Develo** new understanding of photoelectrochemical water splitting via in-situ techniques: A review on recent progress

J Cen, Q Wu, M Liu, A Orlov - Green Energy & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technology for solar hydrogen
production to build a sustainable, renewable and clean energy economy. Given the …

Defect engineering in ZnO nanocones for visible photoconductivity and nonlinear absorption

MK Kavitha, KB **esh, R Philip, P Gopinath… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured ZnO is a promising material for optoelectronic and nonlinear optical
applications because of the flexibility of band gap engineering by means of various defect …

Efficient visible light photocatalysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) in aqueous solutions using supported zinc oxide nanorods

J Al-Sabahi, T Bora, M Al-Abri, J Dutta - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are some of the common
environmental pollutants originating mainly from oil and gas industries, which are toxic to …

Quantifying bulk and surface recombination processes in nanostructured water splitting photocatalysts via in situ ultrafast spectroscopy

K Appavoo, M Liu, CT Black, MY Sfeir - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
A quantitative description of recombination processes in nanostructured semiconductor
photocatalysts one that distinguishes between bulk (charge transport) and surface …

Enhancing photocatalytic activity of zno nanoparticles in a circulating fluidized bed with plasma jets

S Ma, Y Huang, R Hong, X Lu, J Li, Y Zheng - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were modified in a circulating fluidized bed
through argon and hydrogen (Ar–H) alternating-current (AC) arc plasma, which shows the …

Ultrafast nonlinear optical properties and carrier dynamics of silver nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanowires

KX Zhang, CB Yao, X Wen, QH Li, WJ Sun - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Silver (Ag) nanoparticle-decorated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (Ag–ZnO) have been
successfully synthesized by chemical vapour deposition and the magnetron sputtering …

Unravelling photocarrier dynamics beyond the space charge region for photoelectrochemical water splitting

W Zhang, D Yan, K Appavoo, J Cen, Q Wu… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting require
efficient carrier generation, separation, and transport at and beyond the space charge region …

[HTML][HTML] Near band edge photoluminescence of ZnO nanowires: Optimization via surface engineering

D Yan, W Zhang, J Cen, E Stavitski… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire arrays have potential applications for various devices such as
ultra-violet light emitting diodes and lasers, where photoluminescence of intense near band …

Enhanced broadband ultrafast detection of ultraviolet emission using optical Kerr gating

K Appavoo, MY Sfeir - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a high-sensitivity ultrafast emission spectrometer based on the optical Kerr
effect that time resolves emission simultaneously in the ultraviolet and visible ranges. We …

Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanowire arrays: fine tuning by precursor supersaturation

D Yan, J Cen, W Zhang, A Orlov, M Liu - CrystEngComm, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we develop a technique that fine tunes the hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanowires to
address the difficulties in controlling their growth in a conventional one-pot hydrothermal …