Two-dimensional photocatalyst design: A critical review of recent experimental and computational advances

Y Zhao, S Zhang, R Shi, GIN Waterhouse, J Tang… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor photocatalysts have been widely
applied in water splitting, CO 2 reduction, N 2 fixation, as well as many other important …

Two-dimensional materials in semiconductor photoelectrocatalytic systems for water splitting

M Faraji, M Yousefi, S Yousefzadeh, M Zirak… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen (H2) production via solar water splitting is one of the most ideal strategies for
providing sustainable fuel because this requires only water and sunlight. In achieving high …

Intrinsic electric fields in two-dimensional materials boost the solar-to-hydrogen efficiency for photocatalytic water splitting

CF Fu, J Sun, Q Luo, X Li, W Hu, J Yang - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials with the vertical intrinsic electric fields show great promise
in inhibiting the recombination of photogenerated carriers and widening light absorption …

Solution combustion synthesis of nanoscale materials

A Varma, AS Mukasyan, AS Rogachev… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solution combustion is an exciting phenomenon, which involves propagation of self-
sustained exothermic reactions along an aqueous or sol–gel media. This process allows for …

Progress in developing metal oxide nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Y Yang, S Niu, D Han, T Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting represents an environmentally friendly and
sustainable method to obtain hydrogen fuel. Semiconductor materials as the central …

Material design for photocatalytic water splitting from a theoretical perspective

CF Fu, X Wu, J Yang - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, problems associated with energy and environment have become increasingly
serious. Producing hydrogen, a clean and renewable resource, through photocatalytic water …

Nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide as visible-light-sensitive photocatalyst: designs, developments, and prospects

R Asahi, T Morikawa, H Irie, T Ohwaki - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

Ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics investigations on the excited carriers in condensed matter systems

Q Zheng, W Chu, C Zhao, L Zhang… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited charge carriers in condensed matter systems play an
important role in optoelectronics and solar energy conversion. Yet it is challenging to …

One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: nanowires, nanorods, and nanobelts

X Wang, Z Li, J Shi, Y Yu - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is a widely used multifunctional ceramic material due to its excellent
stability and physical-chemical properties as well as its great accessibility and moderate …

Probing the Optical Property and Electronic Structure of TiO2 Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Applications

M Kapilashrami, Y Zhang, YS Liu, A Hagfeldt… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The world's energy consumption is predicted to grow by 56% by the year 2040, from 520
quadrillion Btu pa in 2010 to 820 quadrillion Btu/pa, as reported by the US Energy …