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Boosting Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation via Nanoarchitectonics Using Oxygen Vacancy Regulation in W-Doped Bi2MoO6 Nanosheets

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Recent progress in defect‐engineered metal oxides for photocatalytic environmental remediation

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Structural, optical, antiferro-magnetic transition and enhanced methylene blue (MB) photocatalytic behavior of Sr2+ doped α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles

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Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Reactivity: The Curious Case of Reduction of Nitroquinoline to Aminoquinoline by CuO

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Rapid Hydrolysis Precipitation of BiOBr Nanosheets for Boosting Photocatalytic N2 Fixation

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Green ammonia synthesis coupled with cellulose valorization over oxygen vacancy-enriched MoO3-x photocatalysts

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Recent progress in perovskite transition metal oxide-based photocatalyst and photoelectrode materials for solar-driven water splitting

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Multimodal Antibacterial Platform Constructed by the Schottky Junction of Curcumin‐Based Bio Metal–Organic Frameworks and Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanosheets for Efficient Wound Healing

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The CdS/CaTiO3 cubic core-shell composite towards enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and photodegradation

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A novel self-activation strategy for designing oxygen vacancies-rich nickel ferrite and cobalt ferrite microspheres with large specific surface area for overall water splitting

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Direct Z‐Scheme Heterostructure of Nanoparticle‐CdSe on Nanorod‐NaNbO3: Facile Hydro‐thermal Construction and Superior Photocatalytic Activity and Stability in H2 Evolution

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Photocatalysis for Sustainable Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals, Catalyst Design, Nanoarchitectonics, Applications, and Future Prospects

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CuO–V2O5 Composite vs Single-Phase Cu2V2O7: Understanding the Synergy of Mixed-Metal Oxides in Customizing Their Properties for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Perovskite Type ABO3 Oxides in Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: State of the Art and Future Prospects

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Facile synthesis of Sb2WO6 with gradient oxygen vacancies for high photocatalytic activity

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Praseodymium Oxide Improving the Activity of a Silver-Loaded Calcium Titanate Photocatalyst for Carbon Dioxide Reduction with Water

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Graphene Quantum Dots as Electron Acceptor Tailoring S-Scheme Heterojunction Bi2MoO6@Cu2O for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Z-scheme CeO2/CexBi2−xWO6 heterojunction induced by Ce doping and build-in electric field

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Recent trends on perovskite materials and their applications in photocatalysis: a review

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Pectin gels based on H+/(NH4)2SO4 and its potential in sustained release of NH4+

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Hierarchical Hybrids Made of Mixed Metal-Based Sillén-Structured CdxBiO2Br @ Graphene Oxide for Efficient Photocatalytic H2O2 Production

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Enhanced artificial nitrogen fixation into ammonia via CNT-modified BiFeO3-TiO₂ heterojunction

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Grey SrCu2O2 with vacancy and pore structure: Dual organic degradation properties and first-principles calculations

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Phase Engineering of Titanium Oxynitride System and Its Solar Light-Driven Photocatalytic Dye Degradation, H2 Generation, and N2 Fixation Properties

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Defect engineered mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride modified with AgPd nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from formic acid

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Strong metal-carrier interactions via modulation of Pt oxidation states on defective BiOBr with greatly improved photocatalytic activity

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Domain-limited surface oxygen vacancy in rutile TiO2 for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of two dimensional ternary nanocomposites of ZnO–Bi2WO6–Ti3C2 MXene under natural sunlight irradiation

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In‐Depth Understanding of the Effect of Halogen‐Induced Stable 2D Bismuth‐Based Perovskites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity

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Carbon dots as electron acceptors modified NH2-MIL-125 (Ti)/Cu2O heterojunction for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 production

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Operando construction of nickel-modifiedamorphous 2D CaTiO3 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

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Photocatalytic studies of Zn-doped and (Y, Zn)-co-doped CeO2/CdS heterostructures for the removal of crystal violet dye

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