Probing the Optical Property and Electronic Structure of TiO2 Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Applications

M Kapilashrami, Y Zhang, YS Liu, A Hagfeldt… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The world's energy consumption is predicted to grow by 56% by the year 2040, from 520
quadrillion Btu pa in 2010 to 820 quadrillion Btu/pa, as reported by the US Energy …

Recent advances in the TiO2/CdS nanocomposite used for photocatalytic hydrogen production and quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

D Zhao, CF Yang - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar energy is considered the most promising energy source for the future.
Nanocomposites of TiO 2 and CdS (denoted as TiO 2/CdS) compose a class of materials …

State‐of‐the‐art progress in diverse heterostructured photocatalysts toward promoting photocatalytic performance

H Li, Y Zhou, W Tu, J Ye, Z Zou - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysts have received much attention in recent years due to their
great potentials for the development of renewable energy technologies, as well as for …

Plasma-modified Ti 3 C 2 T x/CdS hybrids with oxygen-containing groups for high-efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen production

Y Yang, D Zhang, Q Xiang - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble-metal-free Ti3C2Tx/CdS hybrids with oxygen-containing groups were successfully
prepared through a mild solvothermal method of in situ heterogeneous nucleation. The …

Lignin-based carbon dots as high-performance support of Pt single atoms for photocatalytic H2 evolution

J Zhuang, S Ren, B Zhu, C Han, YY Li, X Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-atom metal species always run the risk of aggregating into large particles, thus it is
essential to develop an appropriate support for Pt single atoms to prevent their aggregation …

TiO2/(CdS, CdSe, CdSeS) Nanorod Heterostructures and Photoelectrochemical Properties

J Luo, L Ma, T He, CF Ng, S Wang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this work, nanorods of CdS, CdSe, and CdSeS are deposited by chemical vapor
deposition on TiO2 nanorod arrays, and the photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance of the …

Ultrafast responsive non‐volatile flash photomemory via spatially addressable perovskite/block copolymer composite film

YH Chang, CW Ku, YH Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The exotic photophysical properties of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite with long exciton
lifetimes and small binding energy have appeared as promising front‐runners for next …

CdSe-sensitized mesoscopic TiO 2 solar cells exhibiting> 5% efficiency: redundancy of CdS buffer layer

MA Hossain, JR Jennings, C Shen, JH Pan… - Journal of materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor-sensitized TiO2 solar cells employing CdSe as a light absorber demonstrate
superior photovoltaic performance to the best-performing cascaded CdS/CdSe cells with …

Improved Performance of CuInS2 Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on a Multilayered Architecture

JY Chang, JM Lin, LF Su, CF Chang - ACS applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This Article describes a CuInS2 quantum dot (QD)-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) with a
multilayered architecture and a cascaded energy-gap structure fabricated using a …

2D MOFs enriched g-C3N4 nanosheets for highly efficient charge separation and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water

Y Liang, R Shang, J Lu, W An, J Hu, L Liu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Here we report a 2D-2D heterostructure of gC 3 N 4/UMOFNs photocatalysts via mechanical
grinding two kinds of two-dimensional nanosheets of gC 3 N 4 nanosheets and UMOFNs …