A review on passivation engineering for improving photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance

D Ma, J Chen, J Li, X Ji, JW Shi - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE) is a promising route for the energy-renewable and
eco-friendly development of the future society, but the low activity and durability of …

The many “facets” of halide ions in the chemistry of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals

S Ghosh, L Manna - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the years, scientists have identified various synthetic “handles” while developing wet
chemical protocols for achieving a high level of shape and compositional complexity in …

Amine-Modified S-Scheme Porous gC3N4/CdSe–Diethylenetriamine Composite with Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity

Y Huo, J Zhang, K Dai, C Liang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction has been known to be one of the most potential technologies
for sustaining the development of human society. However, rapid recombination of …

Time-resolved spectroscopic investigation of charge trapping in carbon nitrides photocatalysts for hydrogen generation

R Godin, Y Wang, MA Zwijnenburg… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a benchmark polymer photocatalyst is attracting significant
research interest because of its visible light photocatalytic performance combined with good …

Electronic processes within quantum dot-molecule complexes

RD Harris, S Bettis Homan, M Kodaimati, C He… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the colloidal quantum dot (QD) and specifically the interaction of
the QD with proximate molecules. It covers various functions of these molecules, including (i) …

Faster Electron Injection and More Active Sites for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution in g‐C3N4/MoS2 Hybrid

X Shi, M Fujitsuka, S Kim, T Majima - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, the structural effect of MoS2 as a cocatalyst of photocatalytic H2 generation activity
of g‐C3N4 under visible light irradiation is studied. By using single‐particle …

Boosted electron-transfer by coupling Ag and Z-scheme heterostructures in CdSe-Ag-WO3-Ag for excellent photocatalytic H2 evolution with simultaneous degradation

S Li, J Wang, Y Xia, P Li, Y Wu, K Yang, Y Song… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coupling the heterojunction system with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect is an
innovative and feasible strategy to improve photocatalyst. An excellent Z-scheme CdSe-Ag …

Failure mechanism analysis and emerging strategies for enhancing the photoelectrochemical stability of photoanodes

Y Zhang, B Liu, L Xu, Z Ding, R Yang… - ChemSusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of efficient and stable photoanode materials is essential for driving the
possible practical application of photoelectrochemical water splitting. This article begins with …

Cu2O nanocrystals/TiO2 microspheres film on a rotating disk containing long-afterglow phosphor for enhanced round-the-clock photocatalysis

Y Lu, X Zhang, Y Chu, H Yu, M Huo, J Qu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract A Cu 2 O nanocrystals/TiO 2 microspheres (Cu 2 O NCs/M-TiO 2) rotating disk
reactor assisted by long-afterglow phosphor was successfully designed and fabricated in …

Semiconductor nanocrystal light absorbers for photon upconversion

Z Huang, M Lee Tang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) can initiate energy and charge transfer in multiple
applications with their unique optical and electronic properties. In particular, NCs are …