Recent progress in advanced strategies to enhance the photocatalytic performance of metal molybdates for H2 production and CO2 reduction

Plasmonic Cu–Ni bimetal nanoparticles coupled with ultrathin CdS nanosheets for remarkably improved photocatalytic H2 generation under visible-light irradiation

“…To date, considerable efforts have been made to generate hydrogen (H 2 ) fuels from clean and renewable energy resources, and one promising approach is photocatalytic H 2 evolution by water splitting. 1–3 However, the process of converting solar energy into H 2 requires finding highly efficient photocatalysts with suitable band structures for visible-light response and the H 2 evolution reaction. 4 Various semiconductors have been investigated as photocatalysts for H 2 production, 5–7 such as metal oxides, 8 sulfides, 9 and g-C 3 N 4 .…”