Challenges of modeling nanostructured materials for photocatalytic water splitting

B Samanta, Á Morales-García, F Illas, N Goga… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the water splitting mechanism in photocatalysis is a rewarding goal as it will
allow producing clean fuel for a sustainable life in the future. However, identifying the …

In-situ synthesized oxygen vacancy filled ZnS/Vo-ZnO heterojunction photocatalysts for efficient H2 production

SR Jadhav, SV Mohite, C Lee, J Bae… - Sustainable Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Defect-filled ZnO-based heterojunctions have gained attention in photocatalytic hydrogen (H
2) production due to their ability to reduce the recombination rate of photogenerated carriers …

CO Oxidation over Au/ZnO: Unprecedented Change of the Reaction Mechanism at Low Temperature Caused by a Different O2 Activation Process

T Fujita, T Ishida, K Shibamoto, T Honma… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Au/ZnO prepared by coprecipitation exhibited extremely high catalytic activity for low-
temperature CO oxidation below room temperature. The catalytic activity was influenced by …

Efficient photocatalytic oxidation of VOCs using ZnO@ Au nanoparticles

R Fiorenza, L Spitaleri, F Perricelli, G Nicotra… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emission of toxic VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) in the environment causes
serious problems and, if from one side there are directives to reduce this threat, from the …

Nanofibrous Dressing with Nanocomposite Monoporous Microspheres for Chemodynamic Antibacterial Therapy and Wound Healing

B Xu, G Cai, Y Gao, M Chen, C Xu, C Wang, D Yu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The excessive use of antibiotics and consequent bacterial resistance have emerged as
crucial public safety challenges for humanity. As a promising antibacterial treatment, using …

Changes in Surface Oxygen Vacancy Formation Energy at Metal/Oxide Perimeter Sites: A Systematic Study on Metal Nanoparticles Deposited on an In2O3(111) …

Y Hinuma, T Toyao, N Hamamoto… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal/oxide support perimeter sites can provide unique properties because the local
environment on the support surface is changed by the nearby metal. This study modeled …

Zn doping induces rich oxygen vacancies in δ-MnO2 flower-like nanostructures for impressive energy density coin cell supercapacitor

S Abbas, TH Bokhari, A Zafar, S Javed, S Karim… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, Zn-doped δ-MnO 2 (ZnMO) flower-like nanostructures on carbon fibers are
synthesized by one-pot hydrothermal method. It is found that insertion of Zn ions induces …

Fast and efficient sun light photocatalytic activity of Au_ZnO core–shell nanoparticles prepared by a one-pot synthesis

L Spitaleri, G Nicotra, M Zimbone, A Contino… - Acs Omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
Gold nanostructures absorb visible light and show localized surface plasmon resonance
bands in the visible region. Semiconducting ZnO nanostructures are excellent for ultraviolet …

Tunable properties and composition of ZnO films supported on metal surfaces

Y Song, PCD Mendes, SM Kozlov - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxide overlayers covering metal supports find applications in sensors, catalysis,
microelectronics, and optical devices. For example, depending on the choice of metal …

Oxygen Vacancy‐Mediated Interfacial Charge Transfer of Au/ZnO Schottky Heterojunctions for Enhanced UV Photodegradation

Z Shao, H Jia, Y Zhang, X Yang… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We intend to report an interesting phenomenon related to the different interfacial transfer
processes between ellipsoidal‐like ZnO (E‐ZnO) and rod‐like ZnO (R‐ZnO) …