Oxygen vacant semiconductor photocatalysts

L Hao, H Huang, Y Zhang, T Ma - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis acts as a sustainable green technology to convert solar
energy for environmental purification and production of renewable energy. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Surface defect engineering of metal oxides photocatalyst for energy application and water treatment

P Raizada, V Soni, A Kumar, P Singh, AAP Khan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite metal oxides offer excellent characteristics in the field of photocatalysis, they often
suffer from charge carrier recombination as well as limited visible response, which indeed …

Photo-switchable oxygen vacancy as the dynamic active site in the photocatalytic NO oxidation reaction

Q Ren, Y He, H Wang, Y Sun, F Dong - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Identifying the dynamic structural changes of the active sites in a catalytic reaction under
realistic working conditions is a great challenge. In this work, we demonstrate that in situ …

CeO2 nanosheets with anion-induced oxygen vacancies for promoting photocatalytic toluene mineralization: toluene adsorption and reactive oxygen species

X Wei, K Li, X Zhang, Q Tong, J Ji, Y Cai, B Gao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deep oxidation of toluene is recognized as a major challenge for photocatalytic
oxidation of toluene. Herein, we introduced oxygen vacancies into CeO 2 nanosheets …

Construction of Bi2S3-BiOBr nanosheets on TiO2 NTA as the effective photocatalysts: Pollutant removal, photoelectric conversion and hydrogen generation

Y Jia, P Liu, Q Wang, Y Wu, D Cao, QA Qiao - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Novel energy material is the investigation focus to overcome the environment pollution and
resource shortage crisis. TiO 2 nanotube arrays (TiO 2 NTA) could be used for pollutant …

Surface-layer bromine do** enhanced generation of surface oxygen vacancies in bismuth molybdate for efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

G Wang, T Huo, Q Deng, F Yu, Y **a, H Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The oxygen vacancy (Ov) in photocatalysts plays a significant role for N 2 fixation, but
effective and simple means for creation of Ov are in urgent demand. Herein, surface-layer Br …

Subsurface Engineering Induced Fermi Level De‐pinning in Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

J Wang, G Ni, W Liao, K Liu, J Chen, F Liu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for renewable solar light
conversion. However, surface Fermi level pinning (FLP), caused by surface trap states …

Enhanced durability of nitric oxide removal on TiO2 (P25) under visible light: Enabled by the direct Z-scheme mechanism and enhanced structure defects through …

J Zhang, H Tao, S Wu, J Yang, M Zhu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct Z-scheme catalysts have become main “stars” of the photocatalytic field because of
their excellent redox ability. Herein, a direct Z-scheme catalyst of TiO 2 (P25)-C 3 N 5 with …

Novel pn heterojunction Bi2O3/Ti3+-TiO2 photocatalyst enables the complete removal of tetracyclines under visible light

T Tang, Z Yin, J Chen, S Zhang, W Sheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The search for a highly active visible-light photocatalyst toward the complete degradation of
antibiotic residuals remains a challenging task due to the fast emergence of antibiotic …

A review on the preparation, microstructure, and photocatalytic performance of Bi 2 O 3 in polymorphs

AH Zahid, Q Han - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the semiconductor bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) has attracted increasing attention
as a potential visible-light-driven photocatalyst due to its simple composition, relatively …