Bismuth oxyhalide photocatalysts for water purification: Progress and challenges

CY Wang, X Zhang, HQ Yu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water and wastewater has gained
considerable attention in recent decades, as bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX, X= Cl, Br, or I) have …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on the boosted effects of anion vacancy in the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation, part I: Focus on sulfur, nitrogen, carbon …

M Rezaei, A Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh… - … and Environmental Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
The greenest environmental remediation way is the photocatalytic degradation of organic
pollutants. However, limited photocatalytic applications are due to poor sunlight absorption …

Generating dual-active species by triple-atom sites through peroxymonosulfate activation for treating micropollutants in complex water

Q Zhou, C Song, P Wang, Z Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-triggered radical and nonradical active species can
synergistically guarantee selectively removing micropollutants in complex wastewater; …

Surface Boronizing Can Weaken the Excitonic Effects of BiOBr Nanosheets for Efficient O2 Activation and Selective NO Oxidation under Visible Light Irradiation

Y Shi, Z Yang, L Shi, H Li, X Liu, X Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The photocatalytic O2 activation for pollutant removal highly depends on the controlled
generation of desired reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, we demonstrate that the …

Twistedly hydrophobic basis with suitable aromatic metrics in covalent organic networks govern micropollutant decontamination

C Qin, Y Yang, X Wu, L Chen, Z Liu, L Tang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The pre-designable structure and unique architectures of covalent organic frameworks
(COFs) render them attractive as active and porous medium for water crisis. However, the …

Dual Cu and S vacancies boost CO2 photomethanation on Cu1. 95S1-x: Vacancy-regulated selective photocatalysis

X Shi, W Dai, Q Ren, J Sheng, F Dong - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tuning product selectivity and improving activity are significant in CO 2 photoreduction.
Herein, we demonstrate that introducing Cu and S dual vacancies on copper sulfide …

Electron confinement promoted the electric double layer effect of BiOI/β-Bi2O3 in photocatalytic water splitting

L Shan, Z Fang, G Ding, Z Shi, L Dong, D Li… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the realm of photocatalysis, understanding the interface issues (solid/solid and
solid/liquid) inherent in heterojunction at the atomic level is the ultimate for engineering an …

Targeted NO Oxidation and Synchronous NO2 Inhibition via Oriented 1O2 Formation Based on Lewis Acid Site Adjustment

S Wang, W Cui, B Lei, X Dong, Y Tang… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
An appealing strategy for ensuring environmental benefits of the photocatalytic NO oxidation
reaction is to convert NO into NO3–instead of NO2, yet the selectivity of products remains …

Breaking the selectivity barrier: reactive oxygen species control in photocatalytic nitric oxide conversion

W Dai, S Zhang, H Shang, S Xiao, Z Tian… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalytic technology holds promise in efficiently reducing low
concentrations of gaseous nitric oxide (NO). However, the suboptimal selectivity in NO …

Orientated construction of visible-light-assisted peroxymonosulfate activation system for antibiotic removal: Significant enhancing effect of Cl

KA Zhu, XJ Chen, CW Yuan, CW Bai, YJ Sun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic contaminants can migrate over long distances in the water, thus possibly causing
severe detriment to the environment and even potential harm to human health …