Nanostructured materials for photocatalysis

C Xu, PR Anusuyadevi, C Aymonier, R Luque… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis is a green technology which converts abundantly available photonic energy
into useful chemical energy. With a rapid rise of flow photoreactors in the last decade, the …

Formation Mechanism and Bandgap Reduction of GaN–ZnO Solid‐Solution Thin Films Fabricated by Nanolamination of Atomic Layer Deposition

MW Liao, HT Jeng, TP Perng - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nanolamination of GaN and ZnO layers by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is
employed to fabricate GaN–ZnO homogenous solid‐solution thin films because it offers …

Synthesis of Narrow Band Gap Gallium Zinc Nitride Oxide Solid Solutions for Photocatalytic Water Splitting under Visible Light

N Iwasa, Z Teng, G Ma, T Hisatomi… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
(Ga1–x Zn x)(N1–x O x), a solid solution of GaN and ZnO, is known as a photocatalyst
capable of water splitting under visible light irradiation. However, it has been difficult to …

Large bandgap tunability of GaN/ZnO pseudobinary alloys through combined engineering of anions and cations

F Xian, L Xu, G Zheng, Z Cao, J Li, S Pei… - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Bandgap engineering of gallium zinc oxynitride (GaZnON) thin films has been performed by
the GaN/ZnO pseudobinary alloying in a periodical superlattice order through the pulsed …

[HTML][HTML] Phase stability, piezoelectricity, and ferroelectricity in nitride short-period superlattices

LX Zhao, J Liu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Improving piezoelectric and ferroelectric responses of group III-nitrides is desired for their
potential applications in the emerging microelectromechanical-based systems. One possible …

Revisited Electronic Structure Properties of GaN-ZnO Quaternary Alloys for High Solar Absorption

N Benyahia, A Menad, M Ferhat - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2022 - Springer
GaN1− x ZnO x solid solution has emerged as a promising candidate to generate clean and
sustainable hydrogen energy. We revisit the electronic structure properties of ZnO-GaN …

Theoretical and Experimental Investigations into Novel Oxynitride Discovery in the GaN-TiO2 System at High Pressure

A James, MMD Esfahani, WR Woerner, A Sinclair… - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
We employed ab initio evolutionary algorithm USPEX to speed up the discovery of a novel
oxynitride in the binary system of GaN-TiO2 using high-pressure synthesis. A 1: 2 mixture of …

Discovery of Novel Metal Oxynitride Photocatalysts Using Combinations of In-Situ X-Ray Diffraction and Crystal Structure Prediction

A James - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The search for alternatives to fossil fuels is driven by increasing energy demands, and the
desirability of limiting the growth of CO 2 in the atmosphere, while retaining the advantages …

(Ga1-xZnx)(N1-xOx) Nanocrystals: Photochemical H2 Production and Spatial Characterization of Electronic Structure

LMG Hall - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Solar fuel generation via artificial photosynthesis is a promising pathway to a clean and
sustainable source of energy. Nanoscale (Ga 1-x Zn x)(N 1-x O x) has been synthesized in …