TY - JOUR
T1 - Current progress on persistent fluorescence-assisted composite photocatalysts
AU - Li, Huihui
AU - Yin, Shu
AU - Wang, Yuhua
AU - Sato, Tsugio
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Long afterglow phosphors-assisted novel photocatalysts appear to be a series of promising functional materials, which have high utilization efficiency of solar light in practical application of environmental purifications. In this review paper, the recent progress on fluorescence-assisted composite type photocatalysts includes TiO2-based and Ag3PO 4-based fluorescence photocatalyst composites with full-time active photocatalytic properties is reviewed. This fundamental understanding shows that excellent visible light induced photocatalysts coupled with an appropriate amount of long afterglow phosphors could continuously degrade pollutants in air and solution not only under light irradiation, but also after turning off the lamp irradiation for several hours, indicating the possibility of a full-time-active highly efficient photocatalysts system. A promising strategy involving coupling of a highly efficient visible light responsive photocatalyst with an appropriate long afterglow phosphor might be established.
AB - Long afterglow phosphors-assisted novel photocatalysts appear to be a series of promising functional materials, which have high utilization efficiency of solar light in practical application of environmental purifications. In this review paper, the recent progress on fluorescence-assisted composite type photocatalysts includes TiO2-based and Ag3PO 4-based fluorescence photocatalyst composites with full-time active photocatalytic properties is reviewed. This fundamental understanding shows that excellent visible light induced photocatalysts coupled with an appropriate amount of long afterglow phosphors could continuously degrade pollutants in air and solution not only under light irradiation, but also after turning off the lamp irradiation for several hours, indicating the possibility of a full-time-active highly efficient photocatalysts system. A promising strategy involving coupling of a highly efficient visible light responsive photocatalyst with an appropriate long afterglow phosphor might be established.
KW - Composite photocatalyst
KW - Environmental purification
KW - Full-time active
KW - Persistent photocatalysis
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U2 - 10.1142/S1793604713300053
DO - 10.1142/S1793604713300053
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887633748
VL - 6
JO - Functional Materials Letters
JF - Functional Materials Letters
SN - 1793-6047
IS - 6
M1 - 1330005
ER -