Oxygen Vacancy‐Mediated Photocatalysis of BiOCl: Reactivity, Selectivity, and Perspectives
Central China Normal University
Abstract
Semiconductor photocatalysis is a trustworthy approach to harvest clean solar light for energy conversions, while state-of-the-art catalytic efficiencies are unsatisfactory because of the finite light response and/or recombination of robust charge carriers. Along with the development of modern material characterization techniques and electronic-structure computations, oxygen vacancies (OVs) on the surface of real photocatalysts, even in infinitesimal concentration, are found to play a more decisive role in determining the kinetics, energetics, and mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions. This Review endeavors to clarify the inherent functionality of OVs in photocatalysis at the surface molecular level using 2D…
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- 27.08
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- 100%
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5Topics & keywords
- Photocatalysis
- Reactivity (psychology)
- Trustworthiness
- Selectivity
- Rational design
- Catalysis
- Materials science
- Semiconductor