Cellulose tailored semiconductors for advanced photocatalysis

Jianhao Qiu, Ming Li, Meili Ding and Jianfeng Yao

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: In recent years, organic-inorganic composites have aroused considerable attention due to their tunable properties, where cellulose tailored semiconductors for artificial photocatalysis are typical examples. In virtue of the unique fibrous structure and abundant surface functional groups, cellulose employed in the design of photocatalysts could endow good hydrophilicity, dispersity, stability, high porosity, conductivity, large surface area and even unexpected morphologies. In this review, the modification strategies of cellulose to semiconductors (function as assistants and sacrifice as bio-templates), diverse monoliths (films, gels and textiles) and their photocatalytic applications (contaminants treatment and H2 production) are summarized in detail. In addition, the challenges and outlook of semiconductor/cellulose photocatalysts are also discussed.

Keywords: Cellulose; Semiconductor; Bio-template; Monolith; Photocatalysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121010881
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:154:y:2022:i:c:s1364032121010881

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 600126/bibliographic

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111820

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski

More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().