Crystal facet engineering of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Wang, G Liu, L Wang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for solar-driven
hydrogen production with zero emissions, and it has been intensively studied over the past …

Graphene-based materials as efficient photocatalysts for water splitting

J Albero, D Mateo, H García - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis has been proposed as one of the most promising approaches for solar fuel
production. Among the photocatalysts studied for water splitting, graphene and related …

New understanding of crystal control and facet selectivity of titanium dioxide ruling photocatalytic performance

T Butburee, P Kotchasarn, P Hirunsit, Z Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Engineering crystals of titanium dioxide (TiO2) to expose the most reactive facet has been
proved to significantly improve its photocatalytic performance. While most TiO2 with facets …

Insight into the Crystal Facet Effect of {101} and {100} Facets of CeVO4 in the Photochemical Property and Photocatalysis

P Zhang, X Yang, S Du, L Yin, J Wang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To investigate the photochemical property of specific crystal facets, two well-defined CeVO4
dodecahedrons with exposed {101} and {100} facets are prepared, which have …

Hole Polaron Migration in Bulk Phases of TiO2 Using Hybrid Density Functional Theory

JJ Carey, JA Quirk, KP McKenna - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding charge-carrier transport in semiconductors is vital to the improvement of
material performance for various applications in optoelectronics and photochemistry. Here …

Synergistic TiO2/VO2 window coating with thermochromism, enhanced luminous transmittance, and photocatalytic activity

Y Ji, A Mattsson, GA Niklasson, CG Granqvist… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Modern buildings tend to be" energy guzzlers" and have indoor environments with
unhealthy air. Glazing with TiO 2/VO 2 bilayer coatings (1) exhibits enhanced photocatalytic …

Conductive Nb-doped TiO 2 thin films with whole visible absorption to degrade pollutants

X Yang, Y Min, S Li, D Wang, Z Mei, J Liang… - Catalysis Science & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is widely applied as a photocatalyst; however, its widespread use is
limited by its wide band gap; moreover, it is challenging and interesting to make TiO2 absorb …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of surface density on the CO2 photoreduction activity of a DC magnetron sputtered TiO2 catalyst

F Fresno, P Reñones, E Alfonso, C Guillén… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Advancing in the photocatalyst scale-up is crucial for the development of highly efficient
solar fuels production at industrial scale. Here, we report DC-magnetron sputtering as a …

Gas-phase photocatalytic activity of sputter-deposited anatase TiO2 films: Effect of< 0 0 1> preferential orientation, surface temperature and humidity

BI Stefanov, GA Niklasson, CG Granqvist, L Österlund - Journal of Catalysis, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a systematic in situ study of the environmental reaction conditions on the
photocatalytic activity of sputter deposited anatase TiO 2 films with controlled amounts of …

Optimisation of the envelope method for characterisation of optical thin film on substrate specimens from their normal incidence transmittance spectrum

DA Minkov, GM Gavrilov, GV Angelov, JMD Moreno… - Thin Solid Films, 2018 - Elsevier
The spectroscopic ellipsometry is the main tool for optical characterisation of a thin film in its
spectral region of strong absorption, where its transmittance spectrum does not contain …