The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a physical phenomenon exhibited by
nanoparticles of metals including coinage metals, alkali metals, aluminum, and some …

Plastic waste pollution is becoming one of the most pressing environmental crises due to the
large-scale production without satisfactory recycling schemes, especially with the outbreak …

Precious metals such as gold and platinum are valued materials for a variety of important
applications, but their scarcity poses a risk of supply disruption. Recycling precious metals …

Plasmonic nanomaterials coupled with catalytically active surfaces can provide unique
opportunities for various catalysis applications, where surface plasmons produced upon …

Nanostructured photocatalysts have always offered opportunities to solve issues concerned
with the environmental challenges caused by rapid urbanization and industrialization. These …

A few years ago, the elimination of organic pollutants was given high priority due to their
harmful impacts on humans, animals, and the environment. Semiconductor photocatalysis is …

Photocatalysis has been invariably considered as an unselective process (especially in
water) for a fairly long period of time, and the investigation on selective photocatalysis has …

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a metal-free conjugated polymer constructed from two-
dimensional sheets with a bandgap energy of 2.7 eV, which makes it an applicable and …

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …