C-, N-Vacancy defect engineered polymeric carbon nitride towards photocatalysis: viewpoints and challenges

A Kumar, P Raizada… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alluring metal-free polymeric semiconductor material, graphite-like carbon nitride (g-
C3N4; abbreviated as GCN) has triggered a new impetus in the field of photocatalysis …

g‐C3N4‐Based 2D/2D Composite Heterojunction Photocatalyst

B Zhu, B Cheng, J Fan, W Ho, J Yu - Small Structures, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Employing semiconductor photocatalysis to transform solar energy into chemical energy
provides a practicable strategy for the alleviation of energy and environmental crisis …

MXenes: new horizons in catalysis

A Morales-Garcia, F Calle-Vallejo, F Illas - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional transition-metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, have garnered
increasing attention for nearly a decade by virtue of their versatile composition and structure …

Tuning Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin TiO2 Nanosheets to Boost Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation up to 700 nm

Y Zhao, Y Zhao, R Shi, B Wang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dinitrogen reduction to ammonia using transition metal catalysts is central to both the
chemical industry and the Earth's nitrogen cycle. In the Haber–Bosch process, a metallic iron …

Advances in Z‐scheme semiconductor photocatalysts for the photoelectrochemical applications: a review

J Li, H Yuan, W Zhang, B Jin, Q Feng, J Huang… - Carbon …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With continuous consumption of nonrenewable energy, solar energy has been predicted to
play an essential role in meeting the energy demands and mitigating environmental issues …

MXene-based photocatalysts

P Kuang, J Low, B Cheng, J Yu, J Fan - Journal of materials science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbide or nitride (MXene) is regarded as next-generation two-dimensional
(2D) materials for various applications, such as photocatalysis, electrocatalysis …

Rational Catalyst Design for N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions: Strategies toward Enhanced Conversion Efficiency

L Shi, Y Yin, S Wang, H Sun - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ammonia (NH3), one of the basic chemicals in most fertilizers and a promising carbon-free
energy storage carrier, is typically synthesized via the Haber–Bosch process with high …

Alkali Etching of Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic N2 Reduction to NH3

Y Zhao, L Zheng, R Shi, S Zhang, X Bian… - Advanced energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets show good activity in a wide range of
photoreactions, with this activity being generally attributable to an abundance of surface …

Interfacial engineering of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based metal sulfide heterojunction photocatalysts for energy conversion: a review

Y Ren, D Zeng, WJ Ong - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
As one of the most appealing and attractive technologies, photocatalysis is widely used as a
promising method to circumvent the environmental and energy problems. Due to its …

Defect engineering in photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

R Shi, Y Zhao, GIN Waterhouse, S Zhang, T Zhang - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Approximately 2% of the energy consumed by humans each year is used to make nitrogen-
based fertilizers, with ammonia (NH3) production being the most significant contributor to …