Advances in Two-Dimensional Photocatalysts

Dear Colleagues,

The well-defined atomic structures and unique electronic properties of 2D nanomaterials have triggered wide research interest in photocatalysis. Photocatalysts in the form of 2D nanostructures have inherent advantages over their 3D counterparts, including high surface area-to-volume ratios, shorter migration paths of photogenerated charge carriers from bulk to surface, and abundant and diverse active sites. Hence, 2D photocatalysts have come to play an increasingly significant role in industrially important green reactions, such as environmental remediation, H₂O splitting, CO₂ reduction, N₂ fixation, organic synthesis, etc. To construct 2D nanostructures with high-efficiency photocatalytic activity, various modulation strategies have been explored and developed, such as the creation of heterojunction, defect engineering, heteroatom doping, crystal facet engineering, thickness engieering, etc. Despite great strides in 2D photocatalysts being achieved in recent years, low visible–light photoactivity continues to be a great burden on industrial-scale applications. The development of 2D nanostructures with superior visible–light photocatalytic performance offers many research opportunities and challenges.

This Special Issue will focus on recent advances in emerging 2D nanostructures for a wide variety of photocatalytic applications, as well as experimental and computational studies to understand their reaction mechanisms and predict reactivities. Moreover, studies on the industrial exploitation of 2D photocatalytic systems are also of interest. We welcome the submission of different types of manuscripts, including rapid communications, original research articles, reviews, and perspective articles.

Dr. Liang Wang
Prof. Dr. Dongdong Zhu
Dr. Li Wang
Guest Editors

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• 2D nanostructures
• visible-light photocatalysis
• electronic structure engineering
• atomic structure modification
• solar-to-chemical energy conversion