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Nitrogen-doped Titanium Dioxide: an overview of material design and dimensionality effect over modern applications
We reported the dimensionality effect associated with modified N-doped TiO2 structure for its characteristics properties and photocatalytic performance; counting more specifically its charge transportation, surface area, adhesion, reflection and absorption properties. A concise view of the doping effect over morphology in 0, 1, 2 and 3-dimensional ranges was provided, in order to understand which effects are also occurring on the materials besides the photocatalytic response. Furthermore, selected recent and significant advances in the area of renewable energy applications for modified N-doped TiO2 were assessed with the p...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - May 19, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Graphene materials-based chemiluminescence for sensing
Publication date: Available online 30 April 2016 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Hui Chen, Qiang Gao, Jianzhang Li, Jin-Ming Lin Graphene has attracted considerable attention in multidisciplinary research fields and shown various promising applications due to its unique structure and extraordinary physicochemical properties. This review covers the latest advances in graphene materials-based chemiluminescence (CL) for sensing. Chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer and luminescence quenching of graphene materials are discussed. Graphene materials, such ...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - April 30, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Carbon-based H2-production photocatalytic materials
Publication date: Available online 20 April 2016 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Shaowen Cao, Jiaguo Yu Photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting is of promising potential to resolve the energy shortage and environmental concerns. During the past decade, carbon materials have shown great ability to enhance the photocatalytic hydrogen-production performance of semiconductor photocatalysts. This review provides a comprehensive overview of carbon materials such as CNTs, graphene, C60, carbon quantum dots, carbon fibers, activated carbon, carbon black...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - April 19, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Surface plasmon-driven photocatalysis in ambient, aqueous and high-vacuum monitored by SERS and TERS
Publication date: Available online 9 April 2016 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Zhenglong Zhang, Ping Xu, Xianzhong Yang, Wenjie Liang, Mengtao Sun (Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews)
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - April 12, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Construction and application of photoresponsive smart nanochannels
Publication date: Available online 21 December 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Kai Xiao, Xiang-Yu Kong, Zhen Zhang, Ganhua Xie, Liping Wen, Lei Jiang In living organisms, many biological processes are inextricably linked with light, such as the photosynthesis systems and rhodopsin. Hence, construction of light-sensitive biomimetic-nanochannels, which can realize the functions of cells and other membrane structures with high degree of spatial and temporal control, is particularly attractive and challenging. As a cornerstone of light-sensitive nanoch...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - December 21, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Ultrafast and Fast Charge Separation Processes in Real Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Publication date: Available online 15 December 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Cristina Martín, Marcin Ziółek, Abderrazzak Douhal The increasing global energy consumption and the simultaneous non-renewable resources depletion with their rising contamination levels, make the present energy scenario unsustainable. Among all the renewable energies, the sun's energy through its direct conversion into electricity is one of the best alternatives. In particular, since 1991 dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted considerable interest from the scien...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - December 17, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using metal complexes
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Yasuomi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Takeda, Osamu Ishitani Developing photocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction will provide useful and energy-rich compounds and would be one of the most important focuses in the field of “artificial photosynthesis” and “solar fuels”. Such studies have been conducted in the past three decades from the perspective of basic science and for solving the shortage of fossil resources, which include both energy and carbon sources. More recently, focus ha...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 9, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Artificial Photosynthesis in Molecular Systems
Publication date: Available online 9 October 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews (Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews)
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - October 11, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Visible-Light Activation of TiO2 Photocatalysts: Advances in Theory and Experiments
Publication date: Available online 28 August 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Vinodkumar Etacheri, Cristiana Di Valentin, Jenny Schneider, Detlef Bahnemann, Suresh C. Pillai The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO2 nanomaterials for environmental purification and energy storage/conversion applications. Though there are many advantages for the TiO2 compared to other semiconductor photocatalysts, its band gap of 3.2eV restrains application to the UV-region ...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - August 29, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Artificial Photosynthesis: Where are we now? Where can we go?
Publication date: Available online 24 August 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Ralph L. House, Neyde Yukie Murakami Iha, Rodolfo L. Coppo, Leila Alibabaei, Benjamin D. Sherman, Peng Kang, M. Kyle Brennaman, Paul G. Hoertz, Thomas J. Meyer Widespread implementation of renewable energy technologies, while preventing significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions, appears to be the only viable solution to meeting the world's energy demands for a sustainable energy future. The final energy mix will include conservation and energy efficiency, win...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - August 24, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Molecular cathode and photocathode materials for hydrogen evolution in photoelectrochemical devices
Publication date: Available online 7 August 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Nicolas Queyriaux, Nicolas Kaeffer, Adina Morozan, Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou, Vincent Artero Storage of solar energy in the form of readily available easy-to-handle fuels is the main bottleneck toward the development of a carbon-neutral alternative energy. Taking inspiration from natural systems, artificial photosynthesis is a technology to-be for efficiently converting the tremendous solar energy received every day on Earth into chemical energy, ie fuels. In particular, hyd...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - August 9, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Natural and Artificial Light-Harvesting Systems Utilizing the Functions of Carotenoids
Publication date: Available online 5 August 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Hideki Hashimoto, Yuko Sugai, Chiasa Uragami, Alastair T. Gardiner, Richard J. Cogdell Carotenoids are essential pigments in natural photosynthesis. They absorb in the blue-green region of the solar spectrum and transfer the absorbed energy to (bacterio-)chlorophylls, and so expand the wavelength range of light that is able to drive photosynthesis. This process is an example of singlet–singlet energy transfer and so carotenoids serve to enhance the overall efficiency of pho...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - August 7, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

TiO2 photocatalysis for the degradation of pollutants in gas phase: from morphological design to plasmonic enhancement
Publication date: Available online 23 July 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Sammy W. Verbruggen TiO2-based photocatalysis has become a viable technology in various application fields such as (waste)water purification, photovoltaics/artificial photosynthesis, environmentally friendly organic synthesis and remediation of air pollution. Because of the increasing impact of bad air quality worldwide, this review focuses on the use and optimization of TiO2-based photocatalysts for gas phase applications. Over the past years various specific aspects of TiO2 photocat...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - July 23, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Synergetic Photoelectrocatalytic Reactors for Environmental Remediation: a Review
In this study, photoelectrocatalysis and associated novel reactor designs reported in recent years are reviewed and discussed. Some of the topics which are discussed in this study include various reactor configurations with different illumination sources, photocatalyst utilization modes, and electrodes as well as composite systems incorporating solar cells in addition to microbial and photocatalytic fuel cells. Future efforts are suggested to push the industrial application of photoelectrocatalysis out of its infancy. (Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews)
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - July 22, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Molecular Complexes in Water Oxidation: Pre-catalysts or Real Catalysts
Publication date: Available online 21 July 2015 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Xiujuan Wu, Fei Li, Biaobiao Zhang, Licheng Sun Artificial photosynthesis is considered a promising method to produce clean and renewable energy by sunlight. To accomplish this aim, development of efficient and robust catalysts for water oxidation and hydrogen production is extremely important. Owing to the advantages of easily modified structures and traceable catalytic processes, molecular water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) attract much attention during the past decade. However,...
Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - July 21, 2015 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research