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Designing multi-layered MOF-on-MOF-transformed core double-shell FeSx@ZnS@CoSx heterojunction for enhanced CO2 photoreduction with water vapor

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Decorating of 2D indium oxide onto 2D bismuth oxybromide to enhance internal electric field and stimulate artificial photosynthesis

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Bismuth Cocatalyst Promotes Selective CO2 Photoreduction on Defective α-Ga2O3

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Rational engineering β-Bi2O3/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction photocatalyst from tetragonal BiOCl microrods displaying high photocatalytic performance

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Construction of NiAl-LDH/BiOBr type-II heterojunction to drive efficient CO2 photoreduction under visible light

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Universal Piezo-Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment on Realistic Pollutant Feedstocks by Bi4TaO8Cl: Origin of High Efficiency and Adjustable Synergy

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Regulating the delocalization of Bi 6p orbital by halide doping in BiOCl for excellent photocatalytic performance

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Strongly coupled Bi2S3/CoTiO3 heterostructure with alginate encapsulated hydrogel for boosting peroxymonosulfate activation: Reaction sites and activation mechanism

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Facile one-pot synthesis of 3D hollow microspheres BiOBr/Bi2S3 with oxygen vacancies for enhanced photocatalytic removal of tetracycline and Rhodamine B

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Enhanced CH4 Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation on Bimetallic Pt–Ni Catalysts with Pt Nanoparticles Modified by Isolated Ni Atoms

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Construction of Pd‐Co‐Doped CdS Heterojunctions as Efficient Platforms in Photocatalysis

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2D/2D Heterojunction of BiOBr/BiOI Nanosheets for In Situ H2O2 Production and Activation toward Efficient Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment

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Harnessing Near‐Infrared Light for Highly Efficient Photocatalysis

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Production of renewable fuels by the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using magnesium doped natural ilmenite

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Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Conversion of Gas-Phase CO2 Using Bimetallic Porphyrin-Sensitized TiO2 Nanotube Arrays

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Crystallization Engineering of CuNi2S4 Ultra‐Fine Nanocrystals with Optimized Band Structures for Efficient Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation and Hydrogen Production

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In Situ Construction of Bi12O17Cl2/Bi2S3 S-Scheme Heterojunctions with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies to Enhance Photocatalytic Activity

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Directed Inward Migration of S‐Vacancy in Bi2S3 QDs for Selective Photocatalytic CO2 to CH3OH

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Novel defect-transit dual Z-scheme heterojunction: Sulfur-doped carbon nitride nanotubes loaded with bismuth oxide and bismuth sulfide for efficient photocatalytic amine oxidation

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Spatially Separated Redox Cocatalysts on Ferroelectric Nanoplates for Improved Piezophotocatalytic CO2 Reduction and H2O Oxidation

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“One stone four birds” design atom co-sharing BiOBr/Bi2S3 S-scheme heterojunction photothermal synergistic enhanced full-spectrum photocatalytic activity

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Nearly 100% selectivity of photothermal CO2 reduction into CH4 achieved by Pt/Sr2Nb2O7 heterojunction

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Ionic liquid-induced construction of 0D/3D carbon quantum dots modified PbBiO2Cl/PbBiO2Br microspheres: Boosting molecular oxygen activation for efficient antibiotics degradation

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