Visible‐to‐NIR photon harvesting: progressive engineering of catalysts for solar‐powered environmental purification and fuel production

MQ Yang, M Gao, M Hong, GW Ho - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of diffusive solar energy through photocatalytic processes for environmental
purification and fuel production has long been pursued. However, efficient capture of visible …

ZnO-based nanomaterials approach for photocatalytic and sensing applications: recent progress and trends

F Güell, A Galdámez-Martínez, PR Martínez-Alanis… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, there is a rising urge to develop and implement cheaper, abundant, and
environmentally friendly semiconducting materials into practical devices. In this regard, zinc …

Plasmonic Ti3C2Tx MXene Enables Highly Efficient Photothermal Conversion for Healable and Transparent Wearable Device

X Fan, Y Ding, Y Liu, J Liang, Y Chen - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Skin-mountable and transparent devices are highly desired for next-generation electronic
applications but are susceptible to unexpected ruptures or undesired scratches, which can …

Plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis based on plasmonic nanoparticles for energy and environmental solutions: a review

A Amirjani, NB Amlashi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanoparticles are able to enhance the photocatalytic performance of
semiconductor nanoparticles using four main mechanisms of light scattering, light …

Emerging surface strategies on graphitic carbon nitride for solar driven water splitting

J Yi, W El-Alami, Y Song, H Li, PM Ajayan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic water splitting based on particulate photocatalysts offers a scalable pathway
to generate hydrogen fuels while also mitigating environmental crisis. To establish high …

Collective excitation of plasmon-coupled Au-nanochain boosts photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of semiconductor

G Yu, J Qian, P Zhang, B Zhang, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) offers a valuable opportunity to improve the
efficiency of photocatalysts. However, plasmonic enhancement of photoconversion is still …

Photocatalytic degradation of textile dyes using β-CD-CuO/ZnO nanocomposite

R Yadav, TS Chundawat, PK Surolia, D Vaya - Journal of Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using metal oxides and their composite has become a
smart process for detoxification of pollutants from wastewater system. The coupling of metal …

The photocatalytic phenol degradation mechanism of Ag-modified ZnO nanorods

C Feng, Z Chen, J Jing, J Hou - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, as a potential green technology, can effectively degrade organic pollutants.
The changes of the intermediate products in the photocatalytic degradation process of …

Noble metal deposited graphitic carbon nitride based heterojunction photocatalysts

R Kavitha, PM Nithya, SG Kumar - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The photoinduced charge carrier separation and significant band gap response spanning
the solar spectrum is indispensable for designing the functional photocatalysts towards …

Sea-urchin-structure g-C3N4 with narrow bandgap (˜ 2.0 eV) for efficient overall water splitting under visible light irradiation

Y Zeng, H Li, J Luo, J Yuan, L Wang, C Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
A broad bandgap and detrimental recombination of photoexcited h+-e− pairs are fatal
deficiencies for using the gC 3 N 4 visible light water splitting. Herein, a sea-urchin-structure …