A Review: Recent Advances of Piezoelectric Photocatalysis in the Environmental Fields

Overview

Journal Nanomaterials (Basel)

Date 2024 Oct 25

PMID 39452976

Authors

Zhengjie Ye

Ru Zheng

Shuangjun Li

Qing Wang

Rui Zhang

Chenjing Yu

Jia Lei

Xiaoyan Liu

Dieqing Zhang

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Abstract

Piezoelectric photocatalysis can effectively suppress the recombination of electron holes during the course of photocatalysis, which has been widely applied in environmental and energy catalysis. Its advantage is that when the piezoelectric effect happens, a built-in electric field is formed inside the catalyst, which improves the separation efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers and obtains more excellent photocatalytic performance. The efficient conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy can be realized through the synergistic effect of the piezoelectric effect, and photocatalysis is greatly significant in solving the energy crisis and providing environmental protection. Therefore, we organized a more complete review to better understand the mechanism and system of piezoelectric photocatalysis. We briefly introduce the principle of the piezoelectric effect, the existing types of piezoelectric photocatalysts, the practical application scenarios, and the future challenges and feasible methods to improve catalytic efficiency. The purpose of this review is to help us broaden the idea of designing piezoelectric photocatalysts, clarify the future research direction, and put it into more fields of environmental protection and energy reuse.

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