Emerging chalcohalide materials for energy applications

UV Ghorpade, MP Suryawanshi, MA Green… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Semiconductors with multiple anions currently provide a new materials platform from which
improved functionality emerges, posing new challenges and opportunities in material …

Recent developments in the use of metal oxides for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water—a review

T Velempini, E Prabakaran, K Pillay - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, metal oxide semiconductors have been explored as photocatalysts for the
degradation of organic contaminants in water/wastewater. The uniqueness of these oxide …

MIL-101 (Fe)/BiOBr S-scheme photocatalyst for promoting photocatalytic abatement of Cr (VI) and enrofloxacin antibiotic: Performance and mechanism

S Li, C Wang, K Dong, P Zhang, X Chen, X Li - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of highly active, economical, and robust bifunctional photocatalysts is a
priority for sustainable photocatalytic water remediation. Inadequately available reactive …

In situ construction of S-scheme AgBr/BiOBr heterojunction with surface oxygen vacancy for boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O

Z Miao, Q Wang, Y Zhang, L Meng, X Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
S-scheme heterojunction has attracted much attention due to its unique structure and
interface interaction. Herein, AgBr/BiOBr heterojunction with surface oxygen vacancies …

Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts

Z Luo, X Ye, S Zhang, S Xue, C Yang, Y Hou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Construction of internal electric fields (IEFs) is crucial to realize efficient charge separation
for charge-induced redox reactions, such as water splitting and CO2 reduction. However, a …

[HTML][HTML] Chemically bonded Mn0. 5Cd0. 5S/BiOBr S-scheme photocatalyst with rich oxygen vacancies for improved photocatalytic decontamination performance

S Li, C You, K Rong, C Zhuang, X Chen… - Advanced Powder …, 2024 - Elsevier
Devising exceptional S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts utilized in annihilating
pharmaceuticals and chromium contamination is significant for addressing the problem of …

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 …

Oxygen and Chlorine Dual Vacancies Enable Photocatalytic O2 Dissociation into Monatomic Reactive Oxygen on BiOCl for Refractory Aromatic Pollutant Removal

Z Yang, Y Shi, H Li, C Mao, X Wang, X Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Room-temperature molecular oxygen (O2) dissociation is challenging toward chemical
reactions due to its triplet ground-state and spin-forbidden characteristic. Herein, we …

Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 on BiOX: Effect of halogen element type and surface oxygen vacancy mediated mechanism

X Ren, M Gao, Y Zhang, Z Zhang, X Cao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photo-chemical conversion of CO 2 into solar fuels by photocatalysts has attracted
significant attention. However, poor reaction efficiency remains a huge obstacle. Deep …

Rational design of CdS/BiOCl S-scheme heterojunction for effective boosting piezocatalytic H2 evolution and pollutants degradation performances

P Hao, Y Cao, X Ning, R Chen, J **e, J Hu, Z Lu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis as an emerging technology is broadly applied in hydrogen evolution and
organic pollutants degradation aspects. However, the dissatisfactory piezocatalytic activity is …