A comprehensive review on the boosted effects of anion vacancy in the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation, Part II: focus on oxygen vacancy

M Rezaei, A Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, AR Massah - ACS omega, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Environmental problems, including the increasingly polluted water and the energy crisis,
have led to a need to propose novel strategies/methodologies to contribute to sustainable …

Surface and interface engineering of BiOCl nanomaterials and their photocatalytic applications

S Wang, D Song, L Liao, M Li, Z Li, W Zhou - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
BiOCl materials have received much attention because of their unique optical and electrical
properties. Still, their unsatisfactory catalytic performance has been troubling researchers …

Photochromic single atom Ag/TiO 2 catalysts for selective CO 2 reduction to CH 4

C Ban, Y Wang, Y Feng, Z Zhu, Y Duan, J Ma… - Energy & …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic production of CH4 from CO2 and H2O is recognized as one of the most
sustainable approaches to address the environmental and energy crises. However, this …

Restructuring surface frustrated Lewis acid-base pairs of BiOBr through isomorphous Sn do** for boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction

J Hao, Y Zhang, L Zhang, J Shen, L Meng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into valued chemicals has evoked broad interest.
However, the photocatalytic efficiency is limited by the adsorption and activation capability of …

Engineering lattice disorder on a photocatalyst: photochromic BiOBr nanosheets enhance activation of aromatic C–H bonds via water oxidation

X Cao, A Huang, C Liang, HC Chen… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Solar-driven photocatalytic reactions can mildly activate hydrocarbon C–H bonds to produce
value-added chemicals. However, the inefficient utilization of photogenerated carriers …

Bismuth oxyhalide photocatalysts for water purification: Progress and challenges

CY Wang, X Zhang, HQ Yu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water and wastewater has gained
considerable attention in recent decades, as bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX, X= Cl, Br, or I) have …

Microplastic degradation by hydroxy-rich bismuth oxychloride

R Jiang, G Lu, Z Yan, J Liu, D Wu, Y Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics, as a class of widely dispersed persistent pollutants, the main reactive oxygen
species is far from clarified in their photocatalytic degradation. In this study, a novel hydroxy …

Differences and similarities of photocatalysis and electrocatalysis in two-dimensional nanomaterials: strategies, traps, applications and challenges

W Qian, S Xu, X Zhang, C Li, W Yang, CR Bowen… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021‏ - Springer
Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis have been essential parts of electrochemical processes
for over half a century. Recent progress in the controllable synthesis of 2D nanomaterials …

Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A by Co-doped BiOCl nanosheets under visible light irradiation

CY Wang, YJ Zhang, WK Wang, DN Pei… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) is a typical UV-light-sensitive photocatalyst with a unique
layered structure, but exhibits no response towards visible light. This is a main limitation for …

Fabrication and regulation of vacancy-mediated bismuth oxyhalide towards photocatalytic application: Development status and tendency

J Guo, X Li, J Liang, X Yuan, L Jiang, H Yu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recently, layered bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX) have been a well-deserved hotspot in the field
of photocatalysis owning to their fascinating physicochemical properties derived from unique …