It is important to harness near-infrared (NIR) light in the plentiful and naturally sustainable
sunlight to maximize the consumption rate of the uncontaminated resources on the planet …

Improving the performance of advanced energy conversion and storage equipments has
always been a key issue in energy research. In recent years, layered double hydroxides …

CO2 reduction photocatalysts are favorable for obtaining renewable energy. Enriched active
sites and effective photogenerated‐carriers separation are keys for improving CO2 photo …

Modification with rare-earth (RE) metals has emerged as an important approach for
enhancing the properties of titanium dioxide. Herein, the visible-light photocatalytic activity of …

Anatase nanoparticles, exposing the majority of the {0 0 1},{1 0 0} and {1 0 1} facets were
synthesized and doped with different niobium amount to investigate the self-trap** of the …

Titania (titanium (IV) oxide) is a highly active, stable, cheap and abundant photocatalyst, and
is thus commonly applied in various environmental applications. However, two main …

This work proposes a highly novel centrifugally spun lanthanide doped nonwoven fibrous
mat as a non-contact optical pressure sensor with a wide linear dynamic range and good …

In this work, we synthesized thulium (Tm 3+) modified TiO 2 nanoparticles by a facile sol-gel
route. We show that Tm 3+-modified TiO 2 exhibit superior photocatalytic activity than pure …

A set of samples of SrGd 2 O 4 doped with Sm 3+ and Dy 3+ with different concentrations
was prepared via glycine-assisted combustion synthesis. All of the diffraction peaks are …

The titanium dioxide (TiO2) semiconductor's wide band gap property restricts its application
in a variety of fields. To ensure cost-effectiveness and time efficiency, researchers …