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Photocatalysis has emerged as an efficient and green approach for environmental remediation owing to its various merits. This focus collection highlights the exciting articles on this topic that recently appeared in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Materials Chemistry Frontiers, showcasing innovative strategies for the removal of antibiotics, organic contaminants, and radioactive pollutants toward a more sustainable future. Articles featured in our focus collections are handpicked by Editors. We hope you find them enjoyable to read.
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Review Articles
Porous porphyrin-based photocatalysts: recent progress and applications in environmental remediation
Han, Ting; Wang, Sicheng; Salazar, Gustavo A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, Manal
Porphyrin-based MOFs for photocatalysis in water: advancements in solar fuels generation and pollutants degradation
Liu, Fangbing; Rincon, Irene; Baldovi, Herme G.; Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi; Horcajada, Patricia; Rojas, Sara; Navalon, Sergio; Fateeva, Alexandra
Strategic pathway selection for photocatalytic degradation: roles of holes and radicals
Li, Yixuan; Gao, Xu; Li, Yuxin
Recent advancements in graphitic carbon nitride based direct Z- and S-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic H₂O₂ production
Sahoo, Subrat Kumar; Acharya, Lopamudra; Biswal, Lijarani; Priyadarshini, Priyanka; Parida, Kulamani
Recent advances in rational design, synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks as visible-light-driven photocatalysts
Li, Xu-Sheng; He, Yu-Jie; Chen, Jiao; Li, Quan-Quan; Liu, Ping; Li, Jian-Li
From lab to tap: 2D material innovations in detection and elimination of waterborne pathogens
Panda, Soumyanti; Thakur, Sahil; Sharma, Rupam; Ojha, Abhijeet; Shalini Devi, K. S.; Kuramitz, Hideki; Zazoum, Bouchaib; Prakash, Jai
Research Articles
Tailoring the d-band center enables La doped ZnIn₂S₄ to be active for boosting photocatalytic activation of oxygen and degradation of antibiotics in wastewater
Hu, Yiwen; Ma, Xiao; Fan, Guoli; Yang, Lan; Li, Feng
3D defect-enriched Cu/Cu₂O-Al₂O₃ zigzag nanostructures for efficient degradation of tetracycline antibiotics
Wu, Dandan; Wu, Jicheng; Fu, Lin; Jia, Runping; Wu, Qingsheng; Zhu, Yuanzheng; Zhou, Tao; Han, Sheng; Wen, Ming
Internal electric field at the Schottky junctions in an MXene-MnCdS heterostructure for complete uranium remediation
Xu, Luowen; Liu, Yan; Liu, Zhirong; Tian, Yun; Wang, Changfu; Yu, Fengtao; Wang, Yun; Yuan, Dingzhong; Jiang, Hao
Pt single atom and atomic cluster-enhanced TiO₂ Janus micromotors for efficient bubble propulsion and photocatalytic environmental remediation
Lv, Chang; Wang, Tao; Fang, Yeting; Ying, Yulong; Ji, Lvlv; Liu, Lei; Wang, Sheng
Oxygen-free wastewater treatment system constructed using FeWO₄@CN S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst coupled with H₂O₂ activation
Liu, Weipeng; Yang, Fengmei; Xu, Yuanguo; Zhou, Puyang; Wang, Yan; Xia, Changkun; Deng, Yilin; Zhu, Guisheng; Xie, Meng
Self-reduced Co-TiO₂ photocatalysts for peroxymonosulfate activation: efficient ciprofloxacin degradation and dynamic charge transfer
Zhang, Shuzhe; Wang, He; Chen, Gang; Zheng, He; Song, Yanhua; Zou, Haifeng
Visible light driven hydrogen bonding assisted complete photocatalytic degradation of selected antibiotics by lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks
Gupta, Ruchika; Majumdar, Shubhangi; Chowdhury, Pramit K.; Gupta, Rajeev
N⋯Br halogen bond enhanced visible-light degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether on organic amine intercalated zinc sulfide
Xu, Penglei; Qin, Huiluan; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Feiyang; Yu, Zhixin; Duan, Ran; Chen, Chuncheng; Shen, Qi; Sun, Chunyan
Visible-light-driven photoelectrocatalytic degradation of tetracycline using dual Z-scheme Bi₂MoO₆/GQDs/TiO₂ heterojunctions
Li, Feiyu; Liu, Kailu; Zhang, Hanyue; Wang, Xing; Ma, Jingui; Liu, Yansheng; Hou, Junwei
Mechanistic insights into MnOₓ-cocatalyzed piezophotocatalytic dye degradation over S-scheme MnOₓ/BiFeO₃ heterojunctions
Chu, Yuxing; Zheng, Yekang; Xu, Jiating; Dong, Ruoyu; Zhu, Feng; Wang, Kaiqi; Wu, Ying; He, Yiming
Long-term stable piezocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using bulk LiNbO₃ single-crystals
Sun, Xiangfei; Chen, Kunfeng; Tang, Gongbin; Ruediger, Andreas; Xue, Dongfeng
Enhanced reactive oxygen species generation and pollutant adsorption in advanced oxidation processes via Ru cluster-oxygen vacancy synergy on a BiOCl (110) facet
Zhang, Wensheng; Ding, Bo; Liang, Zhishan; Huang, Youlin; Qin, Dongdong; Han, Dongxue
HxZIF-8/TiO₂ with a step-scheme heterojunction for visible-light photocatalytic reduction of nitroaromatic explosives
Zhou, Yuji; Zhang, Jiaojiao; Zhao, Yongjie; Qiu, Lili
Spatial construction of Pd and MnOₓ on a facet-engineered BiVO₄ photocatalyst for efficient removal of glyphosate pesticide
Yang, Nengcong; Liu, Lulu; Chen, Yue; Liu, Mengmeng; Chen, Zhian; Hou, Ruyan; Ye, Sheng; Li, Rengui
Synergistic introduction of LSPR effect and Schottky junction: Cu@TiO₂ charge regulation achieved efficient, stable photocatalytic removal
Zhang, Shuzhe; Li, Xiumei; Xie, Ruyan; Zhang, Xiaozhen; Wang, He; Song, Yanhua; Zou, Haifeng
Toroidal ferroelectric cobalt-doped barium titanates as efficient energy conversion materials for solar cells and photocatalysis
Balu, Murali; Kumaresan, Duraisamy; Prasad, R. Krishna; Kalidindi, Subhash
Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(I)-complex-modified polyoxometalate
Li, Shuang; Wang, Bingqian; Liu, Guocheng; Li, Xiaohui; Sun, Chang; Zhang, Zhong; Wang, Xiuli
Constructing donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks with bex topology for efficient photocatalytic reduction of uranium
Wang, Li; Zhang, Lingli; Luo, Feng
A Z-scheme heterojunction ZnCdS/P₂W₁₂Fe₉AO nanocomposite based on an adsorption-photoreduction synergistic strategy for uranium reduction
Liu, Yu; Cui, Donghui; Yang, Xue; Li, Fengyan
Dual electron transfer path and LSPR photothermal enhancement in BiOCl@ZnIn₂S₄ heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic H₂ evolution, H₂O₂ production and tetracycline removal
Wu, Fan; Wu, Guangyu; Tang, Yonggong; Pan, Yuwei; Han, Jiangang; Zhang, Jin; Xing, Weinan; Huang, Yudong
3D printed C₃N₄-based structures for photo-, electro-chemical and piezoelectric applications
Massaro, Alessio; Nguyen, Kiem Giap; Vogelsang Suarez, David; Glukharev, Artem; Ingrosso, Chiara; Striccoli, Marinella; Kirlioglu, Ahmet Can; Kellici, Suela; Middelkoop, Vesna
Hydrogen bond locks promoted exciton dissociation and carrier separation in copolymers for enhancing uranyl photoreduction
Liu, Yiping; Xu, Mei; Lin, Mengxiong; Zhao, Maomao; Wu, Guihong; Song, Fangru; Liu, Yan; Zhang, Chengrong; Yu, Fengtao; Qiu, Jianding
Supported Lewis acid catalysts for the selective depolymerization of polysiloxanes
Song, Heyuan; Zhang, Kunyao; Tian, Zhaoxiong; Zhao, Fanyu; Lei, Shuangtai
Anion exchange in bismuth oxyhalides for electronic property control and isolation of BiON₃
Padilla Ii, Alexander E.; Jaffe, Adam
Modulating the electronic structure of a hydrogen-bonded organic framework to enhance uranium removal via the hydrogen evolution reaction
Zhang, Qingsong; Miao, Yuyang; Xiao, Yang; Hu, Jianwei; Gong, Haiyi; Zeng, Qingyi
Air promotes efficient and selective CO₂ photoreduction with a molecule/semiconductor hybrid photocatalyst: the significant role of simultaneous photodegradation of organic pollutants
Hong, Xinyue; Zhu, Yuru; Chao, Duobin
A series of four-substituted polyoxometalate-thiacalix[4]arene-based materials for the efficient photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)
Zhang, Jia-Yi; Song, Yuting; Yang, Jin; Pei, Wen-Yuan; Ma, Jian-Fang
Vanadium thiocarboxylate metal-organic frameworks as efficient photocatalysts for photooxidative desulfurization
Salcedo-Abraira, Pablo; Perez, Yolanda; Garcia-Abad, Clara; Guillou, Nathalie; Horcajada, Patricia; Devic, Thomas
Water-stable perovskite nanotube array with enhanced transport of charge carriers induced by functionalized polyoxometalate for the highly efficient photoreduction of uranium(VI)
Yang, Yanli; Guo, Keke; Bai, Xue; Zhu, Maochun; Wang, Siyue; Liu, Shuxia
