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 …

Construction of a Z-scheme heterojunction for high-efficiency visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO 2 reduction

G Zhang, Z Wang, J Wu - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuous growth of fossil fuel consumption and large amounts of CO2 emissions have
caused global energy crisis and climate change. The employment of semiconductor …

Boosting hydrogen evolution performance of a CdS-based photocatalyst: in situ transition from type I to type II heterojunction during photocatalysis

X Meng, S Wang, C Zhang, C Dong, R Li, B Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The heterojunction in photocatalysis establishes an internal electric field between the
semiconductors, which is one of the effective methods for enhancing the separation of …

Chemically Bonded α‐Fe2O3/Bi4MO8Cl Dot‐on‐Plate Z‐Scheme Junction with Strong Internal Electric Field for Selective Photo‐oxidation of Aromatic Alcohols

Z Zhu, H Huang, L Liu, F Chen, N Tian… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inferior contact interface and low charge transfer efficiency seriously restrict the performance
of heterojunctions. Herein, chemically bonded α‐Fe2O3/Bi4MO8Cl (M= Nb, Ta) dot‐on …

Constructing hierarchical ZnIn2S4/g-C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction for boosted CO2 photoreduction performance

L Li, D Ma, Q Xu, S Huang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Tubular graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) photocatalyst has received considerable
attention in solar to chemical energy conversion due to its appealing intrinsic photoelectrical …

Pauling-type adsorption of O2 induced electrocatalytic singlet oxygen production on N–CuO for organic pollutants degradation

L Xie, P Wang, Y Li, D Zhang, D Shang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to environmentally friendly operation and on-site productivity, electrocatalytic singlet
oxygen (1O2) production via O2 gas is of immense interest in environment purification …

Regulating local electron density of iron single sites by introducing nitrogen vacancies for efficient photo‐fenton process

L Su, P Wang, X Ma, J Wang, S Zhan - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The activity of heterogeneous photocatalytic H2O2 activation in Fenton‐like processes is
closely related to the local electron density of reaction centre atoms. However, the …

Construction of rGO-coupled C3N4/C3N5 2D/2D Z-scheme heterojunction to accelerate charge separation for efficient visible light H2 evolution

D Liu, J Yao, S Chen, J Zhang, R Li, T Peng - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a fascinating two-dimensional (2D) conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (C 3 N 4)
has drawn broad attention as metal-free photocatalyst, but it's further utilization is confined …

Photocatalytic O2 activation and reactive oxygen species evolution by surface BN bond for organic pollutants degradation

H Zhan, Q Zhou, M Li, R Zhou, Y Mao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficiency of photocatalytic molecular oxygen (O 2) activation is limited by the poor O 2
adsorption and the obstruction of electron transfer. Herein, we designed a graphite carbon …

In situ cascade growth-induced strong coupling effect toward efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of ReS2/ZnIn2S4

J Xu, W Zhong, F Chen, X Wang, H Yu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimizing electron structure of H 2-evolution active sites to improve their catalytic efficiency
is of great significance to develop efficient photocatalysts. Herein, an in situ cascade growth …