Journal ArticleDOI
Oxygen defective metal oxides for energy conversion and storage
TLDR
In this article, the authors present an overview of progress made in preparing oxygen defective metal oxide nanostructures and probing the role of oxygen vacancies on the performance of metal oxides.About:
This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 242 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oxide & Water splitting.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Nanoceria as an Electron Reservoir: Spontaneous Deposition of Metal Nanoparticles on Oxides and Their Anti-inflammatory Activities.
Faheem Akbar Muhammad,Futao Huang,Yuan Cheng,Xiwen Chen,Quan Wang,Chenxin Zhu,Yihong Zhang,Xiaohan Wang,Peng Wang,Hui Wei +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a facile noble metal deposition strategy is developed to produce silver, gold, and platinum nanocrystals on the surface of hollow mesoporous cerium oxide nanospheres without any pretreatment.
Journal ArticleDOI
Effects of Oxygen Vacancy and Pt Doping on the Catalytic Performance of CeO2 in Propane Dehydrogenation: A First-Principles Study
Journal ArticleDOI
Oxygen reduction reaction on TiO2 rutile (1 1 0) surface in the presence of bridging hydroxyl groups
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided insight into the mechanism of the oxygen reduction reaction on the TiO2 rutile surface in the presence of bridging hydroxyl groups and found that the initial step, the O2 adsorption on the surface, is favored compared to the pure surface.
Journal ArticleDOI
Facile Synthesis of Novel V0.13Mo0.87O2.935 Nanowires With High-Rate Supercapacitive Performance.
TL;DR: The synthesis of one-dimensional V0.13Mo0.87O2.935 nanowires through a facile one-step hydrothermal method shows superior electrochemical properties that make this nanowire a prospective candidate for high-performance supercapacitors.
Journal ArticleDOI
A direct route to activated two-dimensional cobalt oxide nanosheets for electrochemical energy storage, catalytic and environmental applications
José M. Munuera,Juan I. Paredes,Silvia Villar-Rodil,Sergio García-Dalí,Alberto Castro-Muñiz,Amelia Martínez-Alonso,Juan M.D. Tascón +6 more
TL;DR: The materials were shown to be efficient catalysts for the reduction of nitroarenes, outperforming other Co3O4 nanostructures, as well as effective adsorbents for the removal of organic dyes from water.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode
Akira Fujishima,Kenichi Honda +1 more
TL;DR: Water photolysis is investigated by exploiting the fact that water is transparent to visible light and cannot be decomposed directly, but only by radiation with wavelengths shorter than 190 nm.
Journal ArticleDOI
A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency.
Journal Article
Photoelectrochemical cells : Materials for clean energy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look into the historical background, and present status and development prospects for photoelectrochemical cells, based on nanocrystalline materials and conducting polymer films.
Journal ArticleDOI
Solar Water Splitting Cells
Michael G. Walter,Emily L. Warren,James R. McKone,Shannon W. Boettcher,Qixi Mi,Elizabeth A. Santori,Nathan S. Lewis +6 more
TL;DR: The biggest challenge is whether or not the goals need to be met to fully utilize solar energy for the global energy demand can be met in a costeffective way on the terawatt scale.
Journal ArticleDOI
Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
TL;DR: Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting and its Applications d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 4.4.1.