Themed collection Catalytic interfaces

Modeling heterojunction photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity.

This perspective discusses the advancements, challenges, and future directions of heterojunction photocatalysis, offering insights to guide future research efforts that balance academic curiosity with practical applications.

This review article focuses on the recent advances in various bismuth-based materials for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to fuel or value-added products.

Electron transfer dynamics at semiconductor–cocatalyst interfaces are critical for efficient solar fuel generation, including water splitting, pollutant degradation, CO₂ reduction, and N₂ fixation.

2-Hydroxyphosphonic acid was reported to delaminate spent LiFePO₄ cathodes from Al foil via a reaction-passivation mechanism, resulting in high-purity products and facilitating subsequent upgrading to highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysts.

Nickel oxide nanocubes with increased (100) surface facet presence (NiO(100)) were synthesized through a molten salt synthesis procedure in order to investigate the relationship between the surface facet and OER performance.

Granular MgNiO₂ is a promising catalyst owing to its remarkable electrocatalytic activity and photodegradation efficiency under visible light.

Herein a unique NiO(111) nanosheet pre-catalyst has been doped with Fe, Mn, or Co to reduce its OER overpotential. Dopant inclusion resulted in changes to the NiO bulk and surface properties which resulted in varying activities towards the OER.

A key innovation of our work lies in leveraging the catalyst's surface reconstruction process, driven by the applied reduction current, to in situ generate active sites precisely tailored to match the reaction kinetics.

This study addresses rapid charge recombination and instability in MAPbI₃ photocatalysts for hydrogen production by constructing a Nb₂CT_x MXenes-modulated composite.

Hydrothermally synthesized indium sulfide thin films using L-cysteine and L-cysteine hydrochloride exhibit distinct crystallographic orientations, morphologies, thicknesses, and PEC water splitting performances.

Ca₂Fe₂O₅ is a p-type semiconductor with properties suitable for potential application as a photocathode in photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Mn₃O₄ nanoparticles without pore ordering present improved performance in the ORR as compared to Mn oxide compounds with pore ordering. It shows the absence of the need for complex synthesis procedure for pore ordering in the use of MnO_x for the ORR.

Defect engineering of graphitic carbon nitride photoelectrocatalysts promotes the degradation of fenitrothion (FNT), a persistent organophosphate pesticide, paving the way to the development of eco-friendly platforms for wastewater purification.