Particulate photocatalysts for light-driven water splitting: mechanisms, challenges, and design strategies

Q Wang, K Domen - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven water splitting provides a leading approach to store the abundant yet
intermittent solar energy and produce hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier. A …

Crystal facet engineering of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Wang, G Liu, L Wang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for solar-driven
hydrogen production with zero emissions, and it has been intensively studied over the past …

Fluorine-induced oxygen vacancies on TiO2 nanosheets for photocatalytic indoor VOCs degradation

Y Wang, Y Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation of indoor VOCs has great prospects for addressing human health
issues in daily life. Here, TiO 2 containing fluorine ions (F−) on the surface was reduced by …

Revealing the role of crystal orientation of protective layers for stable zinc anode

Q Zhang, J Luan, X Huang, Q Wang, D Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries are a promising candidate for next-generation
energy storage devices. However, their practical application is limited by the severe safety …

New advances in using Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of catalysts and catalytic reactions

C Hess - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gaining insight into the mode of operation of heterogeneous catalysts is of great scientific
and economic interest. Raman spectroscopy has proven its potential as a powerful …

Vacancy defect engineering in semiconductors for solar light‐driven environmental remediation and sustainable energy production

Y Ding, S Maitra, C Wang, S Halder… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of vacancy defects in semiconductors has been proven to be a highly
effective approach to improve their photocatalytic activity owing to their advantages of …

Zinc vacancy-promoted photocatalytic activity and photostability of ZnS for efficient visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

X Hao, Y Wang, J Zhou, Z Cui, Y Wang, Z Zou - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfide is a superior photocatalyst for H 2 evolution, whereas the wide bandgap restricts
its performance to only UV region. In this work, zinc vacancy (V Zn) defects are successfully …

Distinctive defects engineering in graphitic carbon nitride for greatly extended visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

P Niu, M Qiao, Y Li, L Huang, T Zhai - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Defects modulation usually has great influence on the electronic structures and activities of
photocatalysts. Here, porous structured graphitic carbon nitride materials with large amount …

Rapid photo-sonotherapy for clinical treatment of bacterial infected bone implants by creating oxygen deficiency using sulfur do**

K Su, L Tan, X Liu, Z Cui, Y Zheng, B Li, Y Han, Z Li… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Periprosthetic infection is considered the main cause of implant failure, which is expected to
be solved by fabricating an antibacterial coating on the surface of the implant. Nevertheless …

Defect engineering in photocatalysis: formation, chemistry, optoelectronics, and interface studies

D Maarisetty, SS Baral - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials has recently attracted substantial attention
owing to the profound influence of defects on light absorption, charge separation, and …