Strain engineering: a boosting strategy for photocatalysis

Y Miao, Y Zhao, S Zhang, R Shi, T Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Whilst the photocatalytic technique is considered to be one of the most significant routes to
address the energy crisis and global environmental challenges, the solar‐to‐chemical …

Nanocellulose-based aerogels for water purification: A review

J Paul, SS Ahankari - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Water purification using thin membranes at high pressures through adsorption and size
exclusion is the widely used mechanism due to its simplicity and enhanced efficiency …

Cu2O/TiO2 decorated on cellulose nanofiber/reduced graphene hydrogel for enhanced photocatalytic activity and its antibacterial applications

ALT Zheng, S Sabidi, T Ohno, T Maeda, Y Andou - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has gained attention as a viable wastewater remediation technique.
However, the difficulty of recovering powder-based photocatalyst has often become a major …

Copper oxide-based photocatalysts and photocathodes: fundamentals and recent advances

T Baran, A Visibile, M Busch, X He, S Wojtyla… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work aims at reviewing the most impactful results obtained on the development of Cu-
based photocathodes. The need of a sustainable exploitation of renewable energy sources …

Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water Splitting on Ta2O5/SrZrO3 Heterostructures Decorated with CuxO/RuO2 Cocatalysts

AM Huerta-Flores, F Ruiz-Zepeda… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic H2 generation by water splitting is a promising alternative for producing
renewable fuels. This work synthesized a new type of Ta2O5/SrZrO3 heterostructure with Ru …

Enhancing electrochemical and photoelectrochemical degradation of organic dyes under visible irradiation with a novel Cu2O/BaHPO4-based photoelectrode

A Ahdour, E Amaterz, A Taoufyq, L Aneflous… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A highly active Cu 2 O/BaHPO 4 photoanode was obtained using a simple two-step
electrodeposition technique. The synthesised material was characterised by various …

A sol–gel biotemplating route with cellulose nanocrystals to design a photocatalyst for improving hydrogen generation

C Wang, J Li, E Paineau, A Laachachi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Light harvesting capability and charge carrier lifetime play critical roles in determining the
photoefficiency of a photocatalyst. Herein, a one-pot method is proposed to design …

Copper oxide nanostructures: Preparation, structural, dielectric and catalytic properties

C Gherasim, P Pascariu, M Asandulesa… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
A convenient chemical precipitation route was applied to prepare cupric oxide nanoparticles
using copper acetate as precursor material. The influence of the reaction conditions on the …

Photoelectrodes of Cu2O with interfacial structure of topological insulator Bi2Se3 contributes to selective photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 towards methanol

A Aranda-Aguirre, J Ojeda, JF de Brito… - Journal of CO2 …, 2020 - Elsevier
Artificial photosynthesis emerges as feasible solution to diminish CO 2 content in the
atmosphere. Photoelectrocatalysis can diminish CO 2 concentration while generating useful …

Electronic Correlations in Multiferroic Van der Waals CuCrP2S6: Insights from X-ray Spectroscopy and DFT

Y Guo, J Yang, J Zhou, N Zhu, Y Jin… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electronic structure of high-quality van der Waals multiferroic CuCrP2S6 crystals was
investigated by applying photoelectron spectroscopy methods in combination with DFT …