - Journal of Materials Science, 2015 - Springer
TiO 2, as a photocatalyst, has attracted substantial attention since the discovery of water
splitting property on the TiO 2 electrodes. However, its efficiency of water splitting is limited …