Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis are effective ways to solve the energy crisis and environmental pollution. The importance of photocatalysis is to convert solar energy into chemical energy (or clean renewable energy) and to degrade pollutants, while the significance of electrocatalysis is to produce clean energy and to degrade pollutants with low power consumption. The desired photocatalysts should possess a long carrier lifetime, a wide light-harvesting region, a strong driving force to perform oxidation or reduction reaction, and the desired electrocatalysts could use very low power energy to complete oxidation or reduction reaction.
The aim of this Research Topic is to publish Original Research and Review articles related to the computational, theoretical and experimental designs of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts for energy conversion. The Research Topic includes, but are not limited to:
• Design of novel 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D photocatalysts and electrocatalysts of CO2, H2O, NH3, H2, N2, etc.
• Design of functional heterostructured photocatalysts and electrocatalysts for energy conversion, including 0D/1D, 0D/2D, 0D/3D, 1D/2D, 1D/3D, 2D/2D, 2D/3D, 3D/3D heterostructures, etc.
• New phenomena and physical properties in photocatalysts and electrocatalysts included by defects, dopants, and chemical functionalization.
• Tunable functional properties of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts.
Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis are effective ways to solve the energy crisis and environmental pollution. The importance of photocatalysis is to convert solar energy into chemical energy (or clean renewable energy) and to degrade pollutants, while the significance of electrocatalysis is to produce clean energy and to degrade pollutants with low power consumption. The desired photocatalysts should possess a long carrier lifetime, a wide light-harvesting region, a strong driving force to perform oxidation or reduction reaction, and the desired electrocatalysts could use very low power energy to complete oxidation or reduction reaction.
The aim of this Research Topic is to publish Original Research and Review articles related to the computational, theoretical and experimental designs of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts for energy conversion. The Research Topic includes, but are not limited to:
• Design of novel 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D photocatalysts and electrocatalysts of CO2, H2O, NH3, H2, N2, etc.
• Design of functional heterostructured photocatalysts and electrocatalysts for energy conversion, including 0D/1D, 0D/2D, 0D/3D, 1D/2D, 1D/3D, 2D/2D, 2D/3D, 3D/3D heterostructures, etc.
• New phenomena and physical properties in photocatalysts and electrocatalysts included by defects, dopants, and chemical functionalization.
• Tunable functional properties of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts.
