Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

The photocatalytic process in the treatment of polluted water

MA Al-Nuaim, AA Alwasiti, ZY Shnain - Chemical papers, 2023 - Springer
Wastewaters often contain toxic organic pollutants with a possible adverse effect on human
health and aquatic life upon exposure. Persistent organic pollutants such as dyes and …

Efficient and selective photocatalytic CH4 conversion to CH3OH with O2 by controlling overoxidation on TiO2

N Feng, H Lin, H Song, L Yang, D Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The conversion of photocatalytic methane into methanol in high yield with selectivity remains
a huge challenge due to unavoidable overoxidation. Here, the photocatalytic oxidation of …

Red Phosphorus Grafted High‐Index (116) Faceted Anatase TiO2 for Z‐Scheme Photocatalytic Pure Water Splitting

Y Zhu, J Ren, G Huang, CL Dong… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Red phosphorus (RP) is an emerging visible‐light‐responsive photocatalyst, yet the rapid
charge recombination has limited photocatalytic hydrogen production activity. In this work, a …

Z‐Scheme photocatalytic systems for carbon dioxide reduction: where are we now?

W Zhang, AR Mohamed, WJ Ong - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming CO2 into fuels by utilizing sunlight is promising to synchronously overcome
global warming and energy‐supply issues. It is crucial to design efficient photocatalysts with …

Dual Cocatalysts in TiO2 Photocatalysis

A Meng, L Zhang, B Cheng, J Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis is recognized as a promising strategy to simultaneously
address energy needs and environmental pollution. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been …

Crystal facet engineering of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Wang, G Liu, L Wang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for solar-driven
hydrogen production with zero emissions, and it has been intensively studied over the past …

Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

Q Xu, L Zhang, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity over NH2-MIL-125(Ti) by Facet Regulation

XM Cheng, XY Dao, SQ Wang, J Zhao, WY Sun - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Designation and optimization of facets of photocatalysts is an effective strategy to address
the issue of facet-dependent photocatalytic reactions. However, studies regarding the facet …