Recent progress of metal sulfide photocatalysts for solar energy conversion

Q Zhu, Q Xu, M Du, X Zeng, G Zhong, B Qiu… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthetic solar‐to‐chemical cycles enable an entire environment to operate in
a more complex, yet effective, way to perform natural photosynthesis. However, such …

A new breakthrough in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by amorphous and chalcogenide enriched cocatalysts

M Tayyab, Y Liu, Z Liu, Z Xu, W Yue, L Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The development of renewable hydrogen production methods is crucial to recognizing the
hydrogen economy that may solve global environmental and energy concerns …

Dual donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis

C Qin, X Wu, L Tang, X Chen, M Li, Y Mou, B Su… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Constructing photocatalytically active and stable covalent organic frameworks containing
both oxidative and reductive reaction centers remain a challenge. In this study …

Verifying the charge‐transfer mechanism in S‐Scheme heterojunctions using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy

C Cheng, J Zhang, B Zhu, G Liang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The S‐scheme heterojunction is flourishing in photocatalysis because it concurrently
realizes separated charge carriers and sufficient redox ability. Steady‐state charge transfer …

Insight into synergistic effect of Ti3C2 MXene and MoS2 on anti-photocorrosion and photocatalytic of CdS for hydrogen production

C Wu, W Huang, H Liu, K Lv, Q Li - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Facing the increasingly serious issues of energy crisis and environmental pollution, it is vital
to develop efficient and durable photocatalysis systems for hydrogen (H 2) production from …

Reversing Free‐Electron Transfer of MoS2+x Cocatalyst for Optimizing Antibonding‐Orbital Occupancy Enables High Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

D Gao, P Deng, J Zhang, L Zhang, X Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between a co‐catalyst and photocatalyst usually induces spontaneous free‐
electron transfer between them, but the effect and regulation of the transfer direction on the …

Emerging Cocatalysts on g‐C3N4 for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Q Zhu, Z Xu, B Qiu, M **ng, J Zhang - Small, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few decades, graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has arisen much attention as a
promising candidate for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) owing to its low …

Synthesis and modification of ultrathin g-C3N4 for photocatalytic energy and environmental applications

H Huang, L Jiang, J Yang, S Zhou, X Yuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanostructured heterogeneous photocatalysts process represent attractive strategies to
convert directly solar energy to chemical energy, which is important to address the …

Rational design of covalent heptazine frameworks with spatially separated redox centers for high‐efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production

H Cheng, H Lv, J Cheng, L Wang, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The redox reaction centers in natural organisms conducting oxygenic photosynthesis are
well arranged in a physically separated manner to convert sunlight into chemical energy …

Twistedly hydrophobic basis with suitable aromatic metrics in covalent organic networks govern micropollutant decontamination

C Qin, Y Yang, X Wu, L Chen, Z Liu, L Tang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The pre-designable structure and unique architectures of covalent organic frameworks
(COFs) render them attractive as active and porous medium for water crisis. However, the …