Review: theoretical and experimental investigation of the intrinsic properties of Zn2GeO4 nanocrystals

Adducing Knowledge Capabilities of Instrumental Techniques Through the Exploration of Heterostructures’ Modification Methods

“…The various photo-physics and fabrication approaches on the effect of physiochemical responses to size and morphological differences were discussed. de Jesus et al, [44] neatly summarised how the choice of preparation techniques (coprecipitation, hydrothermal or sol-gel) can vastly alter the absorption maxima of ZGO's from ~540 up to 650 nm for rod shaped ZGO-based metal oxide species. Furthermore, the creation of sub-band gap conduction and valence band defects have been reported for controlled photochemical redox applications using ZGO microwires and micron-rods.…”

An overview into advantages and applications of conventional and unconventional hydro(solvo)thermal approaches for novel advanced materials design

“…The shape, state of agglomeration, solubility, porosity, and other characteristics are of great interest for designing desirable advanced materials [9,12,[277][278][279][280][281][282][283][284][285][286]. shows the different dimensions of the materials obtained from the application of this strategy.…”

“…Thus, the aggregation of nuclei through homogeneous nucleation initiates the formation of building blocks that can serve as seeds for the growth and formation of 1D structures. Materials with polar surfaces preferentially grow to 1D structures [12,101,193,386]. Synthetic strategies for obtaining 1D nanostructures can be classified by the form of growth.…”

“…It is known that the physicochemical properties of the advanced materials are altered by changes in the physical parameters like particle size, morphology, composition, structure, and imperfections (at short-, medium-and long-range) [1,2,11,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. These parameters are, in turn, strongly dependent on processing conditions, which can lead to obtaining advanced materials with more or less defects depending on its desired application [12][13][14][15]. Currently, strategies focused on solution-based synthesis have attracted great attention over everything in processing of a wide variety of advanced materials, since such strategies provide precise control of the desired physical parameters [1,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”

Enhanced Photocatalytic and Photoluminescence Properties Resulting from Type-I Band Alignment in the Zn2GeO4/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites

“…Among the different semiconducting materials proposed for this purpose, in particular the combination between the graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) and zinc germanate (Zn 2 GeO 4 ) in the form of nanocrystals, owing to its excellent properties, has aroused a great deal of recent interest in this field [13][14][15]. In additional, it is well-known that both materials are widely used in the photocatalytic decomposition of water into H 2 and O 2 , and in organic photosynthesis, pollutant degradation, and other applications [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In practice, the electronic structure resulting from this combination between the g-C 3 N 4 and Zn 2 GeO 4 is dependent on the strategy of synthesis used, because it is extremely sensitive to changes in size, morphology, structure, composition, as well as imperfections in these parameters, which dictate their functional properties and desired technological applications [21][22][23].…”