Recent advances in niobium-based materials for photocatalytic solar fuel production

BN Nunes, OF Lopes, AOT Patrocinio, DW Bahnemann - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
The search for renewable and clean energy sources is a key aspect for sustainable
development as energy consumption has continuously increased over the years …

Recent advances in niobium-based semiconductors for solar hydrogen production

C Zhou, R Shi, GIN Waterhouse, T Zhang - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, an enormous amount of research effort has been directed towards
the discovery of high performance photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production via water …

Solar hydrogen generation using niobium-based photocatalysts: design strategies, progress, and challenges

C Avcıoğlu, S Avcıoğlu, MF Bekheet, A Gurlo - Materials Today Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar water splitting using semiconductor photocatalysts is being extensively studied
worldwide. During the past few decades, to meet the feasibility and economic viability …

2D Titanium/niobium metal oxide‐based materials for photocatalytic application

C Liu, Q Zhang, W Hou, Z Zou - Solar RRL, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
2D titanium/niobium (Ti/Nb) metal oxide (TNMO)‐based compounds have attracted
increasing attention due to the fact that the contained octahedral structure of Ti4+‐based …

Photoinduced H2 Evolution by Hexaniobate Sheets Grafted with Metal Ions: The Fate of Photogenerated Carriers

BN Nunes, DW Bahnemann… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Layered niobates are well-known photocatalysts for H2 evolution with a rich surface
chemistry. Their photoactivity, however, is limited by their wide band gap energy (∼ 3.5 eV) …

Adsorption behavior and mechanism of ethyl mercaptan in natural gas on Cu-modified hexaniobate nanotubes

J Zhu, L Hu, J Wang, J He - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of sulfur compounds in natural gas seriously affects the yield of hydrogen
production from natural gas reforming and the lifespan of catalysts. This study aims to clarify …

[HTML][HTML] 2D porous hexaniobate-bismuth vanadate hybrid photocatalyst for photodegradation of aquatic refractory pollutants

SP Kulkarni, VV Magdum, YM Chitare, DB Malavekar… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Metal oxide semiconductors are highly promising due to their excellent photocatalytic
performance in the photodegradation of industrial waste containing refractory chemical …

Influence of the preparation conditions on the morphology and photocatalytic performance Pt-modified hexaniobate composites

BN Nunes, AOT Patrocinio… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The preparation of lamellar nanostructures through exfoliation of stacked niobates is an
interesting approach to the development of photocatalysts for energy conversion and …

Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution by Hexaniobate Nanosheets Grafted with Copper Nanoclusters

B Nascimento Nunes, DW Bahnemann… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hexaniobate nanosheets (K4− xHxNb6O17) were combined with Cu2+ ions by
grafting, a green one‐step methodology. The resulted nanocomposite exhibits high surface …

Aluminum oxides as alternative building blocks for efficient layer-by-layer blocking layers in dye-sensitized solar cells

LL Nascimento, JG Brussasco, IA Garcia… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
All inorganic layer-by-layer (LbL) thin films composed by TiO 2 nanoparticles and [Al (OH)
4]− anions (TiO 2/AlO x) as well as Al 2 O 3 and Nb 2 O 5 nanoparticles (Al 2 O 3/Nb 2 O 5) …