TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent progress on bismuth-based Z-scheme semiconductor photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications
AU - Dutta, Vishal
AU - Sharma, Sheetal
AU - Raizada, Pankaj
AU - Kumar, Raj
AU - Thakur, Vijay Kumar
AU - Nguyen, Van Huy
AU - Asiri, Abdullah M.
AU - Khan, Aftab Aslam Parwaz
AU - Singh, Pardeep
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Bismuth-based semiconductor photocatalysts have attained remarkable consideration as they own distinctive electronic properties and unique optical configuration. However, the applications pristine bismuth based semiconductors agonized from their inherent limitations and inadequate photocatalytic performance in visible light. Deliberating the substantial observance and persuasive growth in exploitation of bismuth based Z-scheme heterojunctions, in this review we comprehensively updated study related to catalytic wastewater mitigation, counting pollutant mineralization. A comprehensive outline involving traditional photocatalysis alongside with the Z-scheme based semiconductor heterojunction systems have been reviewed concerning their simple synthesis methods and applications. The mechanistic observations assuming charge separation and charger transferal results in photodegradation procedure has been discussed and underlined also.
AB - Bismuth-based semiconductor photocatalysts have attained remarkable consideration as they own distinctive electronic properties and unique optical configuration. However, the applications pristine bismuth based semiconductors agonized from their inherent limitations and inadequate photocatalytic performance in visible light. Deliberating the substantial observance and persuasive growth in exploitation of bismuth based Z-scheme heterojunctions, in this review we comprehensively updated study related to catalytic wastewater mitigation, counting pollutant mineralization. A comprehensive outline involving traditional photocatalysis alongside with the Z-scheme based semiconductor heterojunction systems have been reviewed concerning their simple synthesis methods and applications. The mechanistic observations assuming charge separation and charger transferal results in photodegradation procedure has been discussed and underlined also.
KW - Bismuth rich photocatalysts
KW - Effective charge separation
KW - Overall wastewater remediation
KW - Structurally optimized strategies
KW - Z-scheme systems
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104505
DO - 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85093647290
SN - 2213-3437
VL - 8
JO - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
JF - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
IS - 6
M1 - 104505
ER -