Photocatalytic fixation of nitrogen to ammonia with a Ce/S co-doped TiO 2 catalyst: synergistic tuning of heterovalent metal states and oxygen vacancy defects

P Zhang, L Chen, DH Kuo, B Wu, Z Su, D Lu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel Ce/S co-doped TiO2 sulfur-oxide catalyst (labeled TiCeOS) with heterovalent metal
states and oxygen-vacancy defects was synthesized for effective photocatalytic nitrogen …

Oxygen vacancy-modified BiOCl nanoplates via three minutes mannitol-assisted grinding treatment for excellent photocatalytic applications

X Yang, H Habib, H Yang, ZU Rehman… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
It remains an exciting challenge to achieve a direct production of oxygen vacancies (OVs) by
the one-step grinding of BiOCl visible-light-driven photocatalysts. Herein, BiOCl nanoplates …

Bi2MO6 (M= Mo, W) Aurivillius Oxides for Efficient Photocatalytic N2-to-NH3 Conversion: A perspective review

X Huang, RA Soomro, H Shen, L Guo… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging synthetic ammonia (NH3) technology, photocatalytic nitrogen reduction
reaction (pNRR), holds great prospect for sustainable ammonia synthesis using clean solar …

Synergism of heterovalent valence state and oxygen vacancy defect engineering in Co/S co-doped TiO 2 for nitrogen photoreduction to ammonia

L Chen, P Zhang, DH Kuo, J Jiang, B Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we demonstrate a Co/S doped TiO2 bimetal sulfur oxide nanoparticle catalyst
(labeled CoTiOS) with heterovalent Co states and abundant oxygen vacancy (Ov) defects for …

Modification strategies of Bi-based photocatalysts for nitrogen fixation: A mini review

XL Yin, DQ Liu, LL Li - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2025 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation has garnered significant attention due to its advantages of
being mild, green, and sustainable, with the potential to replace the high-energy …

Modulating the valence states of transition metals in FeCoNiMnW high-entropy alloys for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction activity

C Song, J Wu, Y Li, Z Fang, F Wang, F Meng… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amorphous high-entropy alloys (HEA) are promising electrocatalysts with multi-element
active sites and dense defect distribution, high valences of 3d transition metals (3d TMs) are …

Hierarchical Hybrids Made of Mixed Metal-Based Sillén-Structured CdxBiO2Br @ Graphene Oxide for Efficient Photocatalytic H2O2 Production

VK Sriramadasu, S Bhattacharyya - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this article, multilayered Sillén-structured mixed metallic Cd x BiO2Br has been
synthesized through hydrothermal methods. Detailed structure–property correlations …

Strategy of constructing DA structure and accurate active sites over graphitic carbon nitride nanowires for high efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

D Cui, X Yang, Y Liu, T Ou, X Kong, Y Zhang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Constructing photocatalysts for the stable and efficient production of NH 3 is of excellent
research significance and challenging. In this paper, the electron acceptor 5-amino-1, 10 …

Experimental protocols for sustainable ammonia production by photocatalytic nitrogen fixation: Pitfalls and remedial measures

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced sustainable systems, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of ammonia (NH3) by photocatalytic nitrogen (N2) fixation has gained
tremendous attention from researchers worldwide. The number of reports on different …

Construction of Fe(III) Active Sites on Phenanthroline-Grafted gC3N4: Reduced Work Function and Enhanced Intramolecular Charge Transfer for Efficient N2 …

D Cui, X Yang, T Zhang, M Li, F Li - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation is one of the important pathways for green and sustainable
ammonia synthesis, but the extremely high bonding energy of the N≡ N triple bond makes it …