Excellent piezo-photocatalytic performance of Bi4Ti3O12 nanoplates synthesized by molten-salt method

Self-supported electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

“…132 Compared to the conventional solid-phase approach, the molten salt method can prepare products with a uniform chemical composition, great crystal morphology, and pure phase by using a low melting point salt as a reaction medium at low temperatures for a short time. 133–137 Based on this method, the as-obtained fluffy and porous nanoflower-like structure showed a large specific surface area, resulting in exposing more active sites and promoting charge transfer. The optimal Ni-doped Mo 2 C electrocatalyst exhibited high-efficient HER performance with a low overpotential of 56 mV at 10 mA cm −2 , a small Tafel slope of 27.4 mV dec −1 , and long-term stability for 35 h electrolysis in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 solution, which is superior to most of the noble-metal-free electrocatalysts.…”

“…132 Compared to the conventional solid-phase approach, the molten salt method can prepare products with a uniform chemical composition, great crystal morphology, and pure phase by using a low melting point salt as a reaction medium at low temperatures for a short time. [133][134][135][136][137] Based on this method, the as-obtained fluffy and porous nanoflower-like structure showed a large specific surface area, resulting in exposing more active sites and promoting charge transfer. was also a distinguished substrate.…”

Metal–organic framework-derived porous carbon-mediated ZnO–nano-ZnO core–shell structure with excellent photocatalytic activity

“…13,14 Notably, the introduction of built-in fields and/or external driving force has proved to be an effective method for accelerating the separation of photogenerated charge carriers. [15][16][17] Moreover, the piezoelectric potential is one of the most powerful driving forces, which would facilitate the organic pollutant degradation reaction. 18 A polarized electric field develops inside the piezoelectric material as a result of changing mechanical or ultrasonic energy, which is very advantageous for the separation of photogenerated carriers.…”

Effectively enhanced photocatalytic performance of layered perovskite Bi2NdO4Cl by coupling piezotronic effect

“…[34][35][36] For example, Xie et al reported on the piezo-photocatalytic performance of Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 nanoplates synthesized by molten-salt method with a piezophotocatalytic degradation rate of 0.1414 min −1 for RhB under simultaneous ultrasonic vibration and sunlight irradiation, which is higher than that of individual photocatalysis or piezocatalysis. 37 It is known that the fluid mechanical energy from a vortex is widely available in nature and can be readily obtained. Therefore, it makes sense to develop fluid mechanical energy that originates from a vortex for piezocatalysis or piezo-photocatalysis in environmental applications.…”