Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(20), P. 11348 - 11434
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
Environmental
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
scientific
frontier
in
mitigating
water
pollution
and
advancing
circular
chemistry
reaction
microenvironment
significantly
influences
the
catalytic
performance
efficiency.
This
review
delves
into
engineering
within
liquid-phase
environmental
catalysis,
categorizing
microenvironments
four
scales:
atom/molecule-level
modulation,
nano/microscale-confined
structures,
interface
surface
regulation,
external
field
effects.
Each
category
is
analyzed
for
its
unique
characteristics
merits,
emphasizing
potential
to
enhance
efficiency
selectivity.
Following
this
overview,
we
introduced
recent
advancements
advanced
material
system
design
promote
(e.g.,
purification,
transformation
value-added
products,
green
synthesis),
leveraging
state-of-the-art
technologies.
These
discussions
showcase
was
applied
different
reactions
fine-tune
regimes
improve
from
both
thermodynamics
kinetics
perspectives.
Lastly,
discussed
challenges
future
directions
engineering.
underscores
of
intelligent
materials
drive
development
more
effective
sustainable
solutions
decontamination.
Inorganic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(8), P. 3646 - 3659
Published: Feb. 11, 2023
Photocatalysis
has
long
been
considered
a
promising
technology
in
green
energy
and
environmental
remediation.
Since
the
poor
performance
of
single
components
greatly
limits
practical
applications,
construction
heterostructures
become
one
most
important
technical
means
to
improve
photocatalytic
activity.
In
this
work,
based
on
synthesis
oxygen-vacancy-rich
ZnCr2O4
nanocrystals,
ZnCr2O4/ZnIn2S4
composites
are
prepared
via
low-temperature
situ
growth,
oxygen-vacancy-induced
Z-scheme
heterojunction
is
successfully
constructed.
The
unique
core-shell
structure
offers
tight
interfacial
contact,
increases
specific
surface
area,
promotes
rapid
charge
transfer.
Meanwhile,
oxygen-vacancy
defect
level
not
only
enables
wide-bandgap
be
excited
by
visible
light
enhancing
absorption,
but
also
provides
necessary
conditions
for
heterojunctions
promoting
separation
migration
allowing
more
reactive
charges.
reaction
rates
visible-light-driven
hydrogen
production
(3.421
mmol
g-1
h-1),
hexavalent
chromium
reduction
(0.124
min-1),
methyl
orange
degradation
(0.067
min-1)
composite
reach
3.6,
6.5,
8.4
times
those
pure
ZnIn2S4,
15.8,
41.3,
67.0
ZnCr2O4,
respectively.
This
work
presents
novel
option
constructing
high-performance
photocatalysts.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(20), P. 11348 - 11434
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
Environmental
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
scientific
frontier
in
mitigating
water
pollution
and
advancing
circular
chemistry
reaction
microenvironment
significantly
influences
the
catalytic
performance
efficiency.
This
review
delves
into
engineering
within
liquid-phase
environmental
catalysis,
categorizing
microenvironments
four
scales:
atom/molecule-level
modulation,
nano/microscale-confined
structures,
interface
surface
regulation,
external
field
effects.
Each
category
is
analyzed
for
its
unique
characteristics
merits,
emphasizing
potential
to
enhance
efficiency
selectivity.
Following
this
overview,
we
introduced
recent
advancements
advanced
material
system
design
promote
(e.g.,
purification,
transformation
value-added
products,
green
synthesis),
leveraging
state-of-the-art
technologies.
These
discussions
showcase
was
applied
different
reactions
fine-tune
regimes
improve
from
both
thermodynamics
kinetics
perspectives.
Lastly,
discussed
challenges
future
directions
engineering.
underscores
of
intelligent
materials
drive
development
more
effective
sustainable
solutions
decontamination.
