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Recent Progress and Perspectives on Photocathode Materials for CO₂ Catalytic Reduction

Nanomaterials, 2023
The continuous consumption of fossil energy and excessive emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have caused a serious energy crisis and led to the greenhouse effect. Using natural resources to convert CO2 into fuel or high-value chemicals is considered to be
Kangli Xu, Qingming Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhou, Min Zhu, Hangrong Chen   +4 more
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Recent Research Progresses and Challenges for Practical Application of Large-Scale Solar Hydrogen Production

Molecules
Solar hydrogen production is a promising pathway for sustainable CO2-free hydrogen production. It is mainly classified into three systems: photovoltaic electrolysis (PV-EC), photoelectrochemical (PEC) system, and particulate photocatalytic (PC) system ...
Min-Kyu Son
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Synergistic Solar Interfacial Evaporation and Photocatalysis Enabled by a Hierarchical Porous Hydrogel Reactor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tree‐inspired hydrogel interfacial reactor couples solar evaporation with photocatalysis for simultaneous desalination and waste water treatment. The bilayer design achieves 2.14 kg·m−2·h−1 evaporation rate with 79% dye degradation under one sun, demonstrating that photothermal heating and evaporation induced pollutant enrichment create a self ...
Yan Zhao, Xiaolong Ma, Zihong Wu, Muhammad Amjad, Dongsheng Wen   +4 more
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Optimal Sr-Doped Free TiO2@SrTiO3 Heterostructured Nanowire Arrays for High-Efficiency Self-Powered Photoelectrochemical UV Photodetector Applications

Crystals, 2019
Due to their high performance, photoelectrochemical ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors have attracted much attention, but the recombination of photogenerated electrons at the interface of photoanode/electrolyte limited further improvement of ...
Shiming Ni, Fengyun Guo, Dongbo Wang, Shujie Jiao, Jinzhong Wang, Yong Zhang, Bao Wang, Liancheng Zhao   +7 more
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Effect of Morphology and Plasmonic on Au/ZnO Films for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Nanomaterials, 2021
To improve photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, various ZnO nanostructures (nanorods (NRs), nanodiscs (NDs), NRs/NDs, and ZnO NRs decorated with gold nanoparticles) have been manufactured.
Mohamed Zayed, Nourhan Nasser, Mohamed Shaban, Hind Alshaikh, Hany Hamdy, Ashour M. Ahmed   +5 more
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Mechanistic Control of C─H Bond Activation and C─C Coupling in Light‐Driven Methane Conversion to C2+ Products over Multifunctional Photocatalysts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Methane photocatalytic activation under mild conditions remains a formidable challenge in the synthesis of solar fuels. In this review, we emphasize the growing importance of multifunctional materials and hybrid systems within a unified mechanistic framework that integrates selective C─H bond activation, formation and control of intermediates, C─C ...
Di Hu, Yuheng Jiang, Vitaly V. Ordomsky, Bastian Mei, Zhiyong Tang, Andrei Y. Khodakov   +5 more
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Visible-Light-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Biosensing of Uric Acid Using Metal-Free Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons

Nanomaterials, 2021
In this study, we demonstrate the visible-light-assisted photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensing of uric acid (UA) by using graphene oxide nanoribbons (GONRs) as PEC electrode materials.
Chia-Liang Sun, Cheng-Hsuan Lin, Chia-Heng Kuo, Chia-Wei Huang, Duc Dung Nguyen, Tsu-Chin Chou, Cheng-Ying Chen, Yu-Jen Lu   +7 more
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Halide Perovskite Integrated Photovoltaic Cathodes Incorporating Pt on ZIF‐8‐Derived Carbon for Solar Hydrogen Production

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A low‐Pt catalyst supported on zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF‐8)‐derived porous carbon and graphite is integrated with a halide perovskite photovoltaic, yielding cathodes that achieve a high photocurrent density (∼20 mA cm−2) under simulated sunlight and exhibit remarkable stability in acidic media over several days, thereby demonstrating a ...
Na Yeong Oh, Woo Jin Mun, Kamran Dastafkan, Matyas Daboczi, Hongki Kim, Humza Bhatti, Eunyoung Hong, Minzhi Chen, Yongqi Huang, Jin Hyuk Kim, Nicola Gasparini, Jong Hak Kim, Salvador Eslava   +12 more
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Bismuth‐Based Photocatalysts for Water Remediation: Design Strategies, Mechanisms, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights representative design strategies for bismuth‐based semiconductor photocatalysts in solar‐driven water purification. Emphasis is placed on electronic structure regulation, oxygen‐vacancy engineering, and interfacial coupling to enable efficient full‐spectrum light utilization, improved charge separation, and selective oxidation in
Shan Liu, Yi Zhao, Liming Cai, Simin Long, Jing Kang, Jingkai Lin, Jimin Shen, Zhonglin Chen, Shaobin Wang, Huayang Zhang   +9 more
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
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