Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Review of heterojunction engineering strategies in metal-organic frameworks for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting, examining synthesis, mechanisms, and practical applications.

Zinc porphyrin composites with titanium dioxide and graphene quantum dots achieve 97% pentachlorophenol degradation when combined with hydrogen peroxide pretreatment.

Mo2TiC2 MXene integrated with CdIn2S4 forms a Schottky heterojunction achieving 3.35 mmol·h−1g−1 hydrogen production rates without noble metal co-catalysts.

Nickel nanoclusters integrated with 1T-MoS₂ enhance photothermal conversion for efficient seawater desalination and wastewater purification under solar illumination.

Cerium metal-organic framework with amino linkers achieves 100% selective photoreduction of CO2 to CO at 126 μmol·g-1·h-1 via transient Ce(III) sites and reversible binding.

Real-time sensor platform for simultaneous H2 and O2 detection in photocatalytic water splitting, enabling kinetic characterization without conventional gas chromatography limitations.

Dual-vacancy CaIn2S4/TiO2 nanoheterostructures with S-scheme charge transfer demonstrate 98.8% methyl orange degradation and enhanced room-temperature NO2 sensing.

Z-scheme photocatalyst CuInS2/BiOCl composite enables visible-light-driven degradation of PFAS through directed charge transfer, achieving 96% removal in sunlight-driven continuous-flow systems.

Hydrothermal defect compensation strategy for BiVO4 photoanodes reveals surface vanadium vacancies as primary recombination centers, achieving 5.82 mA cm-2 photocurrent through V5+ incorporation.

CaCd2P2 Zintl phosphide absorbs visible light and resists photocorrosion through light-stabilized surface transformation, enabling stable photoelectrochemical water oxidation for solar fuel.