Decomposition of water over picene derivatives photocatalyst under visible light irradiation

Hollow Co3O4/CdS Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Photodegradation

“…Hence, the need for research about new and clean renewable energy sources would be very imperative. 1−4 Therein, photocatalysts, which can induce water decomposition to produce hydrogen and degrade pollutants to mitigate environmental problems, 5,6 are expected to be one of the most effective methods for solving the energy−environmental dual crisis simultaneously and demonstrate a great potential. 7,8 On the one hand, the photocatalyst can generate the clean hydrogen energy via a low cost and green approach, and then the hydrogen with pollution-free product of H 2 O can achieve a clean cycle, 9−11 such as the CdS/ZnS nano-heterojuction fabricated by Zhi et al for achieving a remarkable visible light hydrogen revolution.…”

“…Due to overexploitation, the reserves of nonrenewable fossil resources are declining rapidly, and a series of environmental pollutions are occurring because of the unreasonable usage of fossil resources. Hence, the need for research about new and clean renewable energy sources would be very imperative. − Therein, photocatalysts, which can induce water decomposition to produce hydrogen and degrade pollutants to mitigate environmental problems, , are expected to be one of the most effective methods for solving the energy–environmental dual crisis simultaneously and demonstrate a great potential. , On the one hand, the photocatalyst can generate the clean hydrogen energy via a low cost and green approach, and then the hydrogen with pollution-free product of H 2 O can achieve a clean cycle, − such as the CdS/ZnS nano-heterojuction fabricated by Zhi et al for achieving a remarkable visible light hydrogen revolution . On the other hand, it also can purify the pollution such as industrial wastewater or antibiotics via a peaceable and stable process, which is far more convenient than traditional processes and makes it vastly more competitive in actual applications, such as the 2D BaTiO 3 /BiOIO 3 nanocomposite fabricated by Jing et al to achieve a great photodegradation of tetracycline .…”