Recent advances in semiconductor heterojunctions: a detailed review of the fundamentals of photocatalysis, charge transfer mechanism and materials

A Balapure, JR Dutta, R Ganesan - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, due to its operability under sustainable and green energy conditions, is one
of the cardinal branches of the environmental remediation domain. To date, a significant …

A review on particulate photocatalytic hydrogen production system: Progress made in achieving high energy conversion efficiency and key challenges ahead

SK Lakhera, A Rajan, TP Rugma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic water splitting is a sustainable and clean method to produce renewable
hydrogen. The particulate photocatalytic water splitting system has been envisioned as an …

Fabrication of novel noble-metal-free ZnIn2S4/WC Schottky junction heterojunction photocatalyst: Efficient charge separation, increased active sites and low hydrogen …

X Ma, W Li, C Ren, H Li, X Li, M Dong, Y Gao… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the synthesis of ZnIn 2 S 4 nanoparticles on bulk WC by a facile
hydrothermal process to construct novel and highly efficient noble metal-free Schottky …

Metal carbide‐based cocatalysts for photocatalytic solar‐to‐fuel conversion

K He, E Campbell, Z Huang, R Shen, Q Li… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor‐based photocatalytic solar‐to‐fuel conversion has proven an appealing
strategy for achieving carbon‐neutral and green‐hydrogen production. However, almost all …

A novel noble-metal-free binary and ternary In2S3 photocatalyst with WC and “W-Mo auxiliary pairs” for highly-efficient visible-light hydrogen evolution

X Ma, W Li, C Ren, H Li, X Liu, X Li, T Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, noble-metal-free In 2 S 3-WC and In 2 S 3-based photocatalysts with dual
cocatalysts of flower-like MoS 2 and bulk WC were synthesized through a facile …

Tailoring the CdS surface structure for photocatalytic applications

SG Kumar, R Kavitha, PM Nithya - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Semiconductor mediated photocatalysis is envisaged as a promising approach to initiate the
diverse redox reactions under the ambient conditions. Although titania still remains as …

Insight into the whole characteristics of (Pd/WP)/CdS for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Dang, J Tian, W Wang, B Ma - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The (noble metal/non-noble metal)/semiconductor are efficient and attractive ternary
photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. To deeply understand the advantages …

Graphene nanoplatelets with low defect density as a synergetic adsorbent and electron sink for ZnO in the photocatalytic degradation of Methylene Blue under UV–vis …

RA Mahmud, AN Shafawi, KA Ali, LK Putri… - Materials Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets with ZnO (F-GNP/ZnO) composites has
been successfully synthesized and decorated on GNP via one-step solvothermal method …

Transition metal carbide‐based photocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis

KJ Wong, JJ Foo, TJ Siang, WJ Ong - SmartMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal carbides, including both MXene and non‐MXene metal carbides, have
enjoyed a soaring reputation in recent years. Benefitting from their intriguing physical and …

ZnSe nanoparticles with bulk WC as cocatalyst: a novel and noble-metal-free heterojunction photocatalyst for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under …

C Ren, W Li, S Gu, X Liu, X Li, H Fan, K Han… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exploration of inexpensive and stable semiconductor photocatalysts are extremely
urgent for obtaining sustainable hydrogen (H 2) energy by photocatalytic water splitting …