The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Defect engineering is widely applied in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) to achieve
electrical, optical, magnetic, and catalytic regulation. Vacancies, regarded as a type of …

Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

As a green and sustainable technology, heterogeneous photocatalysis using
semiconductors has received much attention during the past decades because of its …

In the future, solar energy, along with other renewable resources, could play a key role in
mass production of fine chemicals. It could also potentially solve environmental problems, as …

A central issue in understanding photocatalytic water splitting on a stoichiometric or
defective nanostructured oxide surface is its adsorption mode and related reactivity. More …

Recently, defect architectured photocatalysis is proved to be the most versatile choice for
high solar to chemical energy conversion processes. Defect engineering strategies are of …

Titanium oxide (TiO2) has been among the most studied material systems over the past few
decades due to its low cost, chemical stability, nontoxicity, and, more importantly …