Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanorods: formation chemistry, growth mechanism, and tailoring of surface properties for photocatalytic activities

T Gupta, J Cho, J Prakash - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is one of the best semiconductor photocatalysts with optical band
gap of 3.2 eV. The optical band gap and photocatalytic properties could be further tuned by …

Shining photocatalysis by gold-based nanomaterials

H Zhu, X Yuan, Q Yao, J Xie - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
As an environmentally friendly technology, photocatalysis has been widely used in many
fields. Currently, the drawbacks of pristine semiconductors as traditional photocatalysts …

Enhanced durability of nitric oxide removal on TiO2 (P25) under visible light: Enabled by the direct Z-scheme mechanism and enhanced structure defects through …

J Zhang, H Tao, S Wu, J Yang, M Zhu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct Z-scheme catalysts have become main “stars” of the photocatalytic field because of
their excellent redox ability. Herein, a direct Z-scheme catalyst of TiO 2 (P25)-C 3 N 5 with …

Roles of Surface-Active Oxygen Species on 3DOM Cobalt-Based Spinel Catalysts MxCo3–xO4 (M = Zn and Ni) for NOx-Assisted Soot Oxidation

M Zhao, J Deng, J Liu, Y Li, J Liu, Z Duan, J Xiong… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Co3O4 is a well-known catalyst in the oxidation reaction. In such a catalyst, the geometric
and electronic structures of tetrahedrally coordinated Co2+ and octahedrally coordinated …

Fabrication of a novel p–n heterojunction photocatalyst n-BiVO4@ p-MoS2 with core–shell structure and its excellent visible-light photocatalytic reduction and …

W Zhao, Y Liu, Z Wei, S Yang, H He, C Sun - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
The novel p–n heterojunction photocatalyst n-BiVO 4@ p-MoS 2 with core–shell structure
was successfully fabricated for the first time through a facile in-situ hydrothermal method, in …

Ionic liquid-induced strategy for carbon quantum dots/BiOX (X= Br, Cl) hybrid nanosheets with superior visible light-driven photocatalysis

J Xia, J Di, H Li, H Xu, H Li, S Guo - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
A novel one-step ionic liquid induced strategy has been reported for the controlled synthesis
of carbon quantum dots (CQDs)/BiOX (X= Br, Cl) hybrid nanosheets with tunable CQDs …

Change in photocatalytic NO removal mechanisms of ultrathin BiOBr/BiOI via NO3–adsorption

X Shi, P Wang, W Li, Y Bai, H Xie, Y Zhou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Improved photocatalytic NO removal of photocatalysts requires enhanced carrier
photocatalysis for more reactive species generation. Ultrathin structural BiOBr/BiOI …

Construction of SnNb2O6 nanosheet/g-C3N4 nanosheet two-dimensional heterostructures with improved photocatalytic activity: synergistic effect and mechanism …

Z Zhang, D Jiang, D Li, M He, M Chen - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, novel SnNb 2 O 6/gC 3 N 2D/2D nanosheet heterostructures with strong
interfacial interaction were successfully constructed by a facile two-step wet chemistry …

Unraveling the mechanisms of visible light photocatalytic NO purification on earth-abundant insulator-based core–shell heterojunctions

H Wang, Y Sun, G Jiang, Y Zhang… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Earth-abundant insulators are seldom exploited as photocatalysts. In this work, we
constructed a novel family of insulator-based heterojunctions and demonstrated their …

Plasmonic Ag-TiO2− x nanocomposites for the photocatalytic removal of NO under visible light with high selectivity: The role of oxygen vacancies

Y Duan, M Zhang, L Wang, F Wang, L Yang, X Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Integration of semiconductors with plasmonic noble metal nanoparticles for visible-light
driven photocatalysis has become an interesting research field recently. In this work, Ag-TiO …