Defect engineering of BiOX (X= Cl, Br, I) based photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications: Current progress and future perspectives

S Vinoth, WJ Ong, A Pandikumar - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The emerging layered BiOX (X= Cl, Br, I) materials have been widely used for energy and
environmental applications. The BiOX crystal structure has been arranged by stacking of …

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 …

Ultrathin porous Bi2WO6 with rich oxygen vacancies for promoted adsorption-photocatalytic tetracycline degradation

W Gao, G Li, Q Wang, L Zhang, K Wang, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring advanced photocatalysts for antibiotics degradation is highly desired but remains
a challenge due to the lack of reasonable structural design and molecular oxygen activation …

Controllable Cu0‐Cu+ Sites for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

X Yuan, S Chen, D Cheng, L Li, W Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cu‐based electrocatalysts facilitate CO2 electrochemical reduction (CO2ER) to produce
multi‐carbon products. However, the roles of Cu0 and Cu+ and the mechanistic …

In-situ construction of BiOBr/Bi2WO6 S-scheme heterojunction nanoflowers for highly efficient CO2 photoreduction: Regulation of morphology and surface oxygen …

J Wu, K Li, S Yang, C Song, X Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The improvements of charge transfer efficiency and CO 2 capture ability are of particular
importance to the photocatalytic CO 2 reduction activity of semiconductor photocatalysts …

Chemical Bonding of gC3N4/UiO-66(Zr/Ce) from Zr and Ce Single Atoms for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 under Visible Light

W Wang, S Song, P Wang, M He, Z Fang, X Yuan… - Acs …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The most promising approach to mitigating the greenhouse effect and tackling the energy
crisis is to convert carbon dioxide into valuable liquid fuels through artificial photosynthesis …

Phase junction crystalline carbon nitride nanosheets modified with CdS nanoparticles for photocatalytic CO 2 reduction

G Chen, F Wei, Z Zhou, B Su, C Yang, XF Lu… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric carbon nitrides exhibit massive potential for photocatalytic CO2 reduction,
especially the crystalline allotrope, namely, poly (triazine imide)(PTI), that possesses …

Photoredox coupling of benzyl alcohol oxidation with CO2 reduction over CdS/TiO2 heterostructure under visible light irradiation

MY Qi, Q Lin, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Applied Catalysis B: Environment and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coupling CO 2 photoreduction with selective organic synthesis offers a promising modus
operandi to enable simultaneous utilization of photogenerated electrons and holes to realize …

Metallic AgInS2 nanocrystals with sulfur vacancies boost atmospheric CO2 photoreduction under near-infrared light illumination

K Wang, H Qin, J Li, Q Cheng, Y Zhu, H Hu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unraveling the function of vacancy engineering in influencing the intrinsic CO 2
photoreduction with low photon energy directly from air remains a significant challenge …

Atomic‐level insight of sulfidation‐engineered Aurivillius‐related Bi2O2SiO3 nanosheets enabling visible light low‐concentration CO2 conversion

K Wang, Y Du, Y Li, X Wu, H Hu, G Wang… - Carbon …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unraveling atomic‐level active sites of layered photocatalyst towards low‐concentration
CO2 conversion is still challenging. Herein, the yield and selectivity of photocatalytic CO2 …