Photoelectrocatalytic Organic Pollutant Degradation and Water Splitting
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solar energy drives catalytic reactions; water splitting; environmental decomposition; interface regulation; construction of functional organic–inorganic materials; oxidation of small organic molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, environmental pollution and energy shortages have begun to seriously affect people's lives. Regarding the former, with the development of industry and the growth of the population, it has become increasingly necessary to treat industrial wastewater that contains toxic pollutants such as rhodamine B, methyl orange, phenol, and antibiotics. Regarding the latter, hydrogen, a clean and highly calorific energy resource compared to fossil fuels, is considered to represent a major energy alternative of the future. In response to the aforementioned challenges, current solutions include electrochemical oxidation, photocatalysis, and the photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) technique. Among these strategies, the PEC method has attracted significant attention due to its high efficiency, simplicity and ability to utilize solar energy. However, activities based on semiconductor photoelectrodes are still limited by a weak light harvesting efficiency, low charge separation efficiency, and slow surface reaction. Therefore, it is vital that we continue in our efforts to improve the efficiency of semiconductor photoelectrodes in pollutant degradation and hydrogen production.
For this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite you to contribute research articles focusing on photoelectrocatalytic organic pollutant degradation and water splitting. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Photoelectrocatalytic materials/methods for the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater;
Strategies for improving photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution;
Catalytic processes and mechanisms;
Interface charge transfer and in situ capture;
Photoelectrocatalytic activity.
In conclusion, photoelectrocatalytic organic pollutant degradation and water splitting offer significant development potential. We invite you to contribute research articles, communications, or reviews related to this topic for this Special Issue.
Dr. Xingming Ning
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- interface charge transfer
- organic pollutant degradation
- photoelectrocatalytic
- photogenerated charge carrier
- charge separation
- water splitting
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