Jiuqing Wen

TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental mechanism of heterogeneous photocatalysis, advantages, challenges and the design considerations of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts are summarized, including their crystal structural, surface phisicochemical, stability, optical, adsorption, electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and electronic properties.

TL;DR: Based on the fundamentals of photocatalysis and surface chemistry of TiO 2 nanomaterials, this article summarized and discussed the achievements in different surface modification strategies employed to date such as surface doping and sensitization, construction of surface heterojunctions, loading of nano-sized co-catalysts, increase in the accessible surface areas, and usage of surface F effects and exposure of highly reactive facets.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent progress in the rational design and fabrication of highly active and selective photocatalysts for the photoreduction of CO2, but also offer some fundamental insights into designing highly efficient photocatalyst for water splitting or pollutant degradation.

TL;DR: The results demonstrated that both robust metallic Ni interface layers and amorphous NiS can be utilized as electron cocatalysts to markedly boost the visible-light H2 evolution over g-C3N4 semiconductor.

TL;DR: In this article, a ternary hybrid g-C3N4-CdS-9% NiS composite materials with a noble-metal-free NiS cocatalyst were fabricated by an in situ hydrothermal method.