Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …

Nowadays, the increasing emergence of energy and environmental issues requires the
development of solar-driven photocatalytic technique. The materials design lays the …

Photocatalytic overall water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is desirable for long-term
renewable, sustainable and clean fuel production on earth. Metal sulfides are considered as …

Severe carrier recombination and the slow kinetics of water splitting for photocatalysts
hamper their efficient application. Herein, we propose a hydrovoltaic effect-enhanced …

An electric field built inside a crystal was proposed to enhance photoinduced carrier
separation for improving photocatalytic property of semiconductor photocatalysts. However …

In this study, solar light responsive Bi 3+ and Fe 2+ doped ZnO were synthesized and used
for photocatalytic degradation of norfloxacin (NOR), an emerging water pollutant. Analysis …

The polar and piezoelectric nature of the wurtzite structure of ZnO nanowires with a high
aspect ratio at nanoscale dimensions is of high interest for piezotronic and piezoelectric …

MXene materials have attracted increasing attention in electrochemical energy‐storage
applications while MXene also becomes photo‐active at the quantum dot scale, making it an …

Controlling the interaction of polarization light with an asymmetric nanostructure such as a
metal/semiconductor heterostructure provides opportunities for tuning surface plasmon …

The escalating water and energy crises have led to attempts at combining purifying water
and blue energy harvesting using solar interfacial evaporation systems (SIESs) based on …