Vacancy engineering in semiconductor photocatalysts: implications in hydrogen evolution and nitrogen fixation applications

A Kumar, V Krishnan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is a well‐known fact that the pronounced photogenerated charge recombination and poor
light absorption are the main bottlenecks of photocatalysis applications. The conventional …

Vacancy defect engineering in semiconductors for solar light‐driven environmental remediation and sustainable energy production

Y Ding, S Maitra, C Wang, S Halder… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of vacancy defects in semiconductors has been proven to be a highly
effective approach to improve their photocatalytic activity owing to their advantages of …

Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications

L Zhu, M Gao, CKN Peh, GW Ho - Materials Horizons, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is a major source of renewable energy with the potential to meet the energy
demand and to support the sustainable development of the world. The efficient harvesting …

Improvement of TiO2 nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

K Arifin, RM Yunus, LJ Minggu, MB Kassim - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an ideal method to produce clean hydrogen.
Developing photoelectrodes that fulfill the PEC water-splitting criteria has become the …

Tuning oxygen vacancy content in TiO2 nanoparticles to enhance the photocatalytic performance

X Bi, G Du, A Kalam, D Sun, Y Yu, Q Su, B Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract White TiO 2 (W-TiO 2), gray TiO 2 (G-TiO 2) and black TiO 2 (B-TiO 2) have been
prepared through simple annealing process in different atmospheres. The oxygen vacancy …

Black TiO2: A review of its properties and conflicting trends

TS Rajaraman, SP Parikh, VG Gandhi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Black titanium dioxide (TiO 2) has been one of the most researched photocatalyst in recent
years. Its ability to overcome the limitations of pristine TiO 2 through enhanced visible light …

Single atom catalysts for selective methane oxidation to oxygenates

P Kumar, TA Al-Attas, J Hu, MG Kibria - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Direct conversion of methane (CH4) to C1–2 liquid oxygenates is a captivating approach to
lock carbons in transportable value-added chemicals, while reducing global warming …

Black TiO2 nanomaterials: a review of recent advances

SG Ullattil, SB Narendranath, SC Pillai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently reported black TiO 2 nanomaterials are the unequivocally accepted sun light
harvesters which facilitate the maximum solar energy absorption from ultraviolet (UV) to …

Defects and aliovalent doping engineering in electroceramics

Y Feng, J Wu, Q Chi, W Li, Y Yu, W Fei - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the positive influences of defects on the performance of electroceramics were
discovered, investigations concerning on defects and aliovalent doping routes have grown …

Black titanium-oxo clusters with ultralow band gaps and enhanced nonlinear optical performance

MY Gao, Z Wang, QH Li, D Li, Y Sun… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A series of catecholate-functionalized titanium-oxo clusters (TOCs), PTC-271 to PTC-277,
with atomically precise structures were synthesized and characterized, including distinctive …