Emerging cocatalysts in TiO2-based photocatalysts for light-driven catalytic hydrogen evolution: Progress and perspectives

C Xia, THC Nguyen, XC Nguyen, SY Kim, DLT Nguyen… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
TiO 2-based photocatalysts have been maintained as the most prominent candidate for solar-
driven hydrogen (H 2) evolution over the past decades. However, poor separation of …

Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Photocatalysis: What Systematic Studies and Alcohol Surface Chemistry on TiO2(110) Have to Offer for Future …

M Eder, M Tschurl, U Heiz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalytic systems are usually described based on electrochemistry,
which the vast majority of interpretations and strategies for optimizing photocatalysts rely on …

Size and Coverage Effects of Ni and Pt Co-Catalysts in the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Methanol on TiO2(110)

M Eder, C Courtois, P Petzoldt, S Mackewicz… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic alcohol oxidation on metal-
loaded TiO2 has emerged as an active research field. While the presence of a metal cluster …

Self-assembly, structure and catalytic activity of Ni3 on TiO2: A triple-atom catalyst for hydrogen evolution

J Liu, Z Wang, F Chen, G Zhou - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Triple-atom catalysts (TACs), structurally derived from single-atom catalysts (SACs)
but beyond SACs in the active sites, have received increasing attention but are still in their …

Tertiary Alcohols as Mechanistic Probes for Photocatalysis: the Gas-Phase Reaction of 2-Methyl-2-Pentanol on Titania P25 in a Microphotoreactor

CC Aletsee, P Neumann, I Chorkendorff, M Tschurl… - ACS …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Despite intense research in heterogeneous photocatalysis, a lack of mechanistic
understanding still hinders the rational design of efficient photocatalysts to make them …

Size Effect of (CuO)n (n = 1–6) Clusters on the Modification of Rutile–TiO2 Photocatalysts

C Zheng, H Bu, F Yang, Z Xu, H Zhao - Energy Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The size‐dependent properties of metal/metal oxide clusters have received increasing
interest due to their significant role in promoting heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, an ab …

Light‐Driven Alcohol Splitting by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis: Recent Advances, Mechanism and Prospects

Z Chai - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Splitting of alcohols into hydrogen and corresponding carbonyl compounds, also called
acceptorless alcohol dehydrogenation, is of great significance for both synthetic chemistry …

Sustainable Energy Cycles Based on Liquid Oxygenates as Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Carriers: A Holistic Vision

JG Highfield, AM Ruppert, N Keller - Catalysis Today, 2025 - Elsevier
Simple energy-dense liquid oxygenates obtained directly from biomass eg, fermentation
ethanol, or “solar methanol”, synthesised from renewable hydrogen (via PV-driven water …

Surface second harmonic generation spectra of titania coated Au NPs

N Fehn, E Vahidzadeh, K Shankar, U Heiz… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface second harmonic generation (s-SHG) spectra of supported Au nanoparticles (NPs)
with titania coating are presented. Although the optical properties of these particles are in …

Introduction to the performance and mechanism of various photocatalytic materials compounded with carbon dots

F Yan, Y Wang, Y Zang, J Sun, C Yi… - Particle & Particle …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With their unique optical and electronic properties, carbon dots (CDs) are showing great
momentum in many fields such as biosensing, imaging, drug delivery, and photocatalysis …