Nanostructure sensitization of transition metal oxides for visible-light photocatalysis

• Hongjun Chen and
• Lianzhou Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 696–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.82

• dots; transition metal oxides; visible-light photocatalysis; Introduction In response to the decreasing supply of fossil fuels and the environmental problems caused by their exploitation, the search for a renewable and sustainable energy supply has been intensified in the past decades. Solar energy is

Mesoporous cerium oxide nanospheres for the visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of dyes

• Subas K. Muduli,
• Songling Wang,
• Shi Chen,
• Chin Fan Ng,
• Cheng Hon Alfred Huan,
• Tze Chien Sum and
• Han Sen Soo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 517–523, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.60

• , Singapore 138632 Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), 1 CleanTech Loop, Singapore 637141 Singapore-Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy (SinBeRISE), 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602 10.3762/bjnano.5.60 Abstract A facile, solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous cerium oxide nanospheres is

• reported for the purpose of the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes and future applications in sustainable energy research. The earth-abundant, relatively affordable, mixed valence cerium oxide sample, which consists of predominantly Ce7O12, has been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray

• semiconductors have been explored for the visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of pollutants and microbes, such as bismuth oxides [5][6] and cerium oxides [12][13]. CeO2 specifically has been applied in a number of sustainable energy applications lately, including oxidative catalysis, hydrogen storage

The role of oxygen and water on molybdenum nanoclusters for electro catalytic ammonia production

• Jakob G. Howalt and
• Tejs Vegge

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 111–120, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.11

• for Scientific Computing, the Catalysis for Sustainable Energy (CASE) initiative, the Center of Atomic-Scale Materials Design (CAMD) and the National Danish Advanced Technology Foundation. CASE is funded by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and CAMD is funded by the Lundbeck