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) …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing photocatalytic CO2 reduction with TiO2-based materials: Strategies, mechanisms, challenges, and perspectives

Z Yuan, X Zhu, X Gao, C An, Z Wang, C Zuo… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The concentration of atmospheric CO 2 has exceeded 400 ppm, surpassing its natural
variability and raising concerns about uncontrollable shifts in the carbon cycle, leading to …

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 …

The role of polarization in photocatalysis

F Chen, H Huang, L Guo, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis as a desirable technology shows great potential in
environmental remediation and renewable energy generation, but its efficiency is severely …

Macroscopic polarization enhancement promoting photo‐and piezoelectric‐induced charge separation and molecular oxygen activation

H Huang, S Tu, C Zeng, T Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient photo‐and piezoelectric‐induced molecular oxygen activation are both achieved by
macroscopic polarization enhancement on a noncentrosymmetric piezoelectric …

Solar water splitting and nitrogen fixation with layered bismuth oxyhalides

J Li, H Li, G Zhan, L Zhang - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Hydrogen and ammonia are the chemical molecules that are vital to Earth's
energy, environmental, and biological processes. Hydrogen with renewable, carbon-free …

Enhancing the macroscopic polarization of CdS for piezo-photocatalytic water splitting

M Zhang, S Nie, T Cheng, Y Feng, C Zhang, L Zheng… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezo-photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting is emerging as a promising
way to generate renewable energy, but is challenged by low efficiency and ambiguous …

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 …

Polarization and external-field enhanced photocatalysis

T Lv, J Li, N Arif, L Qi, J Lu, Z Ye, YJ Zeng - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Photocatalysis, which can directly convert solar light into chemical energy, is considered one
of the most promising green techniques for sustainable energy and environmental …