Affiliation:
1. Solar Cell Applications Research Lab Department of Physics Government College University Lahore Lahore Punjab 54000 Pakistan
2. Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini” University of Naples ‘Federico II' Piazzale Tecchio, 80 Naples 80125 Italy
3. Department of Chemistry Government College University Faisalabad Pakpattan Road, Sahiwal Punjab 57000 Pakistan
4. Department of Chemistry Comsat University Islamabad 45550 Pakistan
5. Nanomaterials Research Group Physics Division PINSTECH Islamabad 45610 Pakistan
6. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering University of Calgary Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada
7. Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Health Physics Program the University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA
Abstract
AbstractModern‐day society requires advanced technologies based on renewable and sustainable energy resources to face the challenges regarding environmental remediation. Solar‐inspired photocatalytic applications for water purification, hydrogen and oxygen evolution, carbon dioxide reduction, nitrogen fixation, and removal of bacterial species seem to be unique solutions based on green and efficient technologies. Considering the unique electronic features and larger surface area, 2D photocatalysts have been broadly explored for the above‐mentioned applications in the past few years. However, their photocatalytic potential has not been optimized yet to the adequate level of practical and commercial applications. Among many strategies available, surface and interface engineering and the hybridization of different materials have revealed pronounced potential to boost the photocatalytic potential of 2D materials. This feature review recapitulates recent advancements in engineered materials that are 2D for various photocatalysis applications for environmental remediation. Various surface and interface engineering technologies are briefly discussed, like anion–cation vacancies, pits, distortions, associated vacancies, etc., along with rules and parameters. In addition, several hybridization approaches, like 0D/2D, 1D/2D, 2D/2D, and 3D/2D hybridization, etc., are also deeply investigated. Lastly, the application of these engineered 2D materials for various photocatalytic applications, challenges, and future perspectives is extensively explored.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials
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