Formation, detection, and function of oxygen vacancy in metal oxides for solar energy conversion

Z Wang, R Lin, Y Huo, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen vacancy (VO) is one of the most common defects in metal oxides (MOs), which
endow the MOs with many unique physiochemical properties. Even though VO engineering …

Photoelectrocatalytic materials for solar water splitting

T Yao, X An, H Han, JQ Chen… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting offers a promising approach to convert sunlight into
sustainable hydrogen energy. A thorough understanding of the relationships between the …

Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid by single atom Pt decorated defective TiO2

Z Tian, Y Da, M Wang, X Dou, X Cui, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photoelectrochemical reaction is emerging as a powerful approach for biomass conversion.
However, it has been rarely explored for glucose conversion into value-added chemicals …

Black TiO2: A review of its properties and conflicting trends

TS Rajaraman, SP Parikh, VG Gandhi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Black titanium dioxide (TiO 2) has been one of the most researched photocatalyst in recent
years. Its ability to overcome the limitations of pristine TiO 2 through enhanced visible light …

Promoted Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen with Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Plasmon‐Enhanced TiO2 Photoelectrodes

C Li, T Wang, ZJ Zhao, W Yang, JF Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A hundred years on, the energy‐intensive Haber–Bosch process continues to turn the N2 in
air into fertilizer, nourishing billions of people while causing pollution and greenhouse gas …

Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting: significance of cocatalysts, electrolyte, and interfaces

C Ding, J Shi, Z Wang, C Li - ACS catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
The efficiency of photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) water splitting is limited by the serious
recombination of photogenerated charges, high overpotential, and sluggish kinetics of …

TiO 2/graphene/NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanorod array photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

F Ning, M Shao, S Xu, Y Fu, R Zhang, M Wei… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing demand for renewable and clean power sources has triggered the
development of novel materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, but how to …

Novel Black BiVO4/TiO2−x Photoanode with Enhanced Photon Absorption and Charge Separation for Efficient and Stable Solar Water Splitting

Z Tian, P Zhang, P Qin, D Sun, S Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in solar water splitting by using BiVO4 as a photoanode have greatly
optimized charge carrier and reaction dynamics, but relatively wide bandgap and poor …

Photo‐driven oxygen vacancies extends charge carrier lifetime for efficient solar water splitting

M Sun, RT Gao, J He, X Liu, T Nakajima… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A photocharge/discharge strategy is proposed to initiate the WO3 photoelectrode and
suppress the main charge recombination, which remarkably improves the …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting coupled with degradation of organic pollutants enhanced by surface and interface engineering of BiVO4 photoanode

J Liu, J Li, Y Li, J Guo, SM Xu, R Zhang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become a global problem as indicated by the worldwide
emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, which makes it an urgent demand to develop …