Cation defect engineering of transition metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

D Yan, C Xia, W Zhang, Q Hu, C He… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rational design and development of highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
electrocatalysts is vital for the application of renewable energy devices. Recently, the …

Semiconductor photocatalysts: A critical review highlighting the various strategies to boost the photocatalytic performances for diverse applications

I Ahmad, Y Zou, J Yan, Y Liu, S Shukrullah… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic technology illustrates an eco-friendly and sustainable route to overcome
environmental and energy issues. The successful construction of a photocatalyst depends …

Reconstructed Ir‒O‒Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation

S Chen, S Zhang, L Guo, L Pan, C Shi, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Surface reconstruction generates real active species in electrochemical conditions; rational
regulating reconstruction in a targeted manner is the key for constructing highly active …

Engineering cobalt oxide with coexisting cobalt defects and oxygen vacancies for enhanced catalytic oxidation of toluene

Y Li, T Chen, S Zhao, P Wu, Y Chong, A Li, Y Zhao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Most research studies reported that oxygen vacancies on transition metal oxides are crucial
for improving the catalytic oxidation activities. However, few studies investigated the …

Spin selection in atomic-level chiral metal oxide for photocatalysis

M Ai, L Pan, C Shi, ZF Huang, X Zhang, W Mi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The spin degree of freedom is an important and intrinsic parameter in boosting carrier
dynamics and surface reaction kinetics of photocatalysis. Here we show that chiral structure …

A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

J Song, C Wei, ZF Huang, C Liu, L Zeng… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electricity-driven water splitting can facilitate the storage of electrical energy in the form of
hydrogen gas. As a half-reaction of electricity-driven water splitting, the oxygen evolution …

Peroxydisulfate activation and singlet oxygen generation by oxygen vacancy for degradation of contaminants

Y Bu, H Li, W Yu, Y Pan, L Li, Y Wang… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxygen vacancies (OVs) play a crucial role in the catalytic activity of metal-based catalysts;
however, their activation mechanism toward peroxydisulfate (PDS) still lacks reasonable …

Vacancy engineering in semiconductor photocatalysts: implications in hydrogen evolution and nitrogen fixation applications

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is a well‐known fact that the pronounced photogenerated charge recombination and poor
light absorption are the main bottlenecks of photocatalysis applications. The conventional …

The construction of pn heterojunction for enhancing photocatalytic performance in environmental application: A review

L Che, J Pan, K Cai, Y Cong, SW Lv - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, a promising green technique, is drawing increasing attention in the field
related to environmental protection, due to the advantages of low energy consumption, no …

Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials

S Bai, N Zhang, C Gao, Y Xiong - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials has been proven as a versatile approach to
maneuver their performance in solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In this article, the state …