Fundamentals of TiO2 Photocatalysis: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Challenges

Q Guo, C Zhou, Z Ma, X Yang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis has been widely applied in various areas, such as solar cells, water splitting,
and pollutant degradation. Therefore, the photochemical mechanisms and basic principles …

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 …

Coordination environment tuning of nickel sites by oxyanions to optimize methanol electro-oxidation activity

S Li, R Ma, J Hu, Z Li, L Liu, X Wang, Y Lu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To achieve zero-carbon economy, advanced anode catalysts are desirable for hydrogen
production and biomass upgrading powered by renewable energy. Ni-based non-precious …

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 …

Single Molecule Photocatalysis on TiO2 Surfaces: Focus Review

Q Guo, Z Ma, C Zhou, Z Ren, X Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalysis has been widely applied in various fields, such as
photovoltaic cell, solar water splitting, photocatalytic pollutant degradation, and so on …

Improving the deconvolution and interpretation of XPS spectra from chars by ab initio calculations

M Smith, L Scudiero, J Espinal, JS McEwen… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
The interpretation of C1s XPS spectra from disordered oxygenated carbons remains
uncertain despite a variety of schemes reported in the literature. Here, a thermoseries of …

Free energy of proton transfer at the water–TiO 2 interface from ab initio deep potential molecular dynamics

MFC Andrade, HY Ko, L Zhang, R Car, A Selloni - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 is a widely used photocatalyst in science and technology and its interface with water is
important in fields ranging from geochemistry to biomedicine. Yet, it is still unclear whether …

Insights into Interfacial Synergistic Catalysis over Ni@TiO2–x Catalyst toward Water–Gas Shift Reaction

M Xu, S Yao, D Rao, Y Niu, N Liu, M Peng… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The mechanism on interfacial synergistic catalysis for supported metal catalysts has long
been explored and investigated in several important heterogeneous catalytic processes (eg …

A surface science perspective on TiO2 photocatalysis

MA Henderson - Surface Science Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Hydrogen Production by Photocatalytic Water Splitting over Pt/TiO2 Nanosheets with Exposed (001) Facets

J Yu, L Qi, M Jaroniec - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010 - ACS Publications
Pt/TiO2 nanosheets with exposed (001) facets were fabricated by a simple hydrothermal
route in a Ti (OC4H9) 4-HF-H2O mixed solution followed by a photochemical reduction …