Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

F Zhao, Y Guo, X Zhou, W Shi, G Yu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Solar-powered water evaporation—the extraction of vapour from liquid water using solar
energy—provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and cost-effective freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

V Etacheri, C Di Valentin, J Schneider… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

Z-scheme systems: From fundamental principles to characterization, synthesis, and photocatalytic fuel-conversion applications

G Liao, C Li, SY Liu, B Fang, H Yang - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Z-scheme photocatalysts have recently received tremendous attention because of their
extraordinary light harvesting and utilization ability, spatially-separated reductive and …

A review of material aspects in develo** 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 …

Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

C Liu, D Kong, PC Hsu, H Yuan, HW Lee, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Solar energy is readily available in most climates and can be used for water purification.
However, solar disinfection of drinking water mostly relies on ultraviolet light, which …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic application of spinel ferrite nanoparticles and nanocomposites in wastewater treatment

KK Kefeni, BB Mamba - Sustainable materials and technologies, 2020 - Elsevier
This review shade light on the recent advances in a photocatalytic application of spinel
ferrite nanoparticles and their nanocomposites towards pollutant degradation capacities in …

Green synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas L. for photocatalytic degradation of tannery wastewater

SP Goutam, G Saxena, V Singh, AK Yadav… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Green synthesis is a simple, eco-friendly and emerging approach of synthesizing
nanoparticles (NPs) and currently, attracting scientific community from around the world. The …

In Situ Formation of Multiple Schottky Barriers in a Ti3C2 MXene Film and its Application in Highly Sensitive Gas Sensors

J Choi, YJ Kim, SY Cho, K Park, H Kang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The main gas‐sensing mechanisms of 2D materials are surface charge transfer by analytes
and Schottky barrier (SB) modulation at the interface between the metallic and …

Application of spinel ferrite nanoparticles in water and wastewater treatment: a review

KK Kefeni, BB Mamba, TAM Msagati - Separation and Purification …, 2017 - Elsevier
Several studies, which have been carried out on water and wastewater treatment with spinel
ferrite nanoparticles (SFNPs) and spinel ferrite nanocomposites (SFNCs) confirmed their …

Designing high-efficiency light-to-thermal conversion materials for solar desalination and photothermal catalysis

H Jiang, X Liu, D Wang, Z Qiao, D Wang… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light-to-thermal conversion materials (LTCMs) have been of great interest to researchers
due to their impressive energy conversion capacity and wide range of applications in …