Dual Cocatalysts in TiO2 Photocatalysis

A Meng, L Zhang, B Cheng, J Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis is recognized as a promising strategy to simultaneously
address energy needs and environmental pollution. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been …

Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO2 and TiO2-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review

S Lettieri, M Pavone, A Fioravanti, L Santamaria Amato… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis based technologies have a key role in addressing important challenges of
the ecological transition, such as environment remediation and conversion of renewable …

Visible/solar light active photocatalysts for organic effluent treatment: Fundamentals, mechanisms and parametric review

LV Bora, RK Mewada - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Intensive research work is being undertaken globally to effectively use the process of
photocatalysis for the degradation of organic pollutants from industrial effluents. For the …

Cu-Doped TiO2: Visible Light Assisted Photocatalytic Antimicrobial Activity

S Mathew, P Ganguly, S Rhatigan, V Kumaravel… - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Surface contamination by microbes is a major public health concern. A damp environment is
one of potential sources for microbe proliferation. Smart photocatalytic coatings on building …

Embedding metal in the interface of a pn heterojunction with a stack design for superior Z-scheme photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

W Yin, L Bai, Y Zhu, S Zhong, L Zhao… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The construction of a pn heterojunction is an efficient strategy to resolve the limited light
absorption and serious charge-carrier recombination in semiconductors and enhance the …

Synergistic effect in plasmonic Au/Ag alloy NPs co-coated TiO2 NWs toward visible-light enhanced CO2 photoreduction to fuels

M Tahir, B Tahir, NAS Amin - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Plasmonic Au/Ag alloy NPs supported on TiO 2 nanowires (TiO 2 NWs) have been
designed and synthesized through a facile hydrothermal and photo-deposition method. The …

Plasmonic resonance excited dual Z-scheme BiVO 4/Ag/Cu 2 O nanocomposite: synthesis and mechanism for enhanced photocatalytic performance in recalcitrant …

Y Deng, L Tang, G Zeng, C Feng, H Dong… - Environmental …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The utilization of solar energy based on semiconductor photocatalysts for pollutant removal
and environmental remediation has become a research hot spot and attracted great …

Biphasic TiO2 nanoparticles decorated graphene nanosheets for visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes

K Alamelu, V Raja, L Shiamala, BMJ Ali - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
We present characterization of biphasic TiO 2 nanoparticles and its graphene
nanocomposite synthesized by cost effective, hydrothermal method. The structural …

Construction of plasmonic Ag and nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots codecorated ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet composites with enhanced …

Y Deng, L Tang, C Feng, G Zeng, J Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The full utilization of solar energy has attracted great attention in the photocatalysis and
environmental pollutant control. In this study, the local surface plasmon resonance effect of …

Ferroelectric polarization effect on surface chemistry and photo-catalytic activity: A review

MA Khan, MA Nadeem, H Idriss - Surface science reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The current efficiency of various photocatalytic processes is limited by the recombination of
photogenerated electron–hole pairs in the photocatalyst as well as the back-reaction of …