Regulating the electron spin orbital by sulfur doping of Ti vacancies to manipulate spin flip for enhancing PEC water splitting performance

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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17, 6268
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Defect engineering: the role of cationic vacancies in photocatalysis and electrocatalysis

Wenming Ding, Shengbo Yuan, Yang Yang, Xiaoman Li and Min Luo

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 23653
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Synergizing photocatalysis with Aurivillius-phase Bi4Ti3O12: current insights and emerging trends

Reshalaiti Hailili and Zelong Li

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Efficient photocatalytic NO oxidation over novel NiAl layered double hydroxide/Bi4Ti3O12 Z-scheme heterojunctions with boosted charge separation and O2 activation

Guojun Li, Yue Deng, Ting Li, Zheng Lian, Qiuqiu Lyu, Zhinian Liu, Shule Zhang and Qin Zhong

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 13640
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A review of boron nitride-based photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction

Milad Laghaei, Mohsen Ghasemian, Weiwei Lei, Lingxue Kong and Qi Chao

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Regulation Strategy of Nanostructured Engineering on Indium‐Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2

Wenbo Wu, Yun Tong and Pengzuo Chen

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Cation defects anchoring single-atom nickel enable photocatalytic converting of CO2 under visible light irradiation

Kaihua Yang, Zhigang Yu, Zhongzhu Yang, Chang Zhang and Chi Ma

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Performance of LaFeO3 and La0.8Sr0.2FeO3 perovskites in Reverse Water-Gas Shift

Gal Sror, Leonid Vradman, Miron V. Landau and Moti Herskowitz

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 115421
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Bismuth vacancies-enriched Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets coated with UiO-66-NH2 for adsorption-combined piezocatalytic oxidation of HCHO

Yuting Qian, Wenrou Tian, Jun Han, Najun Li, Dongyun Chen, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li and Jianmei Lu

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Layered perovskite photocatalysts: classification, synthesis, theoretical analysis and solar fuel production

Tong Chen, Pengwei Jia, Xiaolei Zhang, Chunyang Wang, Wenying Yu and Hongwei Huang

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Advances in Defect Engineering of Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Kang Zhong, Peipei Sun and Hui Xu

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Modulating eg Occupancy by A‐Site Vacancy to Boost Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction on Perovskite Oxides

Yibo Gao, Miaomiao Zhang, Zutao Fan, Yang Jin, Zhanlong Song, Wenlong Wang, Xiqiang Zhao and Yanpeng Mao

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Enhancing NiAl-LDH@TiO2-Tiv-S photoelectrocatalyst performance for textile dye degradation and oxygen production: S-doped Ti vacancies

Kiana Parchami, Nasim Habibzadehnesami, Azam Pirkarami, Sohrab Haghighat-Nezhad, Narges Gheitasi, Mohadeseh Sadat Nabavi and Ebrahim Ghasemi

Environmental Research, 2025, 279, 121741
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In Situ Confined Growth of Co3O4–TiO2/C S-Scheme Nanoparticle Heterojunction for Boosted Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Haibing Liu, Kaihang Chen, Ya-Nan Feng, Zanyong Zhuang, Fei-Fei Chen and Yan Yu

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 5289
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Creating Cation Vacancies in BiOCl Nanosheets Toward Exceptional Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Lulu Zhao, Jinguo Wang, Ruifang Yan, Shuo Wang, Ziyi Liao, Hongli Yang, Dongjiang Yang, Huilin Hou and Weiyou Yang

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Photocatalyst for Antibiotics Degradation by In Situ Growth of Direct Z-Type Bi2S3/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterojunction

Hong Fan, Mengjiao Xu, Lili Ai, Luxiang Wang, Nannan Guo, Chuan Tan and Shumin Wu

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 22088
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Tailoring built-in electric field enhanced molecular O2 activation on CoPc–Bi4Ti3O12 heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic NO oxidation

Guojun Li, Zhen Chen, Qiuqiu Lyu, Zhinian Liu, Jingrong Xiao, Shule Zhang, Qin Zhong and Junhua Li

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 379, 125617
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Defects induced VCd-CdIn2S4 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Chen-Lei Tao, Jie-Min Huang, Dan Xu, Feiyue Ge, Cheng-Hao Jiang, Xilian Xu and Shengli Lu

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Tailoring Interfacial Charge Transfer via Defect-Mediated Au/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterostructures for Highly Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4

Biao Zhang, Liantao Yang, Boyu Chen, Yuanzhe Li and Hao Wang

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Stabilizing surface oxygen vacancies with Ag nanoparticles on Bi4Ti3O12 for durable photocatalytic removal of urban pollutants

Reshalaiti Hailili, Zongmian Wang, Liyong Ding, Zelong Li and Xinghao Zhang

Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2026
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Ru Single Atom Dispersed Cu Nanoparticle with Dual Sites Enables Outstanding Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Lizhen Liu, Jingcong Hu, Yuan Sheng, Hossein Akhoundzadeh, Wenguang Tu, Wei Jian Samuel Siow, Jia Hui Ong, Hongwei Huang and Rong Xu

ACS Nano, 2024
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One-dimensional single atom arrays on ferroelectric nanosheets for enhanced CO2 photoreduction

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Fe salt assisted molten salt synthesis of thin Fe doped Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets for efficiently photocatalytic activation peroxymonosulfate

Jun Liu, Si-Yao Du, Meng-Jie Chang and Jia Li

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1041, 183795
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Pt‐Decorated Bi4Ti3O12/CeO2 Heterojunction for Highly Selective CO2 Photoreduction to Methane

Poonam Chaturvedi, Arreerat Jiamprasertboon, Valerie Keller and Tapas Kumar Mandal

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Construction and mechanistic insights of 2D/2D Z-scheme Bi3TiNbO9/BiOBr heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic organic pollutant removal

Yongfei Cui, Panpan Yuan, Fenghui Wang, Wei Liu, Zhuo Wang, Xiaoma Tao, Joe Briscoe and Yongping Pu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 980, 173671
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Strategies for optimizing the efficiency and selectivity of photocatalytic aqueous CO2 reduction: Catalyst design and operating conditions

Danping Li, Kaichong Wang, Jia Li, Zibin Li, Han Wang and Yayi Wang

Nano Energy, 2025, 133, 110460
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2D Black Ferroelectric Perovskite Nanocatalysts Enable Defect Modulation‐Augmented Piezocatalytic Glioma Therapy

Huan Li, Chao Ma, Linqi Wang, Tong Li, Peng Li, Yu Hu, Xinyue Dai, Dejun Wu, Meiqi Chang, Yu Chen and Tao Xu

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Recent advances of metal vacancies in energy and environmental catalysis: Synthesis, characterization, and roles

Long Sun, Shunzheng Zhao, Sirui Gao, Ronghui Zhu, Yiran Tan, Xiaolong Tang and Honghong Yi

Green Energy & Environment, 2025, 10, 84
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Coupling of surface oxygen vacancy and 2D structure of Aurivillius-phase CaBi2Ta2O9 nanoplates for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production

Xiaowei Jia, Ruyu Zhang, Xianchun Liu, Mingliang Sun, Yunfeng Li, Cong Wang, Xiaodan Yu and Yan Xing

Applied Surface Science, 2024, 642, 158596
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