A review of material aspects in developing direct Z-scheme photocatalysts

X Li, C Garlisi, Q Guan, S Anwer, K Al-Ali, G Palmisano… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis utilizes solar energy to produce clean fuels such as hydrogen or generate
highly reactive species to subsequently break the organic pollutants into clean end products …

Biomass photoreforming for hydrogen and value‐added chemicals co‐production on hierarchically porous photocatalysts

H Zhao, J Liu, N Zhong, S Larter, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass, a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource has great potential as an
alternative to replace the limited fossil feedstock for value‐added chemicals and fuels …

Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

Q Xu, L Zhang, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (gC3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving …

WJ Ong, LL Tan, YH Ng, ST Yong, SP Chai - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has become a new
research hotspot and drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a metal-free and visible-light …

Direct Z-scheme g-C3N4/WO3 photocatalyst with atomically defined junction for H2 production

W Yu, J Chen, T Shang, L Chen, L Gu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mimicking the natural photosynthesis, artificial Z-scheme photocatalysis enables more
efficient utilization of solar energy for sustainable chemical fuel production. Herein, a direct Z …

Mesoporous carbon nitrides: synthesis, functionalization, and applications

KS Lakhi, DH Park, K Al-Bahily, W Cha… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous carbon nitrides (MCNs) with large surface areas and uniform pore diameters
are unique semiconducting materials and exhibit highly versatile structural and excellent …

Switching charge transfer of C3N4/W18O49 from type-II to Z-scheme by interfacial band bending for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

ZF Huang, J Song, X Wang, L Pan, K Li, X Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Z-scheme composite represents an ideal system for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, but
the charge transfer mechanism is still ambiguous, and how to design and construct such …

A nonmetal plasmonic Z‐scheme photocatalyst with UV‐to NIR‐driven photocatalytic protons reduction

Z Zhang, J Huang, Y Fang, M Zhang, K Liu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrabroad‐spectrum absorption and highly efficient generation of available charge carriers
are two essential requirements for promising semiconductor‐based photocatalysts, towards …

Enhanced photocarrier separation in conjugated polymer engineered CdS for direct Z-scheme photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Hu, X Hao, Z Cui, J Zhou, S Chu, Y Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
High efficiency hydrogen generation from water has been achieved in sulfide-polymer
heterojunction. In this work, a novel direct Z-scheme CdS/polyimide heterojunction was …

Synergy of adsorption and visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by a bifunctional Z-scheme heterojunction of WO3/g-C3N4

X Liu, A Jin, Y Jia, T Xia, C Deng, M Zhu, C Chen… - Applied Surface …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel bifunctional Z-scheme heterojunction possessing high adsorption and photocatalytic
activity, WO 3/gC 3 N 4 with well-defined morphology has been successfully synthesized by …