Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Non-noble plasmonic metal-based photocatalysts

M Sayed, J Yu, G Liu, M Jaroniec - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion via heterogeneous photocatalysis is one of the
sustainable approaches to tackle the growing environmental and energy challenges. Among …

Solar-driven hydrogen production: recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives

H Song, S Luo, H Huang, B Deng, J Ye - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar H2 production is considered as a potentially promising way to utilize solar energy and
tackle climate change stemming from the combustion of fossil fuels. Photocatalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of renewable energy power fluctuations on water electrolysis for green hydrogen production

H Kojima, K Nagasawa, N Todoroki, Y Ito… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of renewable energy technologies is essential to achieve carbon
neutrality. Hydrogen can be stably stored and transported in large quantities to maximize …

Cooperative coupling of oxidative organic synthesis and hydrogen production over semiconductor-based photocatalysts

MY Qi, M Conte, M Anpo, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Merging hydrogen (H2) evolution with oxidative organic synthesis in a semiconductor-
mediated photoredox reaction is extremely attractive because the clean H2 fuel and high …

Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting

Y Qi, J Zhang, Y Kong, Y Zhao, S Chen, D Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely investigated as a photocatalyst or photoanode
for solar water splitting, but its activity is hindered by inefficient cocatalysts and limited …

Integrated energy conversion and storage devices: Interfacing solar cells, batteries and supercapacitors

L Fagiolari, M Sampò, A Lamberti, J Amici… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen a rapid technological rush aimed at the development of new
devices for the photovoltaic conversion of solar energy and for the electrochemical storage …

Inorganic–organic hybrid nanomaterials for photothermal antibacterial therapy

X Qi, Y Xiang, E Cai, XX Ge, X Chen, W Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The clinical management of bacterial infections has become a growing global public health
challenge. Such therapy is presently limited to antibiotics, but the misuse of antibiotics has …

Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts

S Fang, YH Hu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermo-photo catalysis, which is the catalysis with the participation of both thermal and
photo energies, not only reduces the large energy consumption of thermal catalysis but also …

Plasmonic Active “Hot Spots”‐Confined Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with High Selectivity for CH4 Production

X Jiang, J Huang, Z Bi, W Ni, G Gurzadyan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonic nanostructures have tremendous potential to be applied in photocatalytic CO2
reduction, since their localized surface plasmon resonance can collect low‐energy‐photons …