The environmental and energy crises have gained global attention， Green, low-carbon and sustainable development is in urgent demand. Sun-light-driven photocatalysis has proven to be one the most promising strategies for environmental remediation (to remove organic pollutants, metal ions, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), microplastics, etc.), clean energy H2 production, green synthesis (e.g., CO 2 reduction, N 2 fixation, H 2O 2 photosynthesis, and various organic synthesis), etc. To achieve practical impacts, the key is to explore advanced photocatalysts with superior efficiency, selectivity, and stability spanning materials -including but are not limited to inorganic nonmetallic materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), polymer or organic supermolecules, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) materials, homo-junctions, heterojunctions, and nanocomposites. These photocatalysts have displayed significant potential but require further enhancement and understanding to achieve full practical impact.
The goal is to discover advanced photocatalysts that demonstrate outstanding efficiency, selectivity, and stability for the sustainable development of environmental and energy systems, where harnessing emerging photocatalytic systems, in-situ characterization, and artificial intelligence have been showing growing importance in seeking to uncover the underlying mechanisms of catalyst and guiding the rational catalyst design.
This Research Topic focuses on
• The rational design of advanced photocatalysts, which include but are not limited to inorganic nonmetallic materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), polymer or organic supermolecules, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) materials, homojunctions, heterojunctions, and nanocomposites.
• Understanding the structure-property relationships of the photocatalysts.
• Applications of the photocatalysts in environmental remediation (to remove organic pollutants, metal ions, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and microplastics, etc.), clean energy H 2 production and green synthesis (e.g., CO 2 reduction, N 2 fixation, H 2O 2 photosynthesis and various organic synthesis), etc.
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Keywords: Photocatalysts, Photocatalysis, Photocatalytic degradation, Photocatalytic H2 production, CO2 reduction, Artificial photosynthesis, Photoelectrocatalysis, Heterojunction, Low-dimensional nanomaterials, Surface reconstruction, Solar energy conversion, Phot
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