Bi‐based photocatalysts for light‐driven environmental and energy applications: Structural tuning, reaction mechanisms, and challenges

P Chen, H Liu, W Cui, SC Lee, L Wang, F Dong - EcoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental pollution and energy crisis have become major challenges to sustainable
development of human society. Solar‐driven photocatalytic technology is regarded as an …

Recent advances in engineering strategies of Bi-based photocatalysts for environmental remediation

JZ Hassan, A Raza, U Qumar, G Li - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A bismuth-based material serves as an interesting and innovative class of visible-light-
driven photocatalysts that have paid a lot of attraction towards exceptional photo-oxidation …

Efficient interfacial charge transfer of BiOCl-In2O3 step-scheme heterojunction for boosted photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin

K Xu, J Shen, S Zhang, D Xu, X Chen - Journal of materials science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
BiOCl as a representative layered bismuth-based photocatalyst with Sillén-structure has
aroused wide public concern on photocatalytic degradation. However, the photocatalytic …

Enhancing the intrinsic properties of flower-like BiOI by S-doping toward excellent photocatalytic performances

J Xiong, HY Zeng, S Xu, JF Peng, FY Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
A facile strategy was proposed to fabricate the S-doped flower-like BiOI microspheres (S-
BiOI) for boosting the photocatalytic performance of BiOI via engineering the surface oxygen …

Dynamics of Electron Transfer in CdS Photocatalysts Decorated with Various Noble Metals

Z Meng, J Zhang, C Jiang, C Trapalis, L Zhang, J Yu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To address charge recombination in photocatalysis, the prevalent approach involves the use
of noble metal cocatalysts. However, the precise factors influencing this performance …

Tetracycline encapsulated in Au nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanohybrids for enhanced antibacterial activity

SA Ahmed, MN Hasan, HM Altass, A Bera… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infections instigated by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are considered perilous health
threats in today's world due to their fast-increasing nature and the fewer availability of new …

Nano-MOFs as targeted drug delivery agents to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

SA Ahmed, M Nur Hasan, D Bagchi… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The drug resistance of bacteria is a significant threat to human civilization while the action of
antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria is severely limited owing to the hydrophobic …

Heterostructure nanocomposite with local surface plasmon resonance effect enhanced photocatalytic activity—a critical review

M Liu, Q Kang, Z Xie, L Lu, K Dai… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The unique characteristics of the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect endows
heterostructure nanocomposite of noble metal (NM) nanoparticles and semiconducting …

Solution processed bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) thin films and solar cells

T Feeney, G Aygur, T Nguyen, S Farooq… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Post transition metal chalcohalides are an emerging class of semiconductor materials for
optoelectronic applications. Within this class, bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) is of particular interest …

Carbon-dot-decorated silver and gold nanocomposites for antibacterial activity and degradation of organic dyes

P Ghosh, D Bairagi, N Hazra, S Jana… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A hydrothermal process has been used to prepare highly fluorescent green-emitting
crystalline carbon dots (CDs) at 200° C using Bismarck brown dye. The HR-TEM image …