Band-structure tunability via the modulation of excitons in semiconductor nanostructures: manifestation in photocatalytic fuel generation

S Ghosh, D Sarkar, S Bastia, YS Chaudhary - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the energetics of electron transfer at the semiconductor interface is crucial for
the development of solar harvesting technologies, including photovoltaics, photocatalysis …

Visible Light‐Driven Conversion of Carbon‐Sequestrated Seawater into Stoichiometric CO and HClO with Nitrogen‐Doped BiOCl Atomic Layers

Y Shi, H Shou, H Li, G Zhan, X Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater is one of the most important CO2 sequestration media for delivering value‐added
chemicals/fuels and active chlorine; however, this scenario is plagued by sluggish reaction …

Optimizing CO 2 photoreduction on bismuth oxyhalides via intrinsic and extrinsic techniques

MZ Shahid, Z Chen, R Mehmood, M Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX) layered-materials have been widely applied in photocatalytic
CO2 reduction (PCR) because of their redox-potential flexibility, defect-tolerability, and …

Photocatalytic fixation of nitrogen to ammonia with a Ce/S co-doped TiO 2 catalyst: synergistic tuning of heterovalent metal states and oxygen vacancy defects

P Zhang, L Chen, DH Kuo, B Wu, Z Su, D Lu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel Ce/S co-doped TiO2 sulfur-oxide catalyst (labeled TiCeOS) with heterovalent metal
states and oxygen-vacancy defects was synthesized for effective photocatalytic nitrogen …

Surface Hydrogen Bond-Induced Oxygen Vacancies of TiO2 for Two-Electron Molecular Oxygen Activation and Efficient NO Oxidation

H Shang, H Jia, W Zhang, S Li, Q Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Defect engineering can provide a feasible approach to achieving ambient molecular oxygen
activation. However, conventional surface defects (eg, oxygen vacancies, OVs), featured …

Boosting excitons dissociation in defective-rich graphitic carbon nitride for efficient hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis and on-site environmental governance

L Zheng, Z Wang, H Zhang, Y Shi, F Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar-driven hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) production offers a sustainable strategy to
address the ever-growing demand of eco-friendly oxidant and clean fuel, while its efficiency …

Structural Engineering Three-Dimensional Nano-Heterojunction Networks for High-Performance Photochemical Sensing

ZU Abideen, JG Choi, JA Yuwono, WJ Lee… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale heterojunction networks are increasingly regarded as promising functional
materials for a variety of optoelectronic and photocatalytic devices. Despite their superior …

Influence of doped elements (O, K, and N) on melamine derived gC3N4: insights into optical properties and photoactivity

SR Mishra, V Gadore… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This investigation looks at the structural and optical properties of g-C3N4 (graphitic carbon
nitride) and its doped analogs, indicated as x@ g-C3N4 (where x indicates oxygen …

Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation of an In Situ-Constructed Fe Mesh-Based La/TiO2/MIL-88A Heterojunction

C Li, J Qu, F Zong, R Liu, W Wang - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic nitrogen (N2) fixation provides a clean and sustainable route to achieve an
efficient conversion of N2 to ammonia (NH3) under mild conditions. However, the …

Facile fabrication of ternary NiTiFe-LDH ultrathin nanosheets for efficient conversion of amines into imines under visible light

S Li, J Wang, H Liu, Z Li - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ternary NiTiFe-LDH with an ultrathin nanosheet morphology was successfully fabricated via
a facile co-precipitation method, followed by refluxing, and was used as a catalyst for …