Recent advances in semiconductor heterojunctions: a detailed review of the fundamentals of photocatalysis, charge transfer mechanism and materials

A Balapure, JR Dutta, R Ganesan - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, due to its operability under sustainable and green energy conditions, is one
of the cardinal branches of the environmental remediation domain. To date, a significant …

Mesoporous carbon nitrides: synthesis, functionalization, and applications

KS Lakhi, DH Park, K Al-Bahily, W Cha… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous carbon nitrides (MCNs) with large surface areas and uniform pore diameters
are unique semiconducting materials and exhibit highly versatile structural and excellent …

Challenges and Prospects in Solar Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction with Inorganic and Hybrid Nanostructures

JK Stolarczyk, S Bhattacharyya, L Polavarapu… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The inexorable rise of carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere, already exceeding 400 ppm,
highlights the need for reduction of CO2 emissions. Harvesting solar energy to drive reverse …

Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting

X Li, J Yu, J Low, Y Fang, J **ao, X Chen - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing interest in the conversion of water and solar energy into clean and
renewable H2 fuels using earth-abundant materials due to the depletion of fossil fuel and its …

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 …

Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting

FE Osterloh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing human need for clean and renewable energy has stimulated research in
artificial photosynthesis, and in particular water photoelectrolysis as a pathway to hydrogen …

Graphitic carbon nitride materials: controllable synthesis and applications in fuel cells and photocatalysis

Y Zheng, J Liu, J Liang, M Jaroniec… - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C3N4) are becoming increasingly significant due to the
theoretical prediction of their unusual properties and promising applications ranging from …

Nanocomposite heterojunctions as sunlight-driven photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water splitting

MR Gholipour, CT Dinh, F Béland, TO Do - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting using sunlight has enormous potential
in solving the worldwide energy and environmental crisis. The key challenge in this process …

Recent advances in transition metal nitride‐based materials for photocatalytic applications

Z Cheng, W Qi, CH Pang, T Thomas… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis is a promising and convenient strategy to convert solar energy into chemical
energy for various fields. However, photocatalysis still suffers from low solar energy …

Photocatalytic water splitting: recent progress and future challenges

K Maeda, K Domen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Water splitting to form hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy in the presence of
semiconductor photocatalysts has long been studied as a potential means of clean, large …