Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 402-434Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ee02265k
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- Fund for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations of the China University of Geosciences
- Chinese Scholarship Council
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-16-1-0187]
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The controlled synthesis of nanohybrids composed of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt and Pd, as well as AuAg alloy) and metal oxides (ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O and CeO2) have received considerable attention for applications in photocatalysis, solar cells, drug delivery, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and many other important areas. The overall architecture of nanocomposites is one of the most important factors dictating the physical properties of nanohybrids. Noble metals can be coupled to metal oxides to yield diversified nanostructures, including noble metal decorated-metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), nanoarrays, noblemetal/metal oxide core/shell, noble metal/metal oxide yolk/shell and Janus noble metal-metal oxide nanostructures. In this review, we focus on the significant advances in tailored nanostructures of noble metal-metal oxide nanohybrids. The improvement in performance in the representative solar energy conversion applications including photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, photocatalytic hydrogen generation, photocatalytic CO2 reduction, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are discussed. Finally, we conclude with a perspective on the future direction and prospects of these controllable nanohybrid materials.
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