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Recent Advance in Photocatalysts Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 328

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Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: CVD growth semiconductor; surface chemical and electronic properties; theoretical simulations; photocatalysts
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid increase in environmental pollution, and the rising awareness of this potential global crisis, it has become an urgent task to develop new and renewable energy sources. In addition, existing and unavoidable pollution must be detected and destroyed (or preferentially transformed to, e.g., methanol). These applications put large demands on the materials to be used. They should be both environmentally friendly, be earth-abundant over the whole world, and show the desired functioning. Advanced photocatalytic materials constitute a group of materials with very promising properties. They have, therefore, attracted a large amount of interest for other types of applications (photodecomposition of hazardous substances, artificial photosynthesis, photoinduced superhydrophilicity, photoelectrochemical conversion, etc.).

The development of more efficient photocatalysts has experienced an almost exponential increase in interest since its popularization in the early 1970s. In recent years, semiconducting materials have emerged as one of the most promising types of photocatalytic materials. It is abundantly available in many places and it can easily utilize natural sunlight, or artificial UV light. During the last few years, there has been a growing interest in these materials´ nanoscale properties and the power of self-organization. One key issue that has been of a large interest to study is its surface/interface chemistry. The surface energy and chemisorption properties play crucial roles in the transfer of electrons and energy. Despite all efforts that have been put on these materials, the mechanisms involved in photocatalysis are not yet known in detail.

The field of advanced photocatalytic materials is very wide, both regarding type of material, crystalline dimension, and the usage in various applications. There has also been a focus on specific parts of the photocatalytic materials (e.g., solid/solid, solid/liquid, and solid/gas interfaces. This Special Issue invites significant contributions from all these fields, including both experimental and theoretical work.

Prof. Dr. Karin Larsson
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • semiconductors
  • photocatalysis
  • renewable energy
  • sun light
  • artificial light
  • experiments
  • theory
  • nanoscale
  • self-organization

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