A review on heterogeneous photocatalysis for environmental remediation: From semiconductors to modification strategies

H Wang, X Li, X Zhao, C Li, X Song, P Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photocatalysis, an advanced oxidation process, has garnered extensive
attention in the field of environmental remediation because it involves the direct utilization of …

Toward Efficient Utilization of Photogenerated Charge Carriers in Photoelectrochemical Systems: Engineering Strategies from the Atomic Level to Configuration

K Song, H Liu, B Chen, C Gong, J Ding… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems are essential for solar energy conversion, addressing
critical energy and environmental issues. However, the low efficiency in utilizing …

Charge Relays via Dual Carbon‐Actions on Nanostructured BiVO4 for High Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Y Wang, D Chen, J Zhang, MS Balogun… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical water splitting based on nanostructured bismuth vanadate (BiVO4)
can be a promising strategy to produce low‐cost and green H2 to replace fossil fuels and …

Solar-driven highly selective conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using surface atom engineered BiVO4 photoanodes

Y Lu, BG Lee, C Lin, TK Liu, Z Wang, J Miao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dihydroxyacetone is the most desired product in glycerol oxidation reaction because of its
highest added value and large market demand among all possible oxidation products …

Photothermal‐boosted polaron transport in Fe2O3 photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

X Hu, J Huang, Y Cao, B He, X Cui, Y Zhu… - Carbon …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction of the photothermal effect into transition‐metal oxide photoanodes has been
proven to be an effective method to improve the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water‐splitting …

Interface engineering of Z-scheme α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4 photoanode: Simultaneous enhancement of charge separation and hole transportation for photoelectrocatalytic …

L Zhang, X Zhang, C Wei, F Wang, H Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of gC 3 N 4-modified α-Fe 2 O 3 heterostructures are synthesized by deposition on
fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO). The resulting α-Fe 2 O 3/gC 3 N 4/FTO photoanode (denoted …

Achieving Record-High Photoelectrochemical Photoresponse Characteristics by Employing Co3O4 Nanoclusters as Hole Charging Layer for Underwater Optical …

Y Kang, D Wang, Y Gao, S Guo, K Hu, B Liu, S Fang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The physicochemical properties of a semiconductor surface, especially in low-dimensional
nanostructures, determine the electrical and optical behavior of the devices. Thereby, the …

Tuning the surface states by in-situ Zr/Hf co-do** and MoO3 hole transport layer modification for boosting photoelectrochemical performance of hematite …

P Anushkkaran, MA Mahadik, WS Chae, HH Lee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) is a potential photoanode material for photoelectrochemical
(PEC) water splitting; nevertheless, its PEC performance is constrained by substantial bulk …

Enhanced solar water splitting of BiVO 4 photoanodes by in situ surface band edge modulation

K Song, H Hou, C Gong, F Gao, D Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoinduced charge separation and transfer has been recognized as one of the core
factors affecting the photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance of BiVO4 based photoanodes …

Recent advances and perspective of modified TiO2-based photoanodes toward photoelectrochemical water splitting

Z Dong, M Chen, D Qin, S Han - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is regarded among the best methods to combat
current growing energy crisis and environmental pollution problems. Nevertheless, low solar …