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Published on: August 23, 2012
Advances in graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts for solar energy conversion: fundamentals and materials
Xiuqiang Xie1, Katja Kretschmer, Guoxiu Wang
1Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. xiexiuqiang@gmail.com Guoxiu.Wang@uts.edu.au.
Abstract:
Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysis has been regarded as a promising technology for solar energy storage and conversion. In this review, we summarized recent developments of graphene-based photocatalysts, including preparation of graphene-based photocatalysts, typical key advances in the understanding of graphene functions for photocatalytic activity enhancement and methodologies to regulate the electron transfer efficiency in graphene-based composite photocatalysts, by which we hope to offer enriched information to harvest the utmost fascinating properties of graphene as a platform to construct efficient graphene-based composite photocatalysts for solar-to-energy conversion.
