Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

Graphene in photocatalysis: a review

X Li, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al‐Ghamdi, J **e - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, heterogeneous photocatalysis has received much research interest because
of its powerful potential applications in tackling many important energy and environmental …

Waltzing with the versatile platform of graphene to synthesize composite photocatalysts

N Zhang, MQ Yang, S Liu, Y Sun, YJ Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The efficient and cost-effective direct conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and
solar fuels has been considered as one of the most perspective strategies to solve the …

Rationally designed transition metal hydroxide nanosheet arrays on graphene for artificial CO2 reduction

KQ Lu, YH Li, F Zhang, MY Qi, X Chen, ZR Tang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The performance of transition metal hydroxides, as cocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction, is
significantly limited by their inherent weaknesses of poor conductivity and stacked structure …

Photocorrosion inhibition of semiconductor-based photocatalysts: basic principle, current development, and future perspective

B Weng, MY Qi, C Han, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising strategy for addressing the worldwide
environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. However, unlike TiO2 with good …

Photocatalysis: from fundamental principles to materials and applications

X Yang, D Wang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis represents a unique class of chemical transformations. It utilizes the energy
delivered by light and drives reactions that are difficult, sometimes even impossible, to carry …

Selectivity enhancement in heterogeneous photocatalytic transformations

J Kou, C Lu, J Wang, Y Chen, Z Xu, RS Varma - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis has been invariably considered as an unselective process (especially in
water) for a fairly long period of time, and the investigation on selective photocatalysis has …

Construction of rGO-coupled C3N4/C3N5 2D/2D Z-scheme heterojunction to accelerate charge separation for efficient visible light H2 evolution

D Liu, J Yao, S Chen, J Zhang, R Li, T Peng - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a fascinating two-dimensional (2D) conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (C 3 N 4)
has drawn broad attention as metal-free photocatalyst, but it's further utilization is confined …

CO2 towards fuels: A review of catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons

MD Garba, M Usman, S Khan, F Shehzad… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Meeting the ever-increasing global energy demands is one of the serious challenges of the
21st century. It is estimated that about 80% of the global energy demand is supplied by the …

Rationally designed dual cocatalysts on ZnIn 2 S 4 nanoflowers for photoredox coupling of benzyl alcohol oxidation with H 2 evolution

Y Wei, Y Wu, J Wang, YH Wu, Z Weng… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing a dual-functional reaction platform combining photocatalytic hydrogen
evolution and selective organic synthesis is an effective approach for utilizing both …