Hybrid Semiconductor Photocatalyst Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications: Fundamentals, Designing, and Prospects

The degradation of fossil fuel and worse environmental conditions leads to the emergence hybrid semiconductor (SC) nanomaterials as photocatalysts. Hybrid SCs have interesting physical, mechanical, optical, chemical, electronic characteristics. Due these properties’ absorption light transfer charge takes place frequently hence act multifunctional surface. These materials should be attributed their optical electrical properties surfaces in energy production, generation, remediation, sensing, etc. When combine with noble, non-noble metal, metal oxide, some carbon-based materials, they explore wide applications various fields. Photocatalysis is an effective sustainable technology reduce or fix concerns corrosion problems. By going through extensive literature review, few topics are focused on designing working mechanisms materials. In this way, present review article explains properties, surface-interface engineering, design, (energy environmental) nanomaterials, emphasizing photocatalytic nature. Additionally, appealing directions, scientific challenges, reasons behind poor stability SC photocatalyst for discussed. Finally, concluding remarks current challenges future prospects domain highlighted.