A review of step-scheme photocatalysts

X Wang, M Sayed, O Ruzimuradov, J Zhang… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The meticulous design of semiconductor photocatalysts has been known as the key to
achieve a highly efficient and selective photocatalytic reaction toward solving the current …

Imaging photogenerated charge carriers on surfaces and interfaces of photocatalysts with surface photovoltage microscopy

R Chen, F Fan, T Dittrich, C Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding photogenerated charge separation on the nano-to micrometer scale is the
key to optimizing the photocatalytic solar energy conversion efficiency. In the past few years …

Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride

Y Zhao, P Zhang, Z Yang, L Li, J Gao, S Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar-driven hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production presents unique merits of sustainability
and environmental friendliness. Herein, efficient solar-driven H2O2 production through …

Interfacial Mediation by Sn And S Vacancies of p‐SnS/n‐ZnIn2S4 for Enhancing Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with New Scheme of Type‐I Heterojunction

X Jia, Y Lu, K Du, H Zheng, L Mao, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of interfacial electric field (IEF) in semiconductor heterojunction is of great
significance in boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution through efficient separation of …

Unraveling charge‐separation mechanisms in photocatalyst particles by spatially resolved surface photovoltage techniques

R Chen, F Fan, C Li - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic conversion of solar energy offers a potential route to renewable energy,
and its efficiency relies on effective charge separation in nanostructured photocatalysts …

Charge separation via asymmetric illumination in photocatalytic Cu2O particles

R Chen, S Pang, H An, J Zhu, S Ye, Y Gao, F Fan, C Li - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Solar-driven photocatalytic reactions provide a potential route to sustainable fuels. These
processes rely on the effective separation of photogenerated charges, and therefore …

In situ characterization techniques applied in photocatalysis: a review

C Mu, C Lv, X Meng, J Sun, Z Tong… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis, as one of the hopeful technologies to overcome the issues of energy
shortage and environmental pollution, has increasingly attracted attention. In situ …

Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Surface Modification of Cobalt‐Phosphate‐Loaded Co3O4/Fe2O3 p–n Heterojunction Nanorod Arrays

SS Yi, BR Wulan, JM Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hematite (α‐Fe2O3) as a photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC)
water splitting suffers from the two problems of poor charge separation and slow water …

Aqueous based semiconductor nanocrystals

L Jing, SV Kershaw, Y Li, X Huang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

High-performance silicon-compatible large-area UV-to-visible broadband photodetector based on integrated lattice-matched type II Se/n-Si heterojunctions

W Yang, K Hu, F Teng, J Weng, Y Zhang, X Fang - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
A gold-induced NH4Cl-assisted vapor-based route is proposed and developed to achieve
vertically aligned submicron Se crystals on lattice-matched (111)-oriented silicon substrates …