화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.106, 340-355, February, 2022
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.11.008  Export Citation
Current status on designing of dual Z-scheme photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications
Rohit Kumar1, Anita Sudhaik1, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan2, 3, †, Pankaj Raizada1, Abdullah M Asiri2, 3, Satyabrata Mohapatra4, Sourbh Thakur5, Vijay Kumar Thakur6, and Pardeep Singh1, †
  • 1School of Advanced Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan, HP 173229, India
  • 2Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • 3Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • 4University School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16C, Dwarka, New Delhi 110078, India
  • 5Department of Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • 6School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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Growing pollution and high energy demand are some of the major issues against humans. Water pollution is one of the main problems created due to industrial waste and irresponsible human activities. Nowadays, photocatalysis is rising as an efficient alternative to overcome the energy requirement and water purification, as it can use solar light as a source of energy. Due to some limitations of photocatalysts, such as photocarriers recombination, low surface area, and limited light absorption, modifications such as defect modifications, heterojunction can be employed. Out of all, Z-scheme heterojunction is a proficient way to overwhelm the limitation of pristine photocatalysts. To enhance the activity of Zscheme photocatalyst, even more, a dual Z-scheme photocatalytic scheme has been developed in which two Z-scheme based charge transfer occur simultaneously on a ternary photocatalyst. In this review, we have discussed the different types of dual Z-schemes along with their application in water purification and finally, we have discussed the future prospects for further research.
Keywords:Limitations of Z-scheme photocatalysis;Dual Z-scheme photocatalysis;Redox ability;enhancement;Environmental applications
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