Photocatalysis from UV/Vis to near‐infrared light: towards full solar‐light spectrum activity

Y Sang, H Liu, A Umar - ChemCatChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to extensive industrial revolutions, the harvesting of sunlight for environmental
remediation has attracted extensive attention and a number of potential photocatalysts have …

Anionic Group Self-Doping as a Promising Strategy: Band-Gap Engineering and Multi-Functional Applications of High-Performance CO32–-Doped Bi2O2CO3

H Huang, X Li, J Wang, F Dong, PK Chu, T Zhang… - Acs …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We herein demonstrate self-doping of the CO32–anionic group into a wide bandgap
semiconductor Bi2O2CO3 realized by a one-pot hydrothermal technique. The …

State‐of‐the‐art progress in diverse heterostructured photocatalysts toward promoting photocatalytic performance

H Li, Y Zhou, W Tu, J Ye, Z Zou - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysts have received much attention in recent years due to their
great potentials for the development of renewable energy technologies, as well as for …

Carbon quantum dots/hydrogenated TiO2 nanobelt heterostructures and their broad spectrum photocatalytic properties under UV, visible, and near-infrared irradiation

J Tian, Y Leng, Z Zhao, Y Xia, Y Sang, P Hao, J Zhan… - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
To make the best and highest use of solar light is the main direction and object of
photocatalysis and water-splitting. Although UV and visible active photocatalysts have been …

Synthesis and characterization of ZnS with controlled amount of S vacancies for photocatalytic H2 production under visible light

G Wang, B Huang, Z Li, Z Lou, Z Wang, Y Dai… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Controlling amount of intrinsic S vacancies was achieved in ZnS spheres which were
synthesized by a hydrothermal method using Zn and S powders in concentrated NaOH …

Silver oxide as superb and stable photocatalyst under visible and near-infrared light irradiation and its photocatalytic mechanism

W Jiang, X Wang, Z Wu, X Yue, S Yuan… - Industrial & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic processes are an environmentally friendly technology for treatment of
persistent organic pollutants. However, the majority of current photocatalysts cannot utilize …

Hierarchical carbon quantum dots/hydrogenated-γ-TaON heterojunctions for broad spectrum photocatalytic performance

J Hou, H Cheng, C Yang, O Takeda, H Zhu - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
There remains a pressing challenge in the efficient utilization of broad spectrum solar
energy in the photocatalytic applications. Here we design and fabricate carbon quantum …

Extremely efficient full solar spectrum light driven thermocatalytic activity for the oxidation of VOCs on OMS-2 nanorod catalyst

M Mao, Y Li, J Hou, M Zeng, X Zhao - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
The cryptomelane-type octahedral molecular sieve (OMS-2) nanorod catalysts with different
concentration of oxygen vacancy exhibit strong absorption across the full solar spectra. The …

Full solar spectrum light driven thermocatalysis with extremely high efficiency on nanostructured Ce ion substituted OMS-2 catalyst for VOCs purification

J Hou, Y Li, M Mao, Y Yue, GN Greaves, X Zhao - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The nanostructured Ce ion substituted cryptomelane-type octahedral molecular sieve (OMS-
2) catalyst exhibits strong absorption in the entire solar spectrum region. The Ce ion …

Dopamine-assisted one-step fabrication of Ag@ AgCl nanophotocatalyst with tunable morphology, composition and improved photocatalytic performance

W Li, Z Ma, G Bai, J Hu, X Guo, B Dai, X Jia - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
A green, energy-effective mussel-inspired synthetic approach for the production of a Ag@
AgCl photocatalyst mediated by the polymerization of dopamine through a one-pot method …