Recent advancements in the use of novel piezoelectric materials for piezocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic applications

H Zheng, Y Wang, J Liu, K Yan, K Zhu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis has gradually attracted the interest of researchers owing to their excellent
ability to improve the separation and migration of photoelectrons and holes. The alternating …

Layered bismuth-based photocatalysts

N Tian, C Hu, J Wang, Y Zhang, T Ma… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis has received considerable interdisciplinary attentions and
research interests owing to its versatile applications. Layered bismuth-based (LBB) …

Atomic‐level charge separation strategies in semiconductor‐based photocatalysts

F Chen, T Ma, T Zhang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor‐based photocatalysis as a productive technology furnishes a prospective
solution to environmental and renewable energy issues, but its efficiency greatly relies on …

Borate particulate photocatalysts for photocatalytic applications: a review

J Yang, X Sun - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Borate is a kind of wide-bandgap semiconducting material with rich structure and variety,
which is usually used in optical properties research. Its unique crystal structure has essential …

Giant enhancement of internal electric field boosting bulk charge separation for photocatalysis

J Li, L Cai, J Shang, Y Yu, L Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201600301 photocatalyst surface effectively, cannot influence BCS.
Therefore, new strategies are urgently required to promote BCS. Internal electric field (IEF) …

Energy transfer in plasmonic photocatalytic composites

XC Ma, Y Dai, L Yu, BB Huang - Light: Science & Applications, 2016 - nature.com
Among the many novel photocatalytic systems developed in very recent years, plasmonic
photocatalytic composites possess great potential for use in applications and are one of the …

Multiply structural optimized strategies for bismuth oxyhalide photocatalysis and their environmental application

Z Wang, M Chen, D Huang, G Zeng, P Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bismuth oxyhalide (BiOX) photocatalysts have attracted tremendous attentions due to their
unique optical and electronic properties. However, pristine BiOX suffered from inherent …

Ferroelectric polarization promoted bulk charge separation for highly efficient CO2 photoreduction of SrBi4Ti4O15

S Tu, Y Zhang, AH Reshak, S Auluck, L Ye, X Han… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Fast recombination of photogenerated charge carriers in bulk remains the major obstacle for
photocatalysis nowadays. Develo** ferroelectrics directly as photoactive semiconducting …

Promising pyro-photo-electric catalysis in NaNbO3 via integrating solar and cold-hot alternation energy in pyroelectric-assisted photoelectrochemical system

S Zhang, B Zhang, D Chen, Z Guo, M Ruan, Z Liu - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a novel catalytic process named “pyro-photo-electric catalysis” is firstly realized by
combining pyroelectric catalysis (PREC) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) catalysis based …

Exploring the photocatalytic conversion mechanism of gaseous formaldehyde degradation on TiO2–x-OV surface

X Li, H Li, Y Huang, J Cao, T Huang, R Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand the conversion mechanism of photocatalytic gaseous formaldehyde (HCHO)
degradation, strontium (Sr)-doped TiO 2–x–OV catalysts was designed and synthesized in …