Bismuth oxyhalide layered materials for energy and environmental applications

J Di, J Xia, H Li, S Guo, S Dai - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic solar energy conversion is considered one of the most promising pathways to
address the global energy shortage and environmental crisis. Layered bismuth oxyhalides …

Charge steering in heterojunction photocatalysis: general principles, design, construction, and challenges

M Eshete, X Li, L Yang, X Wang, J Zhang, L Xie… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Steering charge kinetics is a key to optimizing quantum efficiency. Advancing the design of
photocatalysts (ranging from single semiconductor to multicomponent semiconductor …

Toward designing semiconductor-semiconductor heterojunctions for photocatalytic applications

L Zhang, M Jaroniec - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysts show a great potential for environmental and energy-related
applications, however one of the major disadvantages is their relatively low photocatalytic …

Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole on g-C3N4/BiOI/EG pn heterojunction photoanode under visible light irradiation

PJ Mafa, AT Kuvarega, BB Mamba… - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is one of the antibiotics which is used to treat a variety of bacterial
infections in both humans and animals. The inflow of this pharmaceutical drug from various …

Review on heterophase/homophase junctions for efficient photocatalysis: The case of phase transition construction

K Yang, X Li, C Yu, D Zeng, F Chen, K Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysts are extensively applied in environmental treatment and
energy conversion. However, one of their major disadvantages is their relatively low …

Ultra-low content of Pt modified CdS nanorods: one-pot synthesis and high photocatalytic activity for H 2 production under visible light

L Zhang, X Fu, S Meng, X Jiang, J Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metal-modified CdS is one of the most promising photocatalysts for solar H2
production due to its intrinsic band structure merits. It is highly desirable to develop an …

Facet, junction and electric field engineering of bismuth‐based materials for photocatalysis

M Li, H Huang, S Yu, N Tian, Y Zhang - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis has gained tremendous attention with great prospects to
settle the worldwide environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. Many efforts have …

Integration of oxygen vacancies into BiOI via a facile alkaline earth ion-doping strategy for the enhanced photocatalytic performance toward indometacin remediation

J Huang, X Zheng, Y Liu, F Wang, D Li, H Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) has garnered intense attention in the field of photocatalysis for
environmental remediation; however, it suffers from a high electron-hole recombination rate …

A new high efficiency visible-light photocatalyst made of SnS2 and conjugated derivative of polyvinyl alcohol and its application to Cr (VI) reduction

F Zhang, Y Zhang, C Zhou, Z Yang, H Xue… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the synthesis of a new high efficiency visible-light photocatalyst made
of SnS 2 and conjugated derivative (CPVA) from thermal dehydration of polyvinyl alcohol …

The coupled AgI/BiOI catalyst: Synthesis, brief characterization, and study of the kinetic of the EBT photodegradation

N Pourshirband, A Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh… - Chemical Physics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The relatively novel AgI/BiOI coupled system (CS) was prepared in-situ by
mechanical mixing of the as-synthesized AgI and BiOI nanoparticles (NPs) and …