Visible Light-Driven Nano-Photocatalysts for Environmental and Energy Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photocatalysis; pollutant degradation; nanostructures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photocatalysis theory and technology have been developed for more than fifty years. However, due to issues such as a narrow range of available light wavelengths, low quantum utilization efficiency, and inconsistent performance evaluation criteria, this technology has not been able to achieve large-scale industrial production and practical application so far. Limited by the bandgap width of semiconductors, most photocatalysts can only utilize ultraviolet light with a relatively short wavelength, which accounts for only about 5% of the solar radiation, while visible light, which accounts for about 50% of sunlight, cannot be effectively utilized. Developing visible light-responsive photocatalysts is of great significance for enhancing the activity of photocatalysts and their practical applications. In addition, the nanosizing of photocatalytic materials can lead to an improvement in their photocatalytic activity in nature. Therefore, the preparation of nano-photocatalysts holds great practical significance for the large-scale application of photocatalysis technology.
This Special Issue of the journal Nanomaterials aims to showcase the latest research status of visible light-responsive nano-photocatalysis applied in the fields of environment and energy. Since the 1970s, this field has been booming. The pioneering work includes the preparation of visible light-responsive nano-photocatalysts and their applications in the environmental and energy fields, which have continuously developed and undergone innovation over the past two decades. In this Special Issue, we have invited top teams in this field to contribute articles with the aim of presenting a comprehensive and balanced view of the current latest research progress in this discipline.
Dr. Liang Hao
Dr. Sujun Guan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- visible light
- nano-photocatalyst
- environmental
- energy
- band engineering
- quantum utilization efficiency
- semiconductor
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