Enabling internal electric fields to enhance energy and environmental catalysis

L Chen, JT Ren, ZY Yuan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed an upsurge of interest in exploiting advanced photo‐
/electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and environmental remediation …

Piezocatalytic techniques in environmental remediation

J Liu, W Qi, M Xu, T Thomas, S Liu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of rapid industrialization throughout the world, various environmental
pollutants have begun to accumulate in water, air, and soil. This endangers the ecological …

Piezocatalysis and piezo‐photocatalysis: catalysts classification and modification strategy, reaction mechanism, and practical application

S Tu, Y Guo, Y Zhang, C Hu, T Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric‐based catalysis that relies on the charge energy or separation efficiency of
charge carriers has attracted significant attention. The piezo‐potential induced by strain or …

Construction of a BaTiO3/tubular g-C3N4 dual piezoelectric photocatalyst with enhanced carrier separation for efficient degradation of tetracycline

S Gong, W Zhang, Z Liang, Y Zhang, T Gan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
One-dimensional tubular gC 3 N 4 (TCN) with piezoelectric properties was prepared by self-
assembly and hydrothermal method, and BaTiO 3/TCN composite with excellent dual …

Challenges of photocatalysis and their coping strategies

X Li, Y Chen, Y Tao, L Shen, Z Xu, Z Bian, H Li - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
The photocatalysis process comprises both the catalytic steps, such as diffusion, adsorption,
surface reaction, and desorption, and the photoelectric conversion steps, including light …

Ultrasonic activation of inert poly (tetrafluoroethylene) enables piezocatalytic generation of reactive oxygen species

Y Wang, Y Xu, S Dong, P Wang, W Chen, Z Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Controlled generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is essential in biological, chemical,
and environmental fields, and piezoelectric catalysis is an emerging method to generate …

Selective Enhancement of Photo‐Piezocatalytic Performance in BaTiO3 Via heterovalent Ion Doping

C Yu, J He, M Tan, Y Hou, H Zeng, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposes a strategy based on heterovalent ion doping that gives rise to a
synergistic piezo‐phototronic effect with significantly improved catalytic activity and leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry

N Meng, W Liu, R Jiang, Y Zhang, S Dunn, J Wu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis, an evolving catalytic technology built on the piezoelectric properties of
catalysts, breaks down the barrier between mechanical energy and chemical energy. The …

Advances in piezo‐phototronic effect enhanced photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis

L Pan, S Sun, Y Chen, P Wang, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Direct conversion of solar light into chemical energy by means of photocatalysis or
photoelectrocatalysis is currently a point of focus for sustainable energy development and …

Piezoelectric nanocomposites for sonodynamic bacterial elimination and wound healing

M Wu, Z Zhang, Z Liu, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Ding… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Sonodynamic therapy is considered as a minimally invasive method for pathogen
elimination and cancer therapy with high spatial and temporal accuracy. However …