Abstract
Effective technologies and materials are needed for environmental detoxification and clean energy production. The actual photocatalytic technology is largely dependent on metal oxide-based semiconductors, which have issues such as cost, limited spectral response and recombination problems. Alternatively, non-metal photocatalysts have recently emerged. This article reviews non-metal oxide photocatalytic materials such as carbon nitride, metal nitrides, phosphides, chalcogenides, perovskites and carbides for environmental clean-up and energy production.
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Kumar, A., Thakur, P.R., Sharma, G. et al. Carbon nitride, metal nitrides, phosphides, chalcogenides, perovskites and carbides nanophotocatalysts for environmental applications. Environ Chem Lett 17, 655–682 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-018-0814-8
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