Two-dimensional layered ferroelectric materials, such as CuInP2S6 (CIPS), are promising candidates for novel and high-performance photocatalysts, owing to their ultrathin layer thickness, strong interlayer coupling, intrinsic spontaneous polarization, while how control the photocatalytic activity in CIPS remains unexplored. In this work, we report first time, of chemical deposition silver nanos...

Loading of cocatalysts through photodeposition has been considered as one the most promising methods to improve photocatalytic activities semiconductors, because advantages intimate contact, easy preparation, and site-directed loading. While extensive efforts have made characterize after synthesis, growth kinetics during is largely a black box, thus leading relatively empirical optimizations on...

Plate- and octahedron-like Pt/Bi5Nb3O15 heterostructures are controllably prepared by a hydrothermal treatment method combined with photodeposition in the presence of different surfactants, i.e., cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The composition, structure, morphology, optical absorption properties, and textural properties of as-prepared Pt/Bi5Nb3O15 are well...

The control and localization of small volumes of aqueous solutions inside miniature reactors is a topic of growing significance. A simple control method relies on patterning regions of different wetability that define and guide the liquid spread within these systems. In this paper photolithographic photodeposition is demonstrated as a technique for texturing patterned surfaces.. Hydrophobic sur...

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) makes it possible to obtain insight into the structure, composition and reactivity of photocatalysts, which are of fundamental interest for sustainable energy research. Such insight can be used for further material optimization. Here, we combine conventional TEM analysis of photocatalysts with environmental TEM (ETEM) and photoactivation using light. Two n...