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Asgari S, Mohammadi Ziarani G, Badiei A, Ajalloueian F, Vasseghian Y. Electrospun composite nanofibers as novel high-performance and visible-light photocatalysts for removal of environmental pollutants: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114296. [PMID: 36116501 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Environmental pollution caused by industries and human manipulations is coming a serious global challenge. On the other hand, the world is facing an energy crisis caused by population growth. Designing solar-driven photocatalysts which are inspired by the photosynthesis of plant leaves is a fantastic solution to use solar energy as green, available, and unlimited energy containing ∼50% visible light for the removal of environmental pollutants. The polymeric and non-polymeric-based electrospun composite nanofibers (NFs) are as innovative photocatalytic candidates which increase photocatalytic activity and transition from UV light to visible light and overcome the aggregation, photocorrosion, toxicity, and hard recycling and separation of the nanosized powder form of photocatalysts. The composite NFs are fabricated easily by either embedding the photocatalytic agents into the NFs during electrospinning or via their decorating on the surface of NFs post-electrospinning. Polyacrylonitrile-based, tungsten trioxide-based, zinc oxide-based, and titanium dioxide-based composite NFs were revealed as the most reported composite NFs. All the lately investigated electrospun composite NFs indicated long-term stability, high photocatalytic efficiency (∼> 80%) within a short time of light radiation (10-430 min), and high stability after several cycles of use. They were applied in various applications including degradation of dyes/antibiotics, water splitting, wastewater treatment, antibacterial usage, etc. The photogenerated species especially holes, O2∙-, and .OH were mostly responsible for the photocatalytic mechanism and pathway. The electrospun composite NFs have the potential to use in large-scale productions in condition that their thickness and recycling conditions are optimized, and their toxicity and detaching are resolved.
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- Shadi Asgari
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Alzahra University, P.O. Box 1993893973, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Alzahra University, P.O. Box 1993893973, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- The Danish National Research Foundation and Villum Foundation's Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, 2800, Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; Department of Sustainable Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India; The University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, 2088, South Africa.
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Embedding indium nitride at the interface of indium-oxide/indium-zinc-sulfide heterostructure with enhanced interfacial charge transfer for high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 622:539-548. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Humayun M, Wang C, Luo W. Recent Progress in the Synthesis and Applications of Composite Photocatalysts: A Critical Review. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101395. [PMID: 35174987 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photocatalysis is an advanced technique that transforms solar energy into sustainable fuels and oxidizes pollutants via the aid of semiconductor photocatalysts. The main scientific and technological challenges for effective photocatalysis are the stability, robustness, and efficiency of semiconductor photocatalysts. For practical applications, researchers are trying to develop highly efficient and stable photocatalysts. Since the literature is highly scattered, it is urgent to write a critical review that summarizes the state-of-the-art progress in the design of a variety of semiconductor composite photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications. Herein, a comprehensive review is presented that summarizes an overview, history, mechanism, advantages, and challenges of semiconductor photocatalysis. Further, the recent advancements in the design of heterostructure photocatalysts including alloy quantum dots based composites, carbon based composites including carbon nanotubes, carbon quantum dots, graphitic carbon nitride, and graphene, covalent-organic frameworks based composites, metal based composites including metal carbides, metal halide perovskites, metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal phosphides, and metal sulfides, metal-organic frameworks based composites, plasmonic materials based composites and single atom based composites for CO2 conversion, H2 evolution, and pollutants oxidation are discussed elaborately. Finally, perspectives for further improvement in the design of composite materials for efficient photocatalysis are provided.
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- Muhammad Humayun
- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Engineering Research Center for Functional Ceramics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Ullah H, Khan Z, Nasir JA, Balkan T, Butler IS, Kaya S, Rehman ZU. Green synthesis of mesoporous MoS2 nanoflowers for efficient photocatalytic degradation of Congo red dye. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1962523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Haseeb Ullah
- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, Kathleen Lonsdale Materials Chemistry, University College London, London, UK
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- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Koç University Tüpraş Energy Center (KUTEM), Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Hou P, Wang X, Kang P. Membrane-electrode assembly electrolysis of CO2 to formate using indium nitride nanomaterials. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ivanov KV, Alekseeva OV, Agafonov AV. Synthesis of CaCu3Ti4O12, Study of Physicochemical and Photocatalytic Properties. RUSS J INORG CHEM+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036023620100095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Non-high temperature method to synthesize carbon coated TiO2 nano-dendrites for enhanced wide spectrum photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 571:412-418. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Meng X, Kuang W, Qi W, Cheng Z, Thomas T, Liu S, Yang C, Yang M. Ultra‐low Loading of Au Clusters on Nickel Nitride Efficiently Boosts Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production with Titanium Dioxide. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202000117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Xiangjian Meng
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and DST Solar Energy Harnessing Center (An Energy Consortium) Indian Institute of Technology Madras Adyar, Chennai 600036 Tamil Nadu India
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin 300401 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Zhuang Y, Zhang X, Chen Q, Li S, Cao H, Huang Y. Co3O4/CuO hollow nanocage hybrids with high oxidase-like activity for biosensing of dopamine. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 94:858-866. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Huerta-Flores AM, Sánchez-Martínez D, del Rocío Hernández-Romero M, Zarazúa-Morín ME, Torres-Martínez LM. Visible-light-driven BaBiO3 perovskite photocatalysts: Effect of physicochemical properties on the photoactivity towards water splitting and the removal of rhodamine B from aqueous systems. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Han D, Li B, Yang S, Wang X, Gao W, Si Z, Zuo Q, Li Y, Li Y, Duan Q, Wang D. Engineering Charge Transfer Characteristics in Hierarchical Cu₂S QDs @ ZnO Nanoneedles with p⁻n Heterojunctions: Towards Highly Efficient and Recyclable Photocatalysts. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 9:E16. [PMID: 30583591 PMCID: PMC6359091 DOI: 10.3390/nano9010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Equipped with staggered gap p-n heterojunctions, a new paradigm of photocatalysts based on hierarchically structured nano-match-shaped heterojunctions (NMSHs) Cu₂S quantum dots (QDs)@ZnO nanoneedles (NNs) are successfully developed via engineering the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR). Under UV and visible light illumination, the photocatalytic characteristics of Cu₂S@ZnO heterojunctions with different loading amounts of Cu₂S QDs are evaluated by the corresponding photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) aqueous solution. The results elaborate that the optimized samples (S3 serial specimens with six cycles of SILAR reaction) by means of tailored the band diagram exhibit appreciable improvement of photocatalytic activities among all synthesized samples, attributing to the sensitization of a proper amount of Cu₂S QDs. Such developed architecture not only could form p⁻n junctions with ZnO nanoneedles to facilitate the separation of photo-generated carries but also interact with the surface defects of ZnO NNs to reduce the electron and hole recombination probability. Moreover, the existence of Cu₂S QDs could also extend the light absorption to improve the utilization rate of sunlight. Importantly, under UV light S3 samples demonstrate the remarkably enhanced RhB degradation efficiency, which is clearly testified upon the charge transfer mechanism discussions and evaluations in the present work. Further supplementary investigations illustrate that the developed nanoscale Cu₂S@ZnO heterostructures also possess an excellent photo-stability during our extensive recycling photocatalytic experiments, promising for a wide range of highly efficient and sustainably recyclable photocatalysts applications.
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- Donglai Han
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130022, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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- Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China.
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- School of Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin City 132012, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130022, China.
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- Quality and Reliability Assurance Department, GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., 60 Woodlands Industrial Park D, Street 2, Singapore 738406, Singapore.
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