Photocatalysts for a sustainable future: Innovations in large-scale environmental and energy applications

Z Kuspanov, B Bakbolat, A Baimenov… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing environmental and energy crises have prompted researchers to seek new
solutions, including large-scale photocatalytic environmental remediation and the …

A comparative review on adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of classified dyes with metal/non-metal-based modification of graphitic carbon nitride …

A Ahmadi, M Hajilou, S Zavari, S Yaghmaei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Dyes have different categories, and each is used in one of the industries according to its
appearance and physical characteristics. Dyes have severe toxicity and carcinogenic …

Stable Black Phosphorus Encapsulation in Porous Mesh-like UiO-66 Promoted Charge Transfer for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toluene and o-Dichlorobenzene …

J Chen, Y Yang, S Zhao, F Bi, L Song, N Liu, J Xu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work presents a new strategy to enhance the charge transfer from Zr atoms in UiO-66 to
black phosphorus (BP) via an atomic-level charge-transfer channel provided by Zr–P bonds …

Spatially Separating Redox Centers on Z‐Scheme ZnIn2S4/BiVO4 Hierarchical Heterostructure for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

J Hu, C Chen, Y Zheng, G Zhang, C Guo, CM Li - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis technology using solar energy for hydrogen (H2) production still faces great
challenges to design and synthesize highly efficient photocatalysts, which should realize the …

Boosting photocatalytic activity using carbon nitride based 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunctions

P Kumar, D Laishram, RK Sharma, A Vinu… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The surging demand for energy and staggering pollutants in the environment have geared
the scientific community to explore sustainable pathways that are economically feasible and …

Cooperative syngas production and C− N bond formation in one photoredox cycle

C Han, YH Li, JY Li, MY Qi, ZR Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven syngas production by CO2 reduction provides a sustainable strategy to
produce renewable feedstocks. However, this promising reaction often suffers from tough …

A [001]‐oriented Hittorf's phosphorus nanorods/polymeric carbon nitride heterostructure for boosting wide‐spectrum‐responsive photocatalytic hydrogen evolution …

Y Zhu, C Lv, Z Yin, J Ren, X Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Red phosphorus is a promising photocatalyst with wide visible‐light absorption up to 700
nm, but the fast charge recombination limits its photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction …

[HTML][HTML] Renaissance of elemental phosphorus materials: properties, synthesis, and applications in sustainable energy and environment

H Tian, J Wang, G Lai, Y Dou, J Gao, Z Duan… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The polymorphism of phosphorus-based materials has garnered much research interest,
and the variable chemical bonding structures give rise to a variety of micro and …

Enhanced solar-to-chemical energy conversion of graphitic carbon nitride by two-dimensional cocatalysts

C Bie, B Cheng, J Fan, W Ho, J Yu - EnergyChem, 2021 - Elsevier
The appropriate band structure endows graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) with benign
redox ability and visible light response, resulting in its popularity in photocatalysis. Given the …

Functional two-dimensional black phosphorus nanostructures towards next-generation devices

M Wang, J Zhu, Y Zi, ZG Wu, H Hu, Z **e… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) black phosphorus (BP) has been widely applied in
many fields, such as (opto) electronics, transistors, catalysis and biomedical applications …