Characterization Methodology and Activity Evaluation of Solar-Driven Catalysts for Environmental Remediation

Guli, Mina; Helmy, Elsayed T.; Schneider, Jenny; Lu, Gui and Pan, Jia Hong (2022): Characterization Methodology and Activity Evaluation of Solar-Driven Catalysts for Environmental Remediation. In: Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 380, No. 5, 39

Abstract

Solar-driven photocatalysis mediated by semiconductors has been rapidly developed as a green and sustainable technology for environmental remediation. Continuous efforts have been devoted to novel semiconducting photocatalysts to boost the efficiency of the photocatalytic system. However, controversy has widely existed in materials characterization and photocatalytic activity evaluation. This review overviews the recent advances in characterization methodology and photocatalytic activity evaluation of solar-driven catalysts (SDCs) for environmental remediation. After a general and brief introduction of different SDCs, the compositional, structural, and optical characterizations of SDCs are summarized. Moreover, the characterization methods and challenges in the doped and coupled SDCs are discussed. Finally, the challenges in the evaluation of current evaluation methods for the photocatalytic activity of SDCs are highlighted.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 2365-0869
• Language: English