Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production on GaN–ZnO oxynitride by introduction of strain-induced nitrogen vacancy complexes

K Edalati, R Uehiro, S Takechi, Q Wang, M Arita… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxynitrides are considered as new potential candidates for photocatalysis due to their lower
bandgap compared with traditional oxide photocatalysts. However, the formation of native …

Defect and Interface Engineering on Two‐Dimensional Nanosheets for the Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

W Zhao, B Liu, J Qin, J Ke, L Yu, X Hu - ChemPhotoChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) under mild conditions is a very significant
nitrogen cyclic process, which plays a vital role in agricultural, biological and industrial …

Synthesis of Surface-Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich (GaN)0.5(ZnO)0.5 Particles with Enhanced Visible-Light Photodegradation Performance

YL Hu, S Wang, Z Zhang, Q Luo, S Xiang… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, zinc–gallium oxynitrides with a Zn: Ga mole ratio of 1: 1 [(GaN) 0.5 (ZnO) 0.5]
were synthesized from a Zn/Ga/CO3 layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursor. The …

Relationships between Compositional Heterogeneity and Electronic Spectra of (Ga1–xZnx)(N1–xOx) Nanocrystals Revealed by Valence Electron Energy …

BF Hammel, LMG Hall, LM Pellows… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many ternary and quaternary semiconductors have been made in nanocrystalline forms for a
variety of applications, but we have little understanding of how well their ensemble …

Intrinsically strained noble metal-free oxynitrides for solar photoreduction of CO 2

D Maiti, AJ Meier, J Cairns, S Ramani, K Martinet… - Dalton …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal oxynitrides show promising activity for photocatalytic solar water splitting and CO2
reduction under solar irradiance. Precise control of cation ratios in oxynitrides is an …

Optical and plasmonic properties of high electron density epitaxial and oxidative controlled titanium nitride thin films

I Chris-Okoro, S Cherono, W Akande… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This work reports a pulsed laser-assisted synthesis, detailed structural characterization, and
study of plasmonic properties of three sets of TiN/TiNO thin films with high electron density …

Electronic band-states engineering of layered mixed metal oxynitrides

D Maiti, J Cairns, JN Kuhn, VR Bhethanabotla - MRS Communications, 2022 - Springer
Energy efficient distributed chemical manufacturing demands materials that are resilient to
varying reaction conditions. Facile material property tuning, particularly electronic structure …

Characterization and electrical response of reactively sputtered thin film deposited at oxygen and nitrous oxide environment

K Islam, R Sultana… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Niobium oxynitride (NbON) thin films were deposited on silicon substrate using DC reactive
magnetron sputtering technique of niobium metal targets at different nitrous oxide (N2O) and …