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 …

Recent Advances in Plasmonic Photocatalysis Based on TiO2 and Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Energy Conversion, Environmental Remediation, and Organic …

A Kumar, P Choudhary, A Kumar, PHC Camargo… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonic photocatalysis has emerged as a prominent and growing field. It enables the
efficient use of sunlight as an abundant and renewable energy source to drive a myriad of …

Synergistic Effect of Cu Single Atoms and Au–Cu Alloy Nanoparticles on TiO2 for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction

Y Yu, X Dong, P Chen, Q Geng, H Wang, J Li, Y Zhou… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The synergy between metal alloy nanoparticles (NPs) and single atoms (SAs) should
maximize the catalytic activity. However, there are no relevant reports on photocatalytic CO2 …

Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Photocatalysis for Solar Fuel Production

JD Xiao, R Li, HL Jiang - Small Methods, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) represent a novel class of crystalline inorganic–organic
hybrid materials with tunable semiconducting behavior. MOFs have potential for application …

Highly Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Methanation with Water Vapor on Single‐Atom Platinum‐Decorated Defective Carbon Nitride

X Shi, Y Huang, Y Bo, D Duan, Z Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven CO2 methanation with water is an important route to simultaneously address
carbon neutrality and produce fuels. It is challenging to achieve high selectivity in CO2 …

Active site engineering on plasmonic nanostructures for efficient photocatalysis

W Jiang, BQL Low, R Long, J Low, H Loh, KY Tang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their
distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light …

Noble-metal based random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals: syntheses and applications

M Zhou, C Li, J Fang - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and crystal phase of random
alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals has been intensively explored in technologically …

Developing sustainable, high-performance perovskites in photocatalysis: design strategies and applications

H Mai, D Chen, Y Tachibana, H Suzuki, R Abe… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is attractive because it is free, renewable, abundant and sustainable.
Photocatalysis is one of the feasible routes to utilize solar energy for the degradation of …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions

C Zhan, J Yi, S Hu, XG Zhang, DY Wu… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions (PMCRs) are processes that make use of
nanostructure-based surface plasmons as mediators to redistribute and convert photon …

Surface-plasmon-driven hot electron photochemistry

Y Zhang, S He, W Guo, Y Hu, J Huang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …