Semiconductor photocatalysts: A critical review highlighting the various strategies to boost the photocatalytic performances for diverse applications

I Ahmad, Y Zou, J Yan, Y Liu, S Shukrullah… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The photocatalytic technology illustrates an eco-friendly and sustainable route to overcome
environmental and energy issues. The successful construction of a photocatalyst depends …

Cation defect engineering of transition metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

D Yan, C **a, W Zhang, Q Hu, C He… - Advanced Energy …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rational design and development of highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
electrocatalysts is vital for the application of renewable energy devices. Recently, the …

Reconstructed Ir‒O‒Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation

S Chen, S Zhang, L Guo, L Pan, C Shi, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Surface reconstruction generates real active species in electrochemical conditions; rational
regulating reconstruction in a targeted manner is the key for constructing highly active …

Engineering cobalt oxide with coexisting cobalt defects and oxygen vacancies for enhanced catalytic oxidation of toluene

Y Li, T Chen, S Zhao, P Wu, Y Chong, A Li, Y Zhao… - ACS …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Most research studies reported that oxygen vacancies on transition metal oxides are crucial
for improving the catalytic oxidation activities. However, few studies investigated the …

The construction of pn heterojunction for enhancing photocatalytic performance in environmental application: A review

L Che, J Pan, K Cai, Y Cong, SW Lv - Separation and Purification …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, a promising green technique, is drawing increasing attention in the field
related to environmental protection, due to the advantages of low energy consumption, no …

Spin selection in atomic-level chiral metal oxide for photocatalysis

M Ai, L Pan, C Shi, ZF Huang, X Zhang, W Mi… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The spin degree of freedom is an important and intrinsic parameter in boosting carrier
dynamics and surface reaction kinetics of photocatalysis. Here we show that chiral structure …

A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

J Song, C Wei, ZF Huang, C Liu, L Zeng… - Chemical Society …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Electricity-driven water splitting can facilitate the storage of electrical energy in the form of
hydrogen gas. As a half-reaction of electricity-driven water splitting, the oxygen evolution …

Novel oxygen vacancy-enriched Bi2MoO6-x/MoS2 S-scheme heterojunction for strengthening photocatalytic reduction CO2 and efficient degradation of levofloxacin …

H Wei, F Meng, H Zhang, W Yu, J Li, S Yao - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Constructing new photocatalysts for the photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 and efficient
degradation of Levofloxacin is of great importance to renewable energy. Here, S-scheme Bi …

Regulating Spin Polarization through Cationic Vacancy Defects in Bi4Ti3O12 for Enhanced Molecular Oxygen Activation

D Zhang, Y Li, P Wang, J Qu, S Zhan… - Angewandte Chemie, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Molecular oxygen (O2) activation technology is of great significance in environmental
purification due to its eco‐friendly operation and cost‐effective nature. However, the …

Vacancy engineering in semiconductor photocatalysts: implications in hydrogen evolution and nitrogen fixation applications

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
It is a well‐known fact that the pronounced photogenerated charge recombination and poor
light absorption are the main bottlenecks of photocatalysis applications. The conventional …