Bismuth Based Catalysts and Their Energy Application
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 2644
Special Issue Editors
Interests: semiconducting metal oxides; material chemistry; solar energy; photocatalysis; (photo)-electrochemical; electrocatalysis; degradation
Interests: electrocatalyst; water splitting; photocatalyst; carbon-based materials; material chemistry
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Interests: nano material, photoelectrochemical; photocatalysts; solar energy; hydrogen production
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bismuth, known to be an environmentally benign element, has been used in a growing number of applications over the last few years. The low toxicity of bismuth salts, associated with low cost, make them attractive and practical catalysts. During the last decade, the chemical community finally began considering bismuth catalysts. Now, many academic groups around the world are entering the area. As a result of the increasing concern about green catalysts, bismuth catalysts have become the main focus. These materials fulfill the requirements of being composed of abundant and non-toxic elements, and therefore can be considered environmentally friendly functional materials. The specific applications that will be covered are energy-harvesting devices including solar cells, electrochemical energy storage devices (such as batteries and supercapacitors), and photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production. Photocatalysis is an effective way to solve environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. Among different photocatalysts ( semiconductor), Bi-based photocatalysts have become one of the most popular research topics due to their suitable band gaps, unique layered structures, and physicochemical properties (which can be applied to hydrogen production; denitrification; CO2 reduction; and the degradation of dyes, alcohols, heavy metals, and other pollutants).
In this Special Issue, we wish to cover the most recent advances in all these aspects of bismuth-based catalysts by hosting a mix of original research articles and short critical reviews.
Dr. Meysam Tayebi
Dr. Ahmad Tayyebi
Dr. Zohreh Masoumi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bismuth-based catalysts
- solar-hydrogen production
- solar energy
- photocatalysis
- (photo)-electrochemical
