Vacancy defect engineering in semiconductors for solar light‐driven environmental remediation and sustainable energy production

Y Ding, S Maitra, C Wang, S Halder… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of vacancy defects in semiconductors has been proven to be a highly
effective approach to improve their photocatalytic activity owing to their advantages of …

The synergistic effect of surface vacancies and heterojunctions for efficient photocatalysis: A review

K Yin, Z Yan, N Fang, W Yu, Y Chu, S Shu… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is an economical and environment-friendly technology with promising
application, while the development of efficient photocatalyst is full of challenge. Fabrication …

Optimizing Atomic Hydrogen Desorption of Sulfur‐Rich NiS1+x Cocatalyst for Boosting Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

D Gao, J Xu, L Wang, B Zhu, H Yu, J Yu - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐cost transition‐metal chalcogenides (MSx) are demonstrated to be potential candidate
cocatalyst for photocatalytic H2 generation. However, their H2‐generation performance is …

Spatial Separation of Cocatalysts on Z‐Scheme Organic/Inorganic Heterostructure Hollow Spheres for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution and In‐Depth Analysis …

HS Moon, KC Hsiao, MC Wu, Y Yun, YJ Hsu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
AZ‐scheme heterojunction with spatially separated cocatalysts is proposed for overcoming
fundamental issues in photocatalytic water splitting, such as inefficient light absorption …

A metal-free photocatalyst for highly efficient hydrogen peroxide photoproduction in real seawater

Q Wu, J Cao, X Wang, Y Liu, Y Zhao, H Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Artificial photosynthesis of H2O2 from H2O and O2, as a spotless method, has aroused
widespread interest. Up to date, most photocatalysts still suffer from serious salt-deactivated …

Graphdiyne-based photocatalysts for solar fuel production

C Bie, B Cheng, W Ho, Y Li, W Macyk, JB Ghasemi… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphdiyne is an emerging material widely used in photocatalysis. Its excellent
physicochemical properties, such as nonuniform electron distribution, uniform pore …

Enhanced photocatalytic antibacterial performance by hierarchical TiO2/W18O49 Z-scheme heterojunction with Ti3C2Tx-MXene cocatalyst

C Jin, S Rao, J Xie, Z Sun, J Gao, Y Li, B Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Construction of multiple electronic transmission channels in a photocatalytic system is in
favor of boosting the charge separation to realize a high photocatalytic antibacterial …

Ag quantum dots modified hierarchically porous and defective TiO2 nanoparticles for improved photocatalytic CO2 reduction

G Li, Y Sun, Q Zhang, Z Gao, W Sun, X Zhou - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 into high added-value chemical products has received
special attention. Herein, we designed a novel hierarchically porous and defective TiO 2 …

Enhanced solar-to-chemical energy conversion of graphitic carbon nitride by two-dimensional cocatalysts

C Bie, B Cheng, J Fan, W Ho, J Yu - EnergyChem, 2021 - Elsevier
The appropriate band structure endows graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) with benign
redox ability and visible light response, resulting in its popularity in photocatalysis. Given the …

Rational design of metal oxide‐based heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems

C Xia, H Wang, JK Kim, J Wang - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven photo‐to‐chemical conversion is an interesting approach for energy harvesting
and storage with high sustainability. To achieve high photo‐to‐chemical conversion …