Hydrogen peroxide modified and bismuth vanadate decorated titanium dioxide nanocomposite (BiVO₄@HMT) for enhanced visible light photocatalytic growth inhibition of harmful cyanobacteria in water

Abstract

Plausible mechanisms for photocatalytic inactivation of locally isolated cyanobacterial cells using 15%BiVO4@HMT under visible light irradiation.

Plasmonic enhanced photocatalytic activity of Ag/TiO2 tube-in-tube fibers

“…Photocatalysis, which utilizes the inexhaustible solar energy to drive chemical and energy processes, serves as a fascinating way to resolve the daily increasing environmental and energy crisis. [1][2][3][4][5] Ever since the rst report on photocatalytic water splitting pioneered by Fujishima and Honda, 6,7 this technique has aroused wide interests and received considerable research globally. [8][9][10][11][12] The operating mechanism for photocatalytic events is rather complex, but is generally accepted to initiate with the "charge-separation" step, during which the photo-responsive material absorbs photons and produces the electron-hole pair.…”