Recent development in defects engineered photocatalysts: an overview of the experimental and theoretical strategies

Z Zafar, S Yi, J Li, C Li, Y Zhu, A Zada… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, defect architectured photocatalysis is proved to be the most versatile choice for
high solar to chemical energy conversion processes. Defect engineering strategies are of …

A review on the effects of TiO2 surface point defects on CO2 photoreduction with H2O

H Zhao, F Pan, Y Li - Journal of Materiomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 with water by photocatalysts such as TiO 2 to produce solar
fuels is an attractive approach to alleviate the environmental influences of greenhouse …

Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products

J Albero, Y Peng, H García - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is a considerable interest in the development of photocatalytic CO2 conversion by
sunlight, since this process has similarities with natural photosynthesis on which life on …

Insights into CO2 activation and charge transfer in photocatalytic reduction of CO2 on pure and metal single atom modified TiO2 surfaces

J **ong, A Yang, Q Sun, H Gao, H Zhang, Y Mao… - Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large amounts of CO 2 emissions associated with expanded fossil fuel consumption have
caused global warming and energy crisis. The photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical insights into the mechanism of photocatalytic reduction of CO2 over semiconductor catalysts

S Hussain, Y Wang, L Guo, T He - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 is one important approach to alleviate greenhouse gas
emission and energy crisis, which has gained huge attention in the past decades. However …

Recent advances on TiO2-based photocatalytic CO2 reduction

S Kreft, D Wei, H Junge, M Beller - EnergyChem, 2020 - Elsevier
The sufficient supply of energy remains one of the most important challenges for a
sustainable development of our society. In this respect, capturing sunlight energy by …

Ni‐Nanocluster Modified Black TiO2 with Dual Active Sites for Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

T Billo, FY Fu, P Raghunath, I Shown, WF Chen… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
One of the key challenges in artificial photosynthesis is to design a photocatalyst that can
bind and activate the CO2 molecule with the smallest possible activation energy and …

Excess electrons in reduced rutile and anatase TiO2

WJ Yin, B Wen, C Zhou, A Selloni, LM Liu - Surface Science Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
As a prototypical photocatalyst, TiO 2 is a material of scientific and technological interest. In
photocatalysis and other applications, TiO 2 is often reduced, behaving as an n-type …

Highly effective photoreduction of CO 2 to CO promoted by integration of CdS with molecular redox catalysts through metal–organic frameworks

C Chen, T Wu, H Wu, H Liu, Q Qian, Z Liu, G Yang… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a strategy to synthesize ternary CdS/UiO-bpy/Co composites by integration of
CdS and molecular redox catalysts through metal–organic framework (MOF) UiO-bpy. The …

Synergy between Defects, Photoexcited Electrons, and Supported Single Atom Catalysts for CO2 Reduction

J Chen, SK Iyemperumal, T Fenton, A Carl… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Dispersed atomic catalysts can achieve high catalytic efficiency and have the potential to
enable chemical transformation of inert molecules like CO2. The effect of surface defects on …