Boosting light-driven CO2 reduction into solar fuels: Mainstream avenues for engineering ZnO-based photocatalysts

S Patial, R Kumar, P Raizada, P Singh, Q Van Le… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The realization of artificial photosynthesis in the photocatalytic CO 2 transformation into
valuable chemicals or solar fuels, such as CO, CH 4, HCOOH, and CH 3 OH, by solar-light …

Recent Progress in Materials Exploration for Thermocatalytic, Photocatalytic, and Integrated Photothermocatalytic CO2‐to‐Fuel Conversion

W Zhang, D Ma, J Pérez-Ramírez… - Advanced Energy and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The excess depletion of carbon‐rich fossil fuels and agroforest biomass resources has
aggravated the energy crisis and environmental pollution, causing increased CO2 …

Few-layer graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet with controllable functionalization as an effective metal-free activator for peroxymonosulfate photocatalytic activation …

H Guo, HY Niu, C Liang, CG Niu, Y Liu, N Tang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, electron-withdrawing groups functionalized few layer graphitic carbon nitride
(FCN-12) nanosheet was prepared and utilized for photocatalytic activation of …

A review on recent advances in metal chalcogenide-based photocatalysts for CO2 reduction

S Adabala, DP Dutta - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Substantial increase in CO 2 emissions and depletion in the availability of fossil fuels will
bring a crisis in the economy and environmental conditions for future life on this planet …

Junction Engineering for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

L Liu, Y Zhang, H Huang - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthesis of clean fuels shows fascinating prospects for solving the energy
crisis and environmental pollution. However, the solar conversion efficiency is too low to …

Recent advances in zinc chalcogenide-based nanocatalysts for photocatalytic reduction of CO 2

P Li, T He - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals based on semiconductor
catalysts is considered a promising approach to simultaneously address the energy and …

Fabrication of redox-mediator-free Z-scheme CdS/NiCo2O4 photocatalysts with enhanced visible-light driven photocatalytic activity in Cr (VI) reduction and antibiotics …

D Hu, Y Xu, S Zhang, J Tu, M Li, L Zhi, J Liu - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tremendous efforts have been made to design novel type semiconductor photocatalysts as
promising candidates to solve the problem of aquatic pollution. However, the exploration of …

Preparation of Pd–Au/TiO2–WO3 to enhance photoreduction of CO2 to CH4 and CO

Z Zhu, WR Huang, CY Chen, RJ Wu - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Pd–Au/TiO 2–WO 3 nanoparticles were successfully prepared using a
hydrothermal and sol-gel route and applied to the photoreduction of CO 2 under UV visible …

Evolution of Metal Tellurides for Energy Storage/Conversion: From Synthesis to Applications

M Ahmad, T Nawaz, I Hussain, F Meharban, X Chen… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metal telluride (MTe)‐based nanomaterials have emerged as a potential alternative for
efficient, highly conductive, robust, and durable electrodes in energy storage/conversion …

Synthesis and characterization of n-ZnO/p-MnO nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of anthracene

BL Martínez-Vargas, M Cruz-Ramírez… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract n-ZnO/p-MnO nanocomposites with different percentages of manganese (0.5%,
1.1%, and 2.25%) with a semiconducting junction were prepared. Changes in Flat band …