Full‐spectrum solar‐light‐activated photocatalysts for light–chemical energy conversion

X Wang, F Wang, Y Sang, H Liu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The realization of light–chemical energy conversion using solar light is an ideal goal in
renewable energy studies. Many reports are concerned with extracting energy from solar …

Heterostructures construction on TiO2 nanobelts: a powerful tool for building high-performance photocatalysts

X Zhang, Y Wang, B Liu, Y Sang, H Liu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis is a promising approach to combat both environmental
pollution and the global energy shortage. Advanced TiO 2-based photocatalysts with novel …

Au/La2Ti2O7 Nanostructures Sensitized with Black Phosphorus for Plasmon‐Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Visible and Near‐Infrared Light

M Zhu, X Cai, M Fujitsuka, J Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient utilization of solar energy is a high‐priority target and the search for suitable
materials as photocatalysts that not only can harvest the broad wavelength of solar light …

Black phosphorus: A promising two dimensional visible and near-infrared-activated photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

M Zhu, Y Osakada, S Kim, M Fujitsuka… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
The search for active photocatalysts that directly split water to hydrogen (H 2) under visible
and near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation remains one of the most challenging tasks for solar …

Phosphorus containing materials for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z Hu, Z Shen, CY Jimmy - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen from photocatalytic water splitting is a sustainable and renewable source of clean
energy. The development of highly efficient photocatalysts is essential for the cost-effective …

Facile preparation of BiOX (X= Cl, Br, I) nanoparticles and up-conversion phosphors/BiOBr composites for efficient degradation of NO gas: oxygen vacancy effect and …

X Wu, K Zhang, G Zhang, S Yin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
With the deterioration of air quality, photocatalysis as a green chemical method has attracted
increasing attention. Herein, oxygen vacancies enriched BiOX (X= Cl, Br, I) nanoparticles …

Anion-exchange synthesis of Ag2S/Ag3PO4 core/shell composites with enhanced visible and NIR light photocatalytic performance and the photocatalytic mechanisms

J Tian, T Yan, Z Qiao, L Wang, W Li, J You… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of Ag 2 S/Ag 3 PO 4 composites with well-defined core/shell structures were
synthesized via an in-situ anion-exchange reaction between Ag 3 PO 4 dodecahedrons and …

Photocatalytic oxygen evolution from low-bandgap conjugated microporous polymer nanosheets: a combined first-principles calculation and experimental study

L Wang, Y Wan, Y Ding, Y Niu, Y Xiong, X Wu, H Xu - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured semiconducting polymers have emerged as a very promising class of metal-
free photocatalytic materials for solar water splitting. However, they generally exhibit low …

Highly efficient full solar spectrum (UV-vis-NIR) photocatalytic performance of Ag2S quantum dot/TiO2 nanobelt heterostructures

X Hu, Y Li, J Tian, H Yang, H Cui - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Finding a photocatalyst that can utilize the full solar spectrum is paramount importance in
photocatalysis. Assembling TiO 2 with a narrow bandgap semiconductor to form a …

Designing a novel photothermal material of hierarchical microstructured copper phosphate for solar evaporation enhancement

Z Hua, B Li, L Li, X Yin, K Chen… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical microstructured copper phosphate (HCuPO), which could accelerate water
evaporation was well designed based on d–d transition of 3d electrons in Cu2+ and …