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Malavekar D, Pujari S, Jang S, Bachankar S, Kim JH. Recent Development on Transition Metal Oxides-Based Core-Shell Structures for Boosted Energy Density Supercapacitors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2312179. [PMID: 38593336 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202312179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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In recent years, nanomaterials exploration and synthesis have played a crucial role in advancing energy storage research, particularly in supercapacitor development. Researchers have diversified materials, including metal oxides, chalcogenides, and composites, as well as carbon materials, to enhance energy and power density. Balancing energy density with electrochemical stability remains challenging, driving intensified efforts in advancing electrode materials. This review focuses on recent progress in designing and synthesizing core-shell materials tailored for supercapacitors. The core-shell architecture offers advantages such as increased surface area, redox active sites, electrical conductivity, ion diffusion kinetics, specific capacitance, and cyclability. The review explores the impact of core and shell materials, specifically transition metal oxides (TMOs), on supercapacitor electrochemical behavior. Metal oxide choices, such as cobalt oxide as a preferred core and manganese oxide as a shell, are discussed. The review also highlights characterization techniques for assessing structural, morphological, and electrochemical properties of core-shell materials. Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of ongoing TMOs-based core-shell material research for supercapacitors, showcasing their potential to enhance energy storage for applications ranging from gadgets to electric vehicles. The review outlines existing challenges and future opportunities in evolving TMOs-based core-shell materials for supercapacitor advancements, holding promise for high-efficiency energy storage devices.
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- Dhanaji Malavekar
- Optoelectronics Convergence Research Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 300, Yongbong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Yashwantrao Chavan Warana Mahavidyalaya, Warananagar, Kolhapur, 416113, India
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- Optoelectronics Convergence Research Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 300, Yongbong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Yashwantrao Chavan Warana Mahavidyalaya, Warananagar, Kolhapur, 416113, India
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- Optoelectronics Convergence Research Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 300, Yongbong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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Wang S, Cheng Y, Huang W, Dou M, Shao H, Yao M, Ding K, Ye T, Zhou R, Li S, Chen Y. The Zn Vacancy-Mediated De-Accumulation Based Process for Hydrogen Production Performance Promotion of 1D Zn─Cd─S Nanorods. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306447. [PMID: 38152988 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Due to their anisotropy, 1D semiconductor nanorod-based materials have attracted much attention in the process of hydrogen production by solar energy. Nevertheless, the rational design of 1D heterojunction materials and the modulation of photo-generated electron-hole transfer paths remain a challenge. Herein, a ZnxCd1-xS@ZnS/MoS2 core-shell nanorod heterojunction is precisely constructed via in situ growth of discontinuous ZnS shell and MoS2 NCs on the Zn─Cd─S nanorods. Among them, the Zn vacancy in the ZnS shell builds the defect level, and the nanoroelded MoS2 builds the electron transport site. The optimized photocatalyst shows significant photocatalytic activity without Platinum as an auxiliary catalyst, mainly due to the new interfacial charge transfer channel constructed by the shell vacancy level, the vertical separation and the de-accumulation process of photo-generated electrons and photo-generated holes. At the same time, spectral analysis, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations fully prove that shortening difference of speed between the photogenerated electron and hole movement process is another key factor to enhance the photocatalytic performance. This study provides a new path for the kinetic design of enhanced carrier density by shortening the carrier retention time of 1D heterojunction photocatalysts with improved photocatalytic performance.
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- Shuang Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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Pang Z, Wang B, Yan X, Hua Y, Yin S, Li H, Xia J. A novel Sillén-structured Bi-based oxybromide: CdBiO 2Br ultrathin nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic activity. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2023; 44:4394-4408. [PMID: 35762246 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2022.2093651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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According to the typical Sillén-structured BiOBr, a simple solvothermal method was used to successfully synthesise Sillén-structured bimetallic oxyhalide CdBiO2Br with the existence of 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C16mim]Br), a kind of reactive ionic liquid. The introduction of the metal cadmium, which can form Sillén-structured bimetallic oxyhalide, made the alternating structure of BiOBr originally [Bi2O2]2+ and bilayer Br- modified to that of [CdBiO2]+ and monolayer Br-. So that the distance between layer and layer is greatly shortened, which facilitates the migration and separation of photogenerated carriers and promotes the generation of more reactive oxygen species. After modification, the band positions of CdBiO2Br materials can make more full use of visible light and more favourable utilisation of solar resources. As confirmed by radical trapping analysis and ESR analysis, superoxide radical (·O2-) and hole (h+) acted the major part during photocatalysis. The possible intermediate products that appeared during the degradation progress were analyzed by LC-MS. Moreover, the generation of superoxide ions was quantitatively analyzed by nitroblue tetrazolium chloride (NBT). In this paper, we present an ultra-thin layered material for visible light catalysis, which enlightens a feasible scheme for the research and development of new layered photocatalytic materials.
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- Zhiyuan Pang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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Navakoteswara Rao V, Kedhareswara Sairam P, Kim MD, Rezakazemi M, Aminabhavi TM, Ahn CW, Yang JM. CdS/TiO 2 nano hybrid heterostructured materials for superior hydrogen production and gas sensor applications. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 340:117895. [PMID: 37121008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In efforts to minimize environmental pollution and carbon-based gas emissions, photocatalytic hydrogen production and sensing applications at ambient temperature are important. This research reports on the development of new 0D/1D materials based on TiO2 nanoparticles grown onto CdS hetersturctured nanorods via two-stage facile synthesis. The titanate nanoparticles when loaded onto CdS surfaces at an optimized concentration (20 mM), exhibited superior photocatalytic hydrogen production (21.4 mmol/h/gcat). The optimized nanohybrid was recycled for 6 cycles up to 4 h, indicating its excellent stabity for a prolonged period. Also, the photoelectrochemical water oxidation in alkaline medium was investigated to offer the optimized CRT-2 composite with 1.91 mA/cm2@0.8 V vs. RHE (0 V vs. Ag/AgCl) that was used for effective room-temperature NO2 gas detection exhibiting a higher response (69.16%) to NO2 (100 ppm) at room temperature at the lowest detection limit of ∼118 ppb than the pristine counterparts. Further, NO2 gas sensing performance of CRT-2 sensor was increased using UV light (365 nm) activation energy. Under the UV light, the sensor exhibited a remarkable gas sensing response quick response/recovery times (68/74), excellent long-term cycling stability, and significant selectivity to NO2 gas. Due to high porosity and surface area values of CdS (5.3), TiO2 (35.5), and CRT-2 (71.5 m2/g), excellent photocatalytic H2 production and gas sensing of CRT-2 is ascribed to morphology, synergistic effect, improved charge generation, and separation. Overall, 1D/0D CdS@TiO2 is proved to be an efficient material for hydrogen production and gas detection.
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- Vempuluru Navakoteswara Rao
- Nano-convergence Technology Division, National Nanofab Center at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea.
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- Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea; Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea; Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.
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- Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, 580031, Karnataka, India; University Center for Research & Development (UCRO), Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, 140413, India.
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- Nano-convergence Technology Division, National Nanofab Center at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Nano-convergence Technology Division, National Nanofab Center at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea.
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Chen K, Zhang D, Du Q, Hong W, Liang Y, Duan X, Feng S, Lan L, Wang L, Chen J, Ma D. Synergistic Halide- and Ligand-Exchanges of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals for Near-Unity and Spectrally Stable Red Emission. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2337. [PMID: 37630921 PMCID: PMC10458086 DOI: 10.3390/nano13162337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) of CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) are promising for displays due to wide color gamut, narrow emission bandwidth, and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). However, pure red perovskite NCs prepared by mixing halide ions often result in defects and spectral instabilities. We demonstrate a method to prepare stable pure red emission and high-PLQY-mixed-halide perovskite NCs through simultaneous halide-exchange and ligand-exchange. CsPbBr3 NCs with surface organic ligands are first synthesized using the ligand-assisted reprecipitation (LARP) method, and then ZnI2 is introduced for anion exchange to transform CsPbBr3 to CsPbBrxI3-x NCs. ZnI2 not only provides iodine ions but also acts as an inorganic ligand to passivate surface defects and prevent ion migration, suppressing non-radiative losses and halide segregation. The luminescence properties of CsPbBrxI3-x NCs depend on the ZnI2 content. By regulating the ZnI2 exchange process, red CsPbBrxI3-x NCs with organic/inorganic hybrid ligands achieve near-unity PLQY with a stable emission peak at 640 nm. The CsPbBrxI3-x NCs can be combined with green CsPbBr3 NCs to construct white light-emitting diodes with high-color gamut. Our work presents a facile ion exchange strategy for preparing spectrally stable mixed-halide perovskite NCs with high PLQY, approaching the efficiency limit for display or lighting applications.
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- Kaiwang Chen
- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (K.C.); (D.Z.); (Q.D.); (W.H.); (Y.L.); (X.D.); (S.F.); (L.L.)
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Kumari PS, Kumar DR, Charan GV, Sagurthi SR. Structural, photocatalytic, and anticancer activity Ni-substituted Cu nanochromites synthesized by citrate gel auto-combustion method. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-023-02798-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Trang TNQ, Bao NTG, Trinh NTP, Thu VTH. Synergistic combination of Au-loaded and the facet of 3D SrTiO3 nanocube-based charge carrier in plasmonic photocatalysis. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-023-02731-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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Zhang H, Chen L, Xu B, Yang P. Rhombic TiO2 grown on g-C3N4 nanosheets towards fast charge transfer and enhanced Cr(VI) and NO removal. J IND ENG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Prakruthi K, Ujwal MP, Yashas SR, Mahesh B, Kumara Swamy N, Shivaraju HP. Recent advances in photocatalytic remediation of emerging organic pollutants using semiconducting metal oxides: an overview. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:4930-4957. [PMID: 34797548 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17361-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Many untreated and partly treated wastewater from the home and commercial resources is being discharged into the aquatic environment these days, which contains numerous unknown and complex natural and inorganic compounds. These compounds tend to persist, initiating severe environmental problems, which affect human health. Conventionally, physicochemical treatment methods were adopted to remove such complex organic chemicals, but they suffer from critical limitations. Over time, photocatalysis, an advanced oxidation process, has gained its position for its efficient and fair performance against emerging organic pollutant decontamination. Typically, photocatalysis is a green technology to decompose organics under UV/visible light at ambient conditions. Semiconducting nanometal oxides have emerged as pioneering photocatalysts because of large active surface sites, flexible oxidation states, various morphologies, and easy preparation. The current review presents an overview of emerging organic pollutants and their effects, advanced oxidation processes, photocatalytic mechanism, types of photocatalysts, photocatalyst support materials, and methods for improving photodegradation efficiency on the degradation of complex emerging organic pollutants. In addition, the recent reports of metal-oxide-driven photocatalytic remediation of emerging organic pollutants are presented in brief. This review is anticipated to reach a broader scientific community to understand the first principles of photocatalysis and review the recent advancements in this field.
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- Komargoud Prakruthi
- Department of Environmental Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru , 570006, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Science, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, 570015, India
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- Department of Chemistry, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road, Bengaluru, 560060, India
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- Department of Chemistry, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, 570006, India.
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Qi S, Miao Y, Chen J, Chu H, Tian B, Wu B, Li Y, Xin B. Controlled Biosynthesis of ZnCdS Quantum Dots with Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Activity. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1357. [PMID: 34063843 PMCID: PMC8224081 DOI: 10.3390/nano11061357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of visible-light-responsive photocatalysts with high efficiency, stability, and eco-friendly nature is beneficial to the large-scale application of solar hydrogen production. In this work, the production of biosynthetic ternary ZnCdS photocatalysts (Eg = 2.35-2.72 eV) by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) under mild conditions was carried out for the first time. The huge amount of biogenic S2- and inherent extracellular proteins (EPs) secreted by SRB are important components of rapid extracellular biosynthesis. The ternary ZnCdS QDs at different molar ratios of Zn2+and Cd2+ from 15:1 to 1:1 were monodisperse spheres with good crystallinity and average crystallite size of 6.12 nm, independent of the molar ratio of Cd2+ to Zn2+. All the ZnCdS QDs had remarkable photocatalytic activity and stability for hydrogen evolution under visible light, without noble metal cocatalysts. Especially, ZnCdS QDs at Zn/Cd = 3:1 showed the highest H2 production activity of 3.752 mmol·h-1·g-1. This excellent performance was due to the high absorption of visible light, the high specific surface area, and the lower recombination rate between photoexcited electrons and holes. The adhered inherent EPs on the ZnCdS QDs slowed down the photocorrosion and improved the stability in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. This study provides a new direction for solar hydrogen production.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; (S.Q.); (Y.M.); (J.C.); (H.C.); (B.T.); (B.W.); (Y.L.)
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