Atomic‐level charge separation strategies in semiconductor‐based photocatalysts

F Chen, T Ma, T Zhang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor‐based photocatalysis as a productive technology furnishes a prospective
solution to environmental and renewable energy issues, but its efficiency greatly relies on …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial activity of zinc oxide nano/microparticles and their combinations against pathogenic microorganisms for biomedical applications: From …

SE Jin, HE Jin - nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano/microparticles (NPs/MPs) have been studied as antibiotics to
enhance antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria and viruses with or without …

Zn-vacancy mediated electron-hole separation in ZnS/g-C3N4 heterojunction for efficient visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production

X Hao, J Zhou, Z Cui, Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Zou - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vacancy defects play an important role in modifying the electronic structure and the
properties of photoexcited charge carriers by introducing additional energy levels and …

Efficient visible light nitrogen fixation with BiOBr nanosheets of oxygen vacancies on the exposed {001} facets

H Li, J Shang, Z Ai, L Zhang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Even though the well-established Haber–Bosch process has been the major artificial way to
“fertilize” the earth, its energy-intensive nature has been motivating people to learn from …

Steering charge kinetics in photocatalysis: intersection of materials syntheses, characterization techniques and theoretical simulations

S Bai, J Jiang, Q Zhang, Y Xiong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge kinetics is highly critical in determining the quantum efficiency of solar-to-chemical
conversion in photocatalysis, and this includes, but is not limited to, the separation of …

Enhanced photocarrier separation in conjugated polymer engineered CdS for direct Z-scheme photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Hu, X Hao, Z Cui, J Zhou, S Chu, Y Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
High efficiency hydrogen generation from water has been achieved in sulfide-polymer
heterojunction. In this work, a novel direct Z-scheme CdS/polyimide heterojunction was …

Boosting the Catalytic Performance of CeO2 in Toluene Combustion via the Ce–Ce Homogeneous Interface

Z Su, W Si, H Liu, S Xiong, X Chu, W Yang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalytic combustion is an advanced technology to eliminate industrial volatile organic
compounds such as toluene. In order to replace the expensive noble metal catalysts and …

[HTML][HTML] Superior visible light hydrogen evolution of Janus bilayer junctions via atomic-level charge flow steering

J Li, G Zhan, Y Yu, L Zhang - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Although photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE) is ideal for solar-to-fuel conversion, it
remains challenging to construct a highly efficient PHE system by steering the charge flow in …

Enhanced ferroelectric-nanocrystal-based hybrid photocatalysis by ultrasonic-wave-generated piezophototronic effect

H Li, Y Sang, S Chang, X Huang, Y Zhang, R Yang… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
An electric field built inside a crystal was proposed to enhance photoinduced carrier
separation for improving photocatalytic property of semiconductor photocatalysts. However …

2D heterostructure comprised of metallic 1T-MoS2/Monolayer Og-C3N4 towards efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

H Xu, J Yi, X She, Q Liu, L Song, S Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Efficient separation of hole-electron pair plays a crucial role in enhancing photocatalytic
water splitting activity, which essentially requires a noble metal co-catalyst. Here we report …