Advances in designing heterojunction photocatalytic materials

Z Wang, Z Lin, S Shen, W Zhong, S Cao - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021 - Elsevier
Under the background of increasing energy crisis and global warming, semiconductor-
based photocatalysis has received tremendous attention due to its potential application in …

Layered double hydroxides-based photocatalysts and visible-light driven photodegradation of organic pollutants: A review

G Zhang, X Zhang, Y Meng, G Pan, Z Ni… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and their derivatives are a family of promising
photocatalysts that have been widely used in photodegradation of organic pollutants. We …

Bi2O3/BiO2 Nanoheterojunction for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Formate

X Feng, H Zou, R Zheng, W Wei, R Wang, W Zou… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heterostructure engineering plays a vital role in regulating the material interface, thus
boosting the electron transportation pathway in advanced catalysis. Herein, a novel …

Boosting photocatalytic upcycling of liquid biomass into biodiesel via microenvironment modulation

L He, LL Zhang, H Zhou, Y Nie, H Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The rational design of a photocatalyst and its microenvironmental modulation is crucial in
the heterogeneous photocatalysis process, yet relevant research on photocatalytic biodiesel …

Photocatalytic removal of tetracycline by a Z-scheme heterojunction of bismuth oxyiodide/exfoliated g-C3N4: performance, mechanism, and degradation pathway

H Liu, W Huo, TC Zhang, L Ouyang, S Yuan - Materials Today Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, once being released into the environment, become recalcitrant organic
pollutants, which pose a potential risk to ecological balance and human health. In this study …

Graphene-based nano composites and their applications. A review

AT Lawal - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of the current review article is to present a comprehensive understanding
regarding pros and cons of graphene related nanocomposites and to find ways in order to …

Encapsulation of spinel CuCo2O4 hollow sphere in V2O5-decorated graphitic carbon nitride as high-efficiency double Z-type nanocomposite for levofloxacin …

F Hasanvandian, A Shokri, M Moradi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, spinel CuCo 2 O 4 (CCO) with a hierarchical hollow sphere morphology was
encapsulated in V 2 O 5-decorated ultra-wrinkled graphitic carbon-nitride (VO-UCN) for the …

BiVO4, Bi2WO6 and Bi2MoO6 photocatalysis: A brief review

X Liu, S Gu, Y Zhao, G Zhou, W Li - Journal of materials science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, photocatalytic technologies have been extensively studied and diffusely
used in water splitting, decomposition of organic pollutants, reduction of carbon dioxide, etc …

In situ self-growing 3D hierarchical BiOBr/BiOIO3 Z-scheme heterojunction with rich oxygen vacancies and iodine ions as carriers transfer dual-channels for enhanced …

T Jia, J Wu, J Song, Q Liu, J Wang, Y Qi, P He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A 3D hierarchical BiOBr/BiOIO 3 Z-scheme heterojunction with rich oxygen
vacancies and iodine ions was successfully synthesized via in situ solvethermal method and …

Visible-light photocatalysts: Prospects and challenges

AB Djurišić, Y He, A Ng - Apl Materials, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this research update, we discuss the visible-light photocatalysis. Due to the potential of
utilizing freely available solar energy for environmental remediation and fuel generation, this …