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Wang D, Fu Q, Tian J, Zhou H, Liu R, Zhan D, Peng Z, Han C. Piezoelectric polarization induced by dual piezoelectric materials ZnO nanosheets/MoS 2 heterostructure for enhancing photoelectrochemical water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 653:1166-1176. [PMID: 37788584 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Zinc oxide (ZnO) has a broad range of applications in piezo-photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, the narrow light absorption range and high photogenerated carrier recombination efficiency make ZnO somewhat limited in applying piezo-photoelectrochemical water splitting. Heterogeneous structure construction is a superior handle to these two drawbacks. Herein, few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanospheres are compounded on ZnO nanosheets (NSs) to form a dual-piezoelectric-material heterojunction of ZnO NSs/MoS2. The photocurrent density of ZnO NSs/MoS2 reaches 0.68 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE under ultrasonic vibrations. It is 2.4 times higher than that of ZnO NSs under ultrasonic vibrations. The efficient piezo-photoelectrochemical performance is attributed to increased absorption range and polarization field. On the one hand, the narrow band gap of the few-layer MoS2 widens the light absorption range of ZnO. On the other hand, compared to pure ZnO NSs, ZnO NSs/MoS2 has an enhanced polarization field under ultrasonic vibrations due to the piezoelectric properties of dual piezoelectric materials, which dramatically accelerates the electron transfer and suppresses the recombination of between electrons and holes. This work provides a new approach to constructing photoelectrodes with effective piezoelectric photocatalytic properties.
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- Dong Wang
- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, No. 28, Nanli Road, Hong-shan District, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- National "111 Research Center" Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Energy Photoelectric Device and System, School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Building Green Functional Materials, Tianjin Chengjian University, 300384 Tianjin, China.
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Orudzhev F, Muslimov A, Selimov D, Gulakhmedov RR, Lavrikov A, Kanevsky V, Gasimov R, Krasnova V, Sobola D. Oxygen Vacancies and Surface Wettability: Key Factors in Activating and Enhancing the Solar Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO Tetrapods. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16338. [PMID: 38003527 PMCID: PMC10671779 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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This paper reports on the high photocatalytic activity of ZnO tetrapods (ZnO-Ts) using visible/solar light and hydrodynamic water flow. It was shown that surface oxygen defects are a key factor in the photocatalytic activity of the ZnO-Ts. The ability to control the surface wettability of the ZnO-Ts and the associated concentration of surface defects was demonstrated. It was demonstrated that the photocatalytic activity during the MB decomposition process under direct and simulated sunlight is essentially identical. This presents excellent prospects for utilizing the material in solar photocatalysis.
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- Farid Orudzhev
- Smart Materials Laboratory, Dagestan State University, 367000 Makhachkala, Russia; (D.S.); (R.R.G.)
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- Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia; (A.M.); (A.L.); (V.K.); (V.K.)
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- Smart Materials Laboratory, Dagestan State University, 367000 Makhachkala, Russia; (D.S.); (R.R.G.)
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- Smart Materials Laboratory, Dagestan State University, 367000 Makhachkala, Russia; (D.S.); (R.R.G.)
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- Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia; (A.M.); (A.L.); (V.K.); (V.K.)
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- Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia; (A.M.); (A.L.); (V.K.); (V.K.)
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- Institute of Radiation Problems of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ1143 Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia; (A.M.); (A.L.); (V.K.); (V.K.)
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 61600 Brno, Czech Republic
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Eshete M, Li X, Yang L, Wang X, Zhang J, Xie L, Deng L, Zhang G, Jiang J. Charge Steering in Heterojunction Photocatalysis: General Principles, Design, Construction, and Challenges. SMALL SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202200041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Mesfin Eshete
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
- Department of Industrial Chemistry College of Applied Sciences Nanotechnology Excellence Center Addis Ababa Science and Technology University P.O. Box 16417 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering Guilin University of Technology 12 Jian'gan Road Guilin Guangxi 541004 P. R. China
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- A Key Laboratory of the- Ministry of Education for Advanced- Catalysis Materials Department of Chemistry Zhejiang Normal University Jinhua Zhejiang 321004 P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96 Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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Masekela D, Hintsho-Mbita NC, Ntsendwana B, Mabuba N. Thin Films (FTO/BaTiO 3/AgNPs) for Enhanced Piezo-Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue and Ciprofloxacin in Wastewater. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:24329-24343. [PMID: 35874262 PMCID: PMC9301950 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this study, we investigate the ability of barium titanate/silver nanoparticles (BaTiO3/AgNPs) composites deposited on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass using tape-casting method to produce piezoelectric thin film (FTO/BaTiO3/AgNPs) for piezocatalytic, photocatalytic, and piezo-photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in wastewater. The prepared piezoelectric materials (BaTiO3 and BaTiO3/AgNPs) were characterized using XRD, SEM, TEM, EDS, UV-DRS, TGA, PL, BET, EIS, and chronoamperometry. The UV-DRS showed the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of Ag nanoparticles on the surface of BaTiO3 at a wavelength of 505 nm. The TEM images revealed the average Ag nanoparticle size deposited on the surface of BaTiO3 to be in the range of 10-15 nm. The chronoamperometry showed that the photoreduction of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) onto BaTiO3 (BTO) resulted in a piezo-electrochemical current enhancement from 0.24 to 0.38 mA. The composites (FTO/BaTiO3/AgNPs) achieved a higher degradation of MB and CIP when the photocatalysis and piezocatalysis processes were merged. Under both ultrasonic vibration and UV light exposure, FTO/BTO/AgNPs degraded about 72 and 98% of CIP and MB from wastewater, respectively. These piezoelectric thin films were shown to be efficient and reusable even after five cycles, suggesting that they are highly stable. Furthermore, the reactive oxygen species studies demonstrated that hydroxyl radicals (·OH) were the most effective species during degradation of MB, with minor superoxide radicals (·O2 -) and holes (h+). From this study, we were able to show that these materials can be used as multifunctional materials as they were able to degrade both the dye and pharmaceutical pollutants. Moreover, they were more efficient through the piezo-photocatalytic process.
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- Daniel Masekela
- Department
of Chemical Sciences (formerly known as Applied Chemistry), University of Johannesburg, P.O Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
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- Energy,
Water, Environmental and Food Sustainable Technologies (EWEF-SusTech), Johannesburg 1709, South Africa
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences (formerly known as Applied Chemistry), University of Johannesburg, P.O Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannesburg 2028, South Africa
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Liang X, Shi X, Zou X, Wang Z, Cheng Z. Synergetic degradation of organic dyes and Cr( vi) by the piezocatalytic BZT- xBCT. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj06127e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recently, piezo-catalysts have gained considerable attention owing to their unique ability to degrade pollutants by harvesting trivial mechanical energy from the surrounding environment.
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- Xiuchen Liang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key lab. of Construction Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key lab. of Construction Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key lab. of Construction Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key lab. of Construction Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronics Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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Lei R, Fu X, Chen N, Chen Y, Feng W, Liu P. Cocatalyst engineering to weaken the charge screening effect over Au–Bi 4Ti 3O 12 for piezocatalytic pure water splitting. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy01422j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The weak driving force and rapid carrier recombination severely restrict the development and utilization of piezocatalysis, but the important reason is the charge screening effect.
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- Rui Lei
- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350016, P.R. China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350016, P.R. China
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- A Harmony Photocatalytic Environment Protection Technology (Hangzhou) Co., LTD, Hangzhou, 310000, P. R. China
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- A Harmony Photocatalytic Environment Protection Technology (Hangzhou) Co., LTD, Hangzhou, 310000, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Applied Environmental Photocatalysis, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350016, P.R. China
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The Surface Modification of Ag3PO4 using Tetrachloroaurate(III) and Metallic Au for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. BULLETIN OF CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING & CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.9767/bcrec.16.4.10863.707-715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The improvement of Ag3PO4 photocatalytic activity was successful by incorporating tetrachloroaurate(III) (AuCl4−) and metallic Au on the surface of Ag3PO4. The photocatalysts were synthesized using the coprecipitation and chemisorption method. Coprecipitation of Ag3PO4 was carried out under ethanol-water solution using the starting material of AgNO3 and Na2HPO4.12H2O. AuCl4− ion and metallic Au were incorporated on the surface of Ag3PO4 using a chemisorption method under auric acid solution. The photocatalysts were characterized using XRD, DRS, SEM, and XPS. The AuCl4− ion and metallic Au were simultaneously incorporated on the Ag3PO4 surface. The high photocatalytic activity might be caused by increasing the separation of hole and electron due to capturing photogenerated electrons by metallic Au and Au(III) as electron acceptors. Copyright © 2021 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Kim MJ, Yun TG, Noh JY, Kang MJ, Pyun JC. Photothermal Structural Dynamics of Au Nanofurnace for In Situ Enhancement in Desorption and Ionization. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2103745. [PMID: 34618393 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Fundamental properties of nanostructured substrates govern the performance of laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS); however, limited studies have elucidated the desorption/ionization mechanism based on the physicochemical properties of substrates. Herein, the enhancement in desorption/ionization is investigated using a hybrid matrix of Au nanoisland-functionalized ZnO nanotubes (AuNI-ZNTs). The underlying origin is explored in terms of the photo-electronic and -thermal properties of the matrix. This is the first study to report the effect of laser-induced surface restructuring/melting phenomenon on the LDI-MS performance. AuNI plays a central role as a photothermal nanofurnace, which facilitates the internal energy transfer from the AuNI to the adsorbed analytes by reconstruction in the structurally dynamic AuNI and therefore favors the desorption process. Moreover, piezoelectricity is driven in situ in the AuNI-ZNT hybrid, which modulates the overall band structure and thereby promotes the ionization process. Ultimately, high LDI-MS performance is demonstrated by analyzing small metabolites of fatty acids and monosaccharides, which are challenged to be detected in conventional LDI-MS. This study emphasizing the understanding of matrix properties can provide insights into the design and development of a novel nanomaterial as an efficient LDI matrix. Furthermore, the developed hybrid matrix can overcome the major hurdles existing in conventional LDI-MS.
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- Moon-Ju Kim
- Department of Materials and Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials and Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials and Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials and Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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