Construction of pn type AgCl/BiFeO3 heterojunction with promising photocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic water purification

T **an, X Ma, X Sun, C Sun, H Wang, L Di, K Ma… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, a promising pn type AgCl/BiFeO 3 heterojunction piezo-photocatalysts was
constructed by attaching AgCl nanocubes on the surface of BiFeO 3 microdiscs. The …

S-scheme MgO–TiO2@gC3N4 nanostructures as efficient photocatalyst for alizarin red S photodegradation

LS Alqarni, MD Alghamdi, H Alhussain… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
In this study a ternary composite MgO–TiO2@ g-C3N4 was synthesized via a simplistic
ultrasonic route and then it was characterized using various techniques. The development of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of Single Atoms vs. Sub-Nanoclusters as Co-Catalysts in Perovskites and Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic Technologies

AV Spyrou, K Zodhiates, Y Deligiannakis - Nanomaterials, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adatoms as co-catalysts may play a key role in photocatalysis, yet control of their exact
configuration remains challenging. Specifically, there is converging evidence that ultra-small …

BiFeO3-Based All Perovskite Oxides Direct Z-Scheme Heterostructure for Efficient Oxygen Evolution

E Djatoubai, MS Khan, S Haq, G Heidari… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
BiFeO3 (BFO) has gained significant attention recently in photocatalytic water splitting due to
its visible light active profile and facile synthesis design. However, a single component …

Piezoelectric Polarization Assisted Surface Defect Engineering to Improve BiVO4 Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

L Liu, Z Liu, M Ruan, Z Guo, C Wang - Catalysis Letters, 2024 - Springer
Manipulating the catalyst body and surface photogenerated charge separation is significant
in expanding research in the field of photoelectrochemical water splitting. This paper …

Synergy of nitrogen dopants and cobalt single atoms in calcium niobate nanosheets for photocatalytic oxygen evolution

S ul Haq, CL Dong, YC Huang… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The successful separation of photoexcited charge carriers and their effective utilization are
crucial for overcoming the slow kinetics of the four-electron process for photocatalytic …

A construction of core–shell dual zeolite imidazole skeleton derived composite to facilitate photocarrier separation and distribution of active sites for photocatalytic …

X Rong, Y Yu, Z Du, X Xu, T Yang, J Hu, H Huang - Journal of Catalysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Limited by the severe carrier recombination and insufficient active sites of the catalyst,
achieving efficient photocatalytic water oxidation remains a major challenge. Herein, a core …

Low‐Dimensional Materials for Direct Fuel Generation Assisted by Sunlight

MS Khan, S Shen - Conversion of Water and CO2 to Fuels …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐dimensional materials are an important class of materials with distinctive optical,
electronic, physical, and chemical characteristics that are attractive for a wide range of …