TY - JOUR

T1 - Iron-based photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic nano-structures

T2 - Facts, perspectives, and expectations

AU - AlSalka, Yamen

AU - Granone, Luis Ignacio

AU - Ramadan, Wegdan

AU - Hakki, Amer

AU - Dillert, Ralf

AU - Bahnemann, Detlef

N1 - Funding information: Yamen AlSalka would like to acknowledge the support from the program 57169181 granted by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the Federal Foreign Office. Wegdan Ramadan is thankful to the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for the financial support. Financial support by the Korean Government (MSIP) through the NRF under the Global Research Laboratory program (2014K1A1A2041044), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the program SPP 1613 (BA 1137/22-1), and the Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (NTH-research group “ElektroBak”) is gratefully acknowledged. Yamen AlSalka would like to acknowledge the support from the program 57169181 granted by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the Federal Foreign Office. Wegdan Ramadan is thankful to the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for the financial support. Financial support by the Korean Government (MSIP) through the NRF under the Global Research Laboratory program ( 2014K1A1A2041044 ), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the program SPP 1613 (BA 1137/22-1), and the Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (NTH-research group “ElektroBak”) is gratefully acknowledged.

PY - 2019/5/5

Y1 - 2019/5/5

N2 - The increasing demand for clean renewable energy needed for sustainable industrial progress and population growth is the driving force for the scientific community to achieve a continuous development in the field of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry. Nanostructures and nanomaterials have contributed significantly to the field of renewable energy due to their new physicochemical properties. Iron-based nanostructures have considerable advantages like small band gaps, allowing to harvest photons in the visible region of the solar spectrum, abundance, and important physical properties like magnetism and ferroelectricity. But they also have many shortcomings and drawbacks related to stability in the different photocatalytic media, low surface area, conductivity, and fast charge carrier recombination. In this review, the focus is placed on important members of the iron-based photocatalyst family such as, hematite, iron oxy-hydroxide, iron-based perovskites, and spinel ferrites. Also, iron doped titanium dioxide as visible light photocatalysts is covered. Various strategies employed for enhancing the photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic performance are discussed. Doping, oxygen vacancies, induced defects and formation of solid solutions seem to be a working strategy to address some of the challenges in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. Finally, photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic applications employing iron-based semiconductors are presented.

AB - The increasing demand for clean renewable energy needed for sustainable industrial progress and population growth is the driving force for the scientific community to achieve a continuous development in the field of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry. Nanostructures and nanomaterials have contributed significantly to the field of renewable energy due to their new physicochemical properties. Iron-based nanostructures have considerable advantages like small band gaps, allowing to harvest photons in the visible region of the solar spectrum, abundance, and important physical properties like magnetism and ferroelectricity. But they also have many shortcomings and drawbacks related to stability in the different photocatalytic media, low surface area, conductivity, and fast charge carrier recombination. In this review, the focus is placed on important members of the iron-based photocatalyst family such as, hematite, iron oxy-hydroxide, iron-based perovskites, and spinel ferrites. Also, iron doped titanium dioxide as visible light photocatalysts is covered. Various strategies employed for enhancing the photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic performance are discussed. Doping, oxygen vacancies, induced defects and formation of solid solutions seem to be a working strategy to address some of the challenges in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. Finally, photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic applications employing iron-based semiconductors are presented.

KW - Ferrites

KW - Iron-based

KW - Nanostructures

KW - Perovskites

KW - Photocatalysis

KW - Photoelectrocatalysis

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059315548&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.014

DO - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.014

M3 - Article

VL - 244

SP - 1065

EP - 1095

JO - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

JF - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

SN - 0926-3373

ER -