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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11962/1006-4990.2020-0541

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Surface/interface engineering of metal oxide semiconductor nanocrystals for enhanced photocatalysis

  • Zhijia Song ,
  • Qian Chen ,
  • Qin Kuang
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  • Department of Chemistry,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,China

Received date: 2020-11-27

  Online published: 2021-03-11

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Abstract

In recent years,semiconductor based photocatalysis,as a green technology,has attracted wide attention in solving environmental problems and providing renewable energy,but the low efficiency still limits its practical application.Rational surface/interface design of metal oxide semiconductor is an effective approach to improve the performance of photocatalysts. Recent progress in the surface/interface structure engineering and structure-activity relationship of semiconductor photocata-lysts was systematically reviewed.The feasible measures to optimize the photocatalytic performance by the facet effect in sin-gle component were introduced.On this basis,the application of facet/interface engineering strategies in promoting photo-catalytic performance of multi-component composite photocatalysts were summarized.Finally,the challenges and opportunities in this field were briefly featured on the basis of its current development.

Key words： photocatalysis; metal oxide; facet; interface

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Zhijia Song , Qian Chen , Qin Kuang . Surface/interface engineering of metal oxide semiconductor nanocrystals for enhanced photocatalysis[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2021 , 53(3) : 1 -6 . DOI: 10.11962/1006-4990.2020-0541

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