Solar hydrogen generation using niobium-based photocatalysts: design strategies, progress, and challenges

C Avcıoğlu, S Avcıoğlu, MF Bekheet, A Gurlo - Materials Today Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar water splitting using semiconductor photocatalysts is being extensively studied
worldwide. During the past few decades, to meet the feasibility and economic viability …

Advanced electron paramagnetic resonance in chemical energy conversion: current status and future potential

F Attar, H Yin, SL Schumann, J Langley… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
New sustainable energy technologies are an important current research field, which aim to
address the global environmental challenge caused by our excessive reliance on fossil …

Complexed Semiconductor Cores Activate Hexaniobate Ligands as Nucleophilic Sites for Solar‐Light Reduction of CO2 by Water

G Zhang, F Wang, T Tubul, M Baranov… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although pure and functionalized solid‐state polyniobates such as layered perovskites and
niobate nanosheets are photocatalysts for renewable‐energy processes, analogous …

Unveiling the highly disordered NbO6 units as electron-transfer sites in Nb2O5 photocatalysis with N-hydroxyphthalimide under visible light irradiation

K Su, C Zhang, Y Wang, J Zhang, Q Guo, Z Gao… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although different NbO x units are present in Nb 2 O 5-based catalysts, the correlations
between these structures and activity remain unclear, which considerably hinders the further …

Flux-Assisted Low Temperature Synthesis of SnNb2O6 Nanoplates with Enhanced Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic H2-Production

C Zhou, T Wang, D Li, J Wang, R Shi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Foordite SnNb2O6 as a typical layered niobate has gained great attention in photocatalytic
applications owing to its narrow band gap and proper conduction and valence band …

Highly Stable Au/Hexaniobate Nanocomposite Prepared by a Green Intercalation Method for Photoinduced H2 Evolution Applications

HO Alves, BSD Frachoni, BN Nunes… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly stable Au/K4–x H x Nb6O17 nanocomposites were prepared by employing
photochemically made Au nanoparticles surrounded by branched poly (ethyleneimine)(PEI) …

Interfacial Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Devices for Solar Energy Conversion

AV Müller, WM Wierzba, MN Pastorelli… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
The development of cost-effective molecular devices that efficiently capture and convert
sunlight into other useful forms of energy is a promising approach to meet the world's …

Adsorption behavior and mechanism of ethyl mercaptan in natural gas on Cu-modified hexaniobate nanotubes

J Zhu, L Hu, J Wang, J He - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of sulfur compounds in natural gas seriously affects the yield of hydrogen
production from natural gas reforming and the lifespan of catalysts. This study aims to clarify …

[HTML][HTML] 2D porous hexaniobate-bismuth vanadate hybrid photocatalyst for photodegradation of aquatic refractory pollutants

SP Kulkarni, VV Magdum, YM Chitare, DB Malavekar… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Metal oxide semiconductors are highly promising due to their excellent photocatalytic
performance in the photodegradation of industrial waste containing refractory chemical …

Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution by Hexaniobate Nanosheets Grafted with Copper Nanoclusters

B Nascimento Nunes, DW Bahnemann… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hexaniobate nanosheets (K4− xHxNb6O17) were combined with Cu2+ ions by
grafting, a green one‐step methodology. The resulted nanocomposite exhibits high surface …