The primary goal of this review is to present a clear chemical perspective of borates in order
to stimulate and facilitate the discovery of new borate-based optical materials. These …

Semiconductor photocatalysis has received considerable interdisciplinary attentions and
research interests owing to its versatile applications. Layered bismuth-based (LBB) …

Borate is a kind of wide-bandgap semiconducting material with rich structure and variety,
which is usually used in optical properties research. Its unique crystal structure has essential …

Semiconductor photocatalysis as a desirable technology shows great potential in
environmental remediation and renewable energy generation, but its efficiency is severely …

Solar energy is an ideal energy source for solving energy shortages and serious
environmental problems. In the past few decades, photocatalytic technology which uses …

Microbial contamination in drinking water is of great concern around the world because of
high pathogenic risks to humans. Semiconductor photocatalysis has aroused an increasing …

The search of new borates with improved functional properties has attracted considerable
attention. Herein, a new polar fluorooxoborate, NaB4O6F (NBF) was prepared by high …

Synthesis of reactive exposing facets and pn junction are of great importance for
semiconductor photocatalysis. Herein, we develop a pn junction BiOI@ Bi 12 O 17 Cl 2 …

The construction of heterojunction system can promote the separation and transfer of
photogenerated electron-hole pairs, which is conducive to the degradation of sewage. In this …

The fabrication of multiple heterojunctions with tunable photocatalytic reactivity in full-range
BiOBr–BiOI composites based on microstructure modulation and band structures is …