A review on BiVO4 photocatalyst: activity enhancement methods for solar photocatalytic applications

A Malathi, J Madhavan, M Ashokkumar… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4) is a promising visible-light driven semiconductor photocatalyst
with various benefits such as low production cost, low toxicity, high photostability, resistance …

WO 3-based photocatalysts: morphology control, activity enhancement and multifunctional applications

P Dong, G Hou, X **, R Shao, F Dong - Environmental Science: Nano, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
WO3, a visible-light responsive photocatalyst, absorbs light up to 480 nm with several
intriguing advantages such as low cost, harmlessness, and stability in acidic and oxidative …

Molecular chromophore–catalyst assemblies for solar fuel applications

DL Ashford, MK Gish, AK Vannucci… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases, the US Department of Energy has estimated that energy
consumption will increase with it, increasing from 5.7× 1020 J in 2012 to 8.1× 1020 J in …

TiO2 Nanotubes: Synthesis and Applications

P Roy, S Berger, P Schmuki - … Chemie International Edition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
TiO2 is one of the most studied compounds in materials science. Owing to some outstanding
properties it is used for instance in photocatalysis, dye‐sensitized solar cells, and …

Nanostructured tungsten oxide–properties, synthesis, and applications

H Zheng, JZ Ou, MS Strano, RB Kaner… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Metal oxides are the key ingredients for the development of many advanced functional
materials and smart devices. Nanostructuring has emerged as one of the best tools to unlock …

Amorphous Hydrated Tungsten Oxides with Enhanced Pseudocapacitive Contribution for Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Electrochromic Energy Storage

D Zhuang, Z Zhang, J Weng, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tungsten oxides suffer from sluggish ion diffusion kinetics, limited ion storage capacity, and
inadequate stability within the aqueous zinc ion electrolyte, thereby constraining their …

A comprehensive review on synthesis methods for transition-metal oxide nanostructures

T Guo, MS Yao, YH Lin, CW Nan - CrystEngComm, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured transition-metal oxides exhibit excellent properties, such as ferromagnetic,
ferroelectric, photoluminescence and semiconductive behaviors, etc. The band gap and …

Synthesis of porous NiO nanocrystals with controllable surface area and their application as supercapacitor electrodes

X Zhang, W Shi, J Zhu, W Zhao, J Ma, S Mhaisalkar… - Nano Research, 2010 - Springer
We report a facile way to grow various porous NiO nanostructures including nanoslices,
nanoplates, and nanocolumns, which show a structure-dependence in their specific charge …

Ultrathin, Single-Crystal WO3 Nanosheets by Two-Dimensional Oriented Attachment toward Enhanced Photocatalystic Reduction of CO2 into Hydrocarbon Fuels …

X Chen, Y Zhou, Q Liu, Z Li, J Liu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An ultrathin, single-crystal WO3 nanosheet of∼ 4–5 nm in thickness, corresponding to six
repeating unit cells of monoclinic WO3 along the c axis, was synthesized with laterally …

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on WO3

H Zheng, Y Tachibana, K Kalantar-Zadeh - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
In research on alternative photoanode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), there
is rarely any report on WO3, probably due to its acidic surface and more positive (vs NHE) …