Advances in the Preparation of Carrier-Based Composite Photocatalysts and Their Applications

Catalysts, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 286 - 286

Published: March 19, 2025

Photocatalytic technology offers significant advantages in addressing water pollution and energy regeneration challenges. Notably, photocatalytic CO2 reduction can convert into stable, efficient, clean carbon compounds such as monoxide, methane, ethylene, other high-value compounds, providing a novel approach to mitigating the global crisis maintaining balance. However, traditional semiconductor materials face limitations degradation due their low light utilization, severe photocorrosion, rapid photogenerated carrier recombination, slow electron transport rates. Recent studies have shown that introducing various effectively address these issues. Carrier materials, with unique properties, enhance composite photocatalyst systems, promoting separation improving utilization. This review introduces different used fabrication, systematically explains preparation strategies for carrier-based photocatalysts, summarizes applications. Finally, future developments this field are discussed. aims provide diverse designing leveraging special effects of control modes, interface behaviors, band structures.

Language: Английский

Carbon Nitride and Its Hybrid Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction C1 Product Selectivity

Catalysts, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 408 - 408

Published: April 22, 2025

The transformation of abundant and cost-effective CO2 molecules into valuable chemical feedstocks or fuels represents an appealing yet challenging research objective. Artificial photosynthesis offers a promising pathway for reduction reactions (CO2RR) under mild environmentally friendly conditions. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has attracted significant attention its potential to enhance the efficiency selectivity CO2RR through synthesis modification strategies. This review explores recent advancements in g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts selective conversions. We examine key factors influencing product selectivity, including electron count reaction dynamics, intermediates adsorption/desorption, proton regulation affecting competitive hydrogen evolution. By summarizing various strategies photoreduction performance, this work provides comprehensive analysis mechanisms each approach. aims inspire endeavors towards developing efficient artificial systems enhanced selectivity.

Language: Английский

Fabrication of Mesoporous Ion-Imprinted Fluorescent Sensors for Rapid and Reliable Cu2+ Detection in Aqueous Environments

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100533 - 100533

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский