Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants over MoS2/Ag-ZnFe2O4 Z-scheme heterojunction: Revealing the synergistic effects of exposed crystal facets, defect engineering, and Z-scheme mechanism

Boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution through interfacial manipulation on a lotus seedpod shaped Cu2O/g-C3N4 p-n heterojunction

“…7b indicates that Cu 2 O is a p-type semiconductor. The flat band potential can be quantified by using the Mott–Schottky equation: 55 1/ C 2 = (2/ eεε 0 N )[( E − E fb ) − kT / e ]where C , e , ε and ε 0 represent the capacitance of the space charge region, the electron charge, the dielectric constant and the vacuum permittivity, respectively. N is the carrier density of the samples.…”

Layered double hydroxides and their composites as high-performance photocatalysts for CO2 reduction

“…Doping elements into a semiconductor lattice structure can lead to distortion, which in turn promotes defect generation. 145,146 Additionally, exchange ions in LDHs can alter the band gap structure, making elemental doping even more impactful on the photocatalytic CO 2 reduction performance of LDHs. The majority of studies have centered on synthesizing complexes based on LDHs to improve the performance of photocatalytic CO 2 reduction and the adsorption of CO 2 by LDH materials.…”

Green synthesis of 3D core–shell SnS2/SnS-Cd0.5Zn0.5S multi-heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution

“…Dalton Transactions X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were performed to clarify the chemical composition, valence states, and electron transfer pathways of samples. 45,46 In the XPS analysis of CZS, SS, and 5-SS-CZS, the band energy of the C 1s peak of 284.8 eV was used as the standard reference value. As shown in Fig.…”