Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 222 - 243
Published: Dec. 20, 2024
Hydrogen
produced
from
photocatalytic
water
splitting
offers
a
promising
clean
energy
solution
to
address
the
environmental
crisis
and
meet
global
demands.
By
carefully
selecting
materials
with
complementary
band
structures,
heterostructures
can
create
built-in
electric
field
that
promotes
charge
carrier
migration,
thereby
enhancing
hydrogen
evolution
efficiency.
Integrating
heterostructures,
plasmonics,
quantum
dots
significantly
advances
production.
This
chapter
focuses
on
innovations
in
dots,
discussing
their
potential
advance
evolution.
It
provides
brief
overview
of
recent
research
contributions
sustainable
solutions.
describes
latest
developments
composites/heterostructures,
plasmonic
nanomaterials,
dot-based
photocatalysts
for
reactions.
The
beneficial
impact
these
materials,
due
formation
diverse
heterojunctions
promote
electron–hole
separation
enhance
catalytic
performance,
is
also
discussed.
examines
efficiency
behaviors
conversion
applications
strategies
designing
semiconductor
architectures
using
dot
splitting.
Future
directions
optimize
advanced
higher
stability
systems
are
outlined,
prospects
heterojunction
proposed.
Advanced Sustainable Systems,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 9, 2025
Abstract
Energy
conversion
and
storage
are
the
key
challenges
in
green
chemistry
that
have
garnered
significant
attention
recent
decades.
Heterostructure
materials,
with
their
unique
interfaces,
robust
architectures,
synergistic
effects,
show
great
promise
enhancing
energy
capabilities.
However,
intricate
relationship
between
structural
properties
performance
requires
further
investigation.
This
study
introduces
a
novel
diode‐type
interfacial
micro‐junction
fabricated
from
FeCo‐based
layered
double
hydroxide
(LDH)
using
self‐sacrificial
template‐induced
method.
The
structure
significantly
enhances
material's
electronic
properties,
enabling
efficient
charge
separation
ion
transport.
As
result,
material
demonstrates
remarkable
both
photocatalytic
hydrogen
evolution
supercapacitor
applications.
Specifically,
optimized
exhibits
superior
specific
capacitance
(1814.14
F
g
−1
at
1
A
),
high
density
(61.6
Wh
kg
excellent
cycling
stability
(90.7%
retention
after
15
000
cycles)
coin
cell
supercapacitors.
Additionally,
light‐harvesting
capabilities
enhanced
charge‐carrier
dynamics
make
it
promising
candidate
for
H
2
rate
of
577.8
µmol
h
.
work
not
only
advances
development
multifunctional
materials
clean
applications,
but
also
opens
new
avenues
design
high‐performance
technologies.
Inorganics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(3), P. 88 - 88
Published: March 17, 2025
During
the
process
of
producing
potassium
fertilizer
from
salt
lake
resources,
a
large
amount
waste
liquid
brine,
rich
in
raw
materials
such
as
magnesium
chloride,
is
generated.
In
this
work,
MoS2/MgAl-LDH
composite
material
was
constructed
using
secondary
hydrothermal
technique.
Characterizations
including
X-ray
diffractometer
(XRD),
scanning
electron
microscopy
(SEM),
and
photoelectron
spectroscopy
(XPS)
confirmed
distribution
MoS2
nanosheets
on
surface
MgAl-LDH.
Under
full-spectrum
irradiation,
degradation
efficiency
Rhodamine
B
reached
85.5%,
which
69.2%
higher
than
that
MgAl-LDH
alone.
The
results
electrochemical,
UV-Vis,
XPS-VB
tests
indicate
internal
electric
field
accelerated
separation
transportation
charge
carriers
between
These
findings
demonstrate
great
potential
photocatalyst
organic
dyes,
will
aid
green
recycling
utilization
resources
by-products.
