Effective surface disorder engineering of metal oxide nanocrystals for improved photocatalysis
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1998
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.10.054
- Title of journal
- Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
- Article number
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- First page
- 615
- Volume
- 203
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0926-3373
- Open access status
- Not compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0926337316308189-mmc1.docx
- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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G - Materials and Manufacturing
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This work pioneered a simple and universal surface-engineering method to optimise band gaps of metal oxide semiconductors to improve their visible light absorption (nearly full solar spectrum) and photo-catalytic performances (by up to 300 times). This work, and the following-up work, has attracted interest from both academia and industry. Apart from invited talks at overseas universities (e.g., Wuhan & Zhengzhou), Zhang has been invited to write a comprehensive review (entitled 'Defect Engineering of Nanostructures: Insights into Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting') for Advanced Energy Materials. Also, CATAL International. Ltd is interested in using the findings to develop new catalyst products (catal@catal.co.uk).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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