Semiconductor photocatalysts: A critical review highlighting the various strategies to boost the photocatalytic performances for diverse applications

I Ahmad, Y Zou, J Yan, Y Liu, S Shukrullah… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The photocatalytic technology illustrates an eco-friendly and sustainable route to overcome
environmental and energy issues. The successful construction of a photocatalyst depends …

Photocatalytic Z‐scheme overall water splitting: recent advances in theory and experiments

J Abdul Nasir, A Munir, N Ahmad, T Haq… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting is considered one of the most important and appealing
approaches for the production of green H2 to address the global energy demand. The …

Tunable photocatalytic and optoelectronic properties of SiTe/SiH heterostructure as a photocatalytic water splitting with high hydrogen production

SA Essaa, HR Jappor - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The development of appropriate photocatalysts based on semiconductors is crucial for
overcoming energy and environmental challenges. Especially, photocatalysts of water …

Type-II CdS/PtSSe heterostructures used as highly efficient water-splitting photocatalysts

G Wang, W Tang, W **e, Q Tang, Y Wang, H Guo… - Applied Surface …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The design of two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures (HSs) is an effective method to tune the
physical and chemical properties of 2D materials. Using first-principles calculations, we …

Recent advances in semiconductor heterojunctions and Z-schemes for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

L Schumacher, R Marschall - Topics in Current Chemistry, 2022‏ - Springer
The formation of semiconductor heterojunctions and Z-schemes is still a very prominent and
efficient strategy of materials chemists to extend the absorption range of semiconductor …

Engineering 2D materials for photocatalytic water-splitting from a theoretical perspective

M Jakhar, A Kumar, PK Ahluwalia, K Tankeshwar… - Materials, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Splitting of water with the help of photocatalysts has gained a strong interest in the scientific
community for producing clean energy, thus requiring novel semiconductor materials to …

Synthesis of a mace-like cellulose nanocrystal@ Ag nanosystem via in-situ growth for antibacterial activities of poly-L-lactide scaffold

C Shuai, X Yuan, W Yang, S Peng, G Qian… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Antibacterial property for scaffolds is an urgent problem to prevent infections in bone repair.
Ag nanoparticles possess excellent bactericidal activities, whereas their agglomeration …

Z-scheme systems of ASi2N4 (A = Mo or W) for photocatalytic water splitting and nanogenerators

J Zeng, L Xu, X Luo, T Chen, SH Tang, X Huang… - Tungsten, 2022‏ - Springer
Z-scheme heterojunction catalysts have received great attention due to their efficient ability
to separate electrons and holes. Here, using the first-principles calculations, we designed a …

Photocatalytic transition-metal-oxides-based p–n heterojunction materials: synthesis, sustainable energy and environmental applications, and perspectives

V Soni, P Singh, AAP Khan, A Singh, AK Nadda… - Journal of Nanostructure …, 2023‏ - Springer
In recent years, photocatalysis has gained particular attention due to its crucial potential
applications in addressing many essential energy and environmental challenges …

Boosting the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of monolayer C 2 N coupled with MoSi 2 N 4: density-functional theory calculations

J Zeng, L Xu, Y Yang, X Luo, HJ Li, SX **ong… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Very recently, an important two-dimensional material, MoSi2N4, was successfully
synthesized. However, pure MoSi2N4 has some inherent shortcomings when used in …