Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis

Q Wang, C Pornrungroj, S Linley, E Reisner - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight offers a promising sustainable solution for chemical
energy storage, but inefficient utilization of the solar spectrum limits its commercial viability …

Review on strategies toward efficient piezocatalysis of BaTiO3 nanomaterials for wastewater treatment through harvesting vibration energy

Q Zhang, Y Jia, W Wu, C Pei, G Zhu, Z Wu, L Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
An emerging, environmentally friendly and sustainable method of decomposition
wastewater urgently needs to be proposed due to the environmental crisis and the …

High‐entropy enhanced microwave attenuation in titanate perovskites

B Zhao, Z Yan, Y Du, L Rao, G Chen, Y Wu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High‐entropy oxides (HEOs), which incorporate multiple‐principal cations into
single‐phase crystals and interact with diverse metal ions, extend the border for available …

Recent advances in noncontact external-field-assisted photocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

X Li, W Wang, F Dong, Z Zhang, L Han, X Luo… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The effective separation of photogenerated carriers plays a vital role in photocatalytic
reactions. In addition to the intrinsic driving force of photocatalysis, an external field …

Recent advances in efficient photocatalysis via modulation of electric and magnetic fields and reactive phase control

B Dai, J Guo, C Gao, H Yin, Y **e, Z Lin - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The past several years has witnessed significant progress in enhancing photocatalytic
performance via robust electric and magnetic fields' modulation to promote the separation …

Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectricity in biomaterials and biomedical applications

X Yuan, J Shi, Y Kang, J Dong, Z Pei, X Ji - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric materials are considered unique biomedical
materials due to their dielectric crystals and asymmetric centers that allow them to directly …

Photocatalysis enhanced by external fields

C Hu, S Tu, N Tian, T Ma, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient conversion of solar energy by means of photocatalysis shows huge potential to
relieve the ongoing energy crisis and increasing environmental pollution. However …

Photocatalytic hydrogen production using metal doped TiO2: A review of recent advances

V Kumaravel, S Mathew, J Bartlett, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) production via photocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising
technologies for clean solar energy conversion to emerge in recent decades. The …

The role of polarization in photocatalysis

F Chen, H Huang, L Guo, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis as a desirable technology shows great potential in
environmental remediation and renewable energy generation, but its efficiency is severely …

Recent advances in pyroelectric materials and applications

D Zhang, H Wu, CR Bowen, Y Yang - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one important subclass of piezoelectric materials, pyroelectric materials have caused
increasing attention owing to the unique pyroelectric effect induced by spontaneous …