2D materials and heterostructures for photocatalytic water-splitting: A theoretical perspective

G Wang, J Chang, W Tang, W Xie… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen generation by sunlight provides a new route to
address energy and environmental problems. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been …

Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

“Capture-Backdonation-Recapture” Mechanism for Promoting N2 Reduction by Heteronuclear Metal-Free Double-Atom Catalysts

Y Wu, C He, W Zhang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Facing the increasingly serious energy and environmental crisis, the development of
heteronuclear metal-free double-atom catalysts is a potential strategy to realize efficient …

A critical review on energy conversion and environmental remediation of photocatalysts with remodeling crystal lattice, surface, and interface

J Luo, S Zhang, M Sun, L Yang, S Luo, JC Crittenden - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar energy is a renewable resource that can supply our energy needs in the long term. A
semiconductor photocatalysis that is capable of utilizing solar energy has appealed to …

Charge transfer of carbon nanomaterials for efficient metal‐free electrocatalysis

R Paul, Q Zhai, AK Roy, L Dai - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, carbon‐based metal‐free electrocatalysts (C‐MFECs) have drawn considerable
research attention because of their attractive physicochemical characteristics, cost …

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (gC3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving …

WJ Ong, LL Tan, YH Ng, ST Yong, SP Chai - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has become a new
research hotspot and drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a metal-free and visible-light …

Powerful combination of 2D g-C3N4 and 2D nanomaterials for photocatalysis: recent advances

X Zhang, X Yuan, L Jiang, J Zhang, H Yu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a fascinating metal-free conjugated polymer semiconductor, 2D graphitic carbon nitride
(gC 3 N 4) has been widely used as a visible-light-responsive photocatalyst. Generally, gC 3 …

Material design for photocatalytic water splitting from a theoretical perspective

CF Fu, X Wu, J Yang - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, problems associated with energy and environment have become increasingly
serious. Producing hydrogen, a clean and renewable resource, through photocatalytic water …

Toward Excellence in Photocathode Engineering for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction: Design Rationales and Current Progress

LK Putri, BJ Ng, WJ Ong, SP Chai… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (PEC CO2RR) is a promising technology
which offers the possibility of a carbon‐neutral solar fuel production via artificial …

Graphitic carbon nitride-based heterojunction photoactive nanocomposites: applications and mechanism insight

D Huang, X Yan, M Yan, G Zeng, C Zhou… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The design of heterojunction with superior performance of light absorption and appropriate
conduction band and valence band potentials is a promising approach for the applications …