Recent advancements in the use of novel piezoelectric materials for piezocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic applications

H Zheng, Y Wang, J Liu, K Yan, K Zhu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis has gradually attracted the interest of researchers owing to their excellent
ability to improve the separation and migration of photoelectrons and holes. The alternating …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry

N Meng, W Liu, R Jiang, Y Zhang, S Dunn, J Wu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis, an evolving catalytic technology built on the piezoelectric properties of
catalysts, breaks down the barrier between mechanical energy and chemical energy. The …

Piezo-photocatalysts in the field of energy and environment: Designs, applications, and prospects

L **g, Y Xu, M ** catalytic
technology based on the piezoelectric effect of catalysts, which breaks the barrier between …

Photoelectrocatalytic principles for meaningfully studying photocatalyst properties and photocatalysis processes: From fundamental theory to environmental …

J Liu, S Zhang, W Wang, H Zhang - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is critically important for environmental remediation and renewable energy
technologies. The ability to objectively characterize photocatalyst properties and …

Theoretical and experimental elucidation of synergistic enhanced piezo-photocatalysis and mechanism of BiVO4 for organic pollutant degradation

Q Ma, J Ma, X Sun, X Chen, G Liu, H Yang - Materials Research Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, we have synthesized BiVO 4 (BVO) square bricks and spherical particles to
elucidate the piezo-photocatalytic performance and involved synergistic mechanism. The …

Controlled solvothermal synthesis of self-assembled SrTiO3 microstructures for expeditious solar-driven photocatalysis dye effluents degradation

KL Lim, JC Sin, SM Lam, H Zeng, H Lin, H Li… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the self-assembled SrTiO 3 (STO) microstructures were synthesized via a facile
one-step solvothermal method. As the solvothermal temperature increased from 140° C to …

Tribocatalytic dye degradation using BiVO4

M Kumar, A Gaur, VS Chauhan, R Vaish, I Kebaili - Ceramics International, 2024 - Elsevier
The solid-state route, conducted at a temperature of 700° C over a span of 8 h, resulted in
the production of a single phase of BiVO 4 powder. Subsequently, the BiVO 4 powder was …

A comprehensive review on the application of semiconducting materials in the degradation of effluents and water splitting

MA Mahmoud, BR Alsehli, MT Alotaibi, M Hosni… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
In this comprehensive review article, we delve into the critical intersection of environmental
science and materials science. The introduction sets the stage by emphasizing the global …

Bismuth vanadate-reduced graphene oxide-polyvinylidene fluoride electrospun composite membrane for piezo-photocatalysis

C Porwal, S Verma, M Kumar, VS Chauhan… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2023 - Elsevier
We have used the electrospinning method to fabricate a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
membrane, bismuth vanadate-polyvinylidene fluoride (BiVO 4-PVDF, referred to as BV …