Način, na katerega bi pod milimi pogoji koristno reciklirali CO2, ki je toplogredni plin in hkrati zelo stabilna molekula, pri tem pa proizvedli sintezni plin, bi bil z uporabo svetlobe in aktivnega katalizatorja. V diplomskem delu so v tej luči razloženi osnovni koncepti: od termodinamike preučevane reakcije in sestave katalizatorja na nano nivoju...
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been introduced to deal with different types of water pollution. They cause effective chemical destruction of pollutants, yet leading to a mixture of transformation by-products, rather than complete mineralization. Therefore, the aim of our study was to understand complex degradation processes induced by dif...
Published in Applied Physics Express
Flower-like ZnO/SnS2 heterojunction was constructed as photocatalyst. The heterojunction shows hierarchical architecture structure, in which SnS2 nanosheets are uniformly decorated by ZnO nanoclusters. Compared to SnS2, the ZnO/SnS2 heterojunction displays improved photocatalytic efficiency for degradation of organic dye MB and hydrogen evolution. ...
Published in Nanotechnology
On the urgency of metal-free catalysts, two-dimensional materials (2DMs) have caused extensive researches because of distinctive optical and electronic properties. In the last decade, microwave methods have emerged in rapid and effective preparations of 2DMs for catalysis. Microwave heating offers several advantages namely direct, fast, selective h...
In this paper, Ag-TiO2 photocatalysts with different Ag contents (1 mol%–5 mol%) were prepared and applied to cement mortar. The photocatalytic performance of Ag-TiO2 and photocatalytic cement mortar under UV light and simulated solar light was evaluated. The results showed that Ag loading on the surface of TiO2 could reduce its band gap width and ...
A novel visible light-driven AgBr/[email protected] catalyst was synthesized by a simple and rapid method. The composition and structure of the photocatalyst were characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-DRS, and XPS. It could be observed that the 2-methylimidazole zinc salt (ZIF-8) exhibited the rhombic dodecahedron morphology with the AgCl and AgBr particles evenl...
Photocatalytic water splitting is one of the promising approaches to solving environmental problems and energy crises. However, the sluggish 4e− transfer kinetics in water oxidation half-reaction restricts the 2e− reduction efficiency in photocatalytic water splitting. Herein, cobalt vanadate-decorated polymeric carbon nitride (named CoVO/PCN) was ...
A novel redox-active organic-inorganic hybrid material (denoted as H4TTFTB-TiO2) based on tetrathiafulvalene derivatives and titanium dioxide with a micro/mesoporous nanomaterial structure has been synthesized via a facile sol-gel method. In this study, tetrathiafulvalene-3,4,5,6-tetrakis(4-benzoic acid) (H4TTFTB) is an ideal electron-rich organic ...
Published in ACS Catalysis
Photocatalytic CO2 conversion to value-added chemicals is a promising solution to mitigate the current energy and environmental issues but is a challenging process. The main obstacles include the inertness of CO2 molecule, the sluggish multi-electron process, the unfavorable thermodynamics, and the selectivity control to preferable products. Furthe...
Recently, photocatalysis has been demonstrated as a solid approach for efficient wastewater cleaning. Using natural materials as photocatalysts means a promising solution to develop green catalysts for environmental purposes. This work aimed to study the suitability of a natural volcanic material (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) as a photocatalyt...
