A review of material aspects in developing direct Z-scheme photocatalysts

X Li, C Garlisi, Q Guan, S Anwer, K Al-Ali, G Palmisano… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis utilizes solar energy to produce clean fuels such as hydrogen or generate
highly reactive species to subsequently break the organic pollutants into clean end products …

Z-scheme photocatalysts for visible-light-driven pollutants degradation: a review on recent advancements

A Hassani, S Krishnan, J Scaria, P Eghbali… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Harvesting solar energy for energy and environmental applications is an ever-fascinating
field of research. Although semiconductor photocatalysis is the potential tool for recalcitrant …

Enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity of WO3/TiO2 step-scheme heterojunction by graphene modification

F He, A Meng, B Cheng, W Ho, J Yu - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
Sunlight-driven photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen (H 2) evolution is a desirable
strategy to utilize solar energy. However, this strategy is restricted by insufficient light …

Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

A review on 2D MoS2 cocatalysts in photocatalytic H2 production

Z Liang, R Shen, YH Ng, P Zhang, Q Xiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to their unique physicochemical, optical and electrical properties, two-dimensional
(2D) MoS 2 cocatalysts have been widely applied in designing and developing highly …

Direct Z-scheme photocatalysts: Principles, synthesis, and applications

Q Xu, L Zhang, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The properly designed semiconductor photocatalysts are promising materials for solving the
current serious energy and environmental issues because of their ability of using sunlight to …

Construction of LSPR-enhanced 0D/2D CdS/MoO3− x S-scheme heterojunctions for visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 evolution

J Peng, J Shen, X Yu, H Tang, Q Liu - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasmonic nonmetal semiconductors with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)
effects possess extended light-response ranges and can act as highly efficient H 2 …

Review on metal sulphide‐based Z‐scheme photocatalysts

T Di, Q Xu, WK Ho, H Tang, Q Xiang, J Yu - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor‐based Z‐scheme heterojunction photocatalysts have received considerable
attention for solar energy conversion and environmental purification due to their spatially …

Interfacial engineering of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based metal sulfide heterojunction photocatalysts for energy conversion: a review

Y Ren, D Zeng, WJ Ong - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
As one of the most appealing and attractive technologies, photocatalysis is widely used as a
promising method to circumvent the environmental and energy problems. Due to its …

Photocatalytic Applications of Two-Dimensional Ti3C2 MXenes: A Review

K Huang, C Li, H Li, G Ren, L Wang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) Ti3C2 MXenes have aroused tremendous attention as frontier
materials for energy storage, solar energy conversion, and environmental remediation …