In Situ Characterization Techniques Applied in Photocatalysis: A Review

Unraveling Charge‐Separation Mechanisms in Photocatalyst Particles by Spatially Resolved Surface Photovoltage Techniques

(2022) Ruotian Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In-situ monitoring of dynamic behavior of catalyst materials and reaction intermediates in semiconductor catalytic processes

(2022) Zhen Fang et al.   Journal of Semiconductors

An electron-hole separation mechanism caused by the pseudo-gap formed at the interfacial Co-N bond between cobalt porphyrin metal organic framework and boron-doped g-C3N4 for boosting photocatalytic H2 production

(2022) Zengxin Pu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis

(2021) Yao Yang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Visualizing light-induced dynamic structural transformations of Au clusters-based photocatalyst via in situ TEM

(2021) Bo Weng et al.   Nano Research

Precise location and regulation of active sites for highly efficient photocatalytic synthesis of ammonia by facet-dependent BiVO4 single crystals

(2021) Guanhua Zhang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Graphitic carbon nitride-based materials for photocatalytic antibacterial application

(2021) Xinyue Kong et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Instantly Detecting Catalysts’ Hot Spots Temperature In Situ during Photocatalysis by Operando Raman Spectroscopy

(2021) Qian-Yu Wang et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Unveiling the activity origin of ultrathin BiOCl nanosheets for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

(2021) Yajun Zhang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Layered Ti3C2 MXene and silver co-modified g-C3N4 with enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic activity

(2021) Kelei Huang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Molecular-Level Insights on Reactive Arrangement in On-Surface Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

(2021) Zhen-Feng Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Operando Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals the Dynamic Nature of Semiconductor–Electrolyte Interface in Multinary Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes

(2021) Anirudh Venugopal et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Recent advances on silver-based photocatalysis: Photocorrosion inhibition, visible-light responsivity enhancement, and charges separation acceleration

(2021) Kelei Huang et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Direct Observation of Dynamic Bond Evolution in Single-Atom Pt/C3 N4 Catalysts

(2020) Linwen Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In Situ Pt Photodeposition and Methanol Photooxidation on Pt/TiO2: Pt-Loading-Dependent Photocatalytic Reaction Pathways Studied by Liquid-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy

(2020) Greta M. Haselmann et al.   ACS Catalysis

Plasmon-Induced Interfacial Hot-Electron Transfer Directly Probed by Raman Spectroscopy

(2020) Hua Zhang et al.   Chem

Visible-Light Photocatalytic Ozonation Using Graphitic C3N4 Catalysts: A Hydroxyl Radical Manufacturer for Wastewater Treatment

(2020) Jiadong Xiao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications

(2020) Chao Gao et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Silver–Gold Bimetal-Loaded TiO2 Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

(2020) Patricia Reñones et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Boosting Photocatalytic Chlorophenols Remediation with Addition of Sulfite and Mechanism Investigation by In-situ DRIFTs

(2020) Kejian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Interfacial activation of reactants and intermediates on CaSO4 insulator-based heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic NO removal

(2020) Hong Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Recent progress for hydrogen production by photocatalytic natural or simulated seawater splitting

(2020) Jining Zhang et al.   Nano Research

Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigation of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution over Ultradispersed Pt/TiO2 Catalysts

(2020) L. Piccolo et al.   ACS Catalysis

In situ charge carrier dynamics of semiconductor nanostructures for advanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic applications

(2020) Ting-Hsuan Lai et al.   Nanophotonics

A novel Cl- modification approach to develop highly efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution over BiVO4 with AQE of 34.6%

(2020) Qiqi Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Real time imaging of photocatalytic active site formation during H2 evolution by in-situ TEM

(2020) Shuohan Yu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Direct observation of dynamic interfacial bonding and charge transfer in metal-free photocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution

(2020) Linwen Zhang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Synthesis of noble metal-based intermetallic electrocatalysts by space-confined pyrolysis: Recent progress and future perspective

(2020) Lei Zhao et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

In Situ Nanoscale Investigation of Catalytic Reactions in the Liquid Phase Using Zirconia-Protected Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Probes

(2019) Naresh Kumar et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Visualization of facet-dependent pseudo-photocatalytic behavior of TiO2 nanorods for water splitting using In situ liquid cell TEM

(2019) Zu-Wei Yin et al.   Nano Energy

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials and Devices

(2019) Zheng Fan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanisms underlying the photocatalytic degradation pathway of ciprofloxacin with heterogeneous TiO2

(2019) Xi Hu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Raman Techniques: Fundamentals and Frontiers

(2019) Robin R. Jones et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

In Situ Grown Monolayer N‐Doped Graphene on CdS Hollow Spheres with Seamless Contact for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction

(2019) Chuanbiao Bie et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Progress of In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials

(2019) Chao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Operando Oxygen Vacancies for Enhanced Activity and Stability toward Nitrogen Photofixation

(2019) Tingting Hou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Robust and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation of ReS2/CdS and mechanistic study by on-line mass spectrometry and in situ infrared spectroscopy

(2019) Liqun Ye et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Systems: Similarities and Differences

(2019) Hao Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structural design of hexagonal/monoclinic WO3 phase junction for photocatalytic degradation

(2019) Mingliang Kang et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Highly enhanced visible light photocatalysis and in situ FT-IR studies on Bi metal@defective BiOCl hierarchical microspheres

(2018) Hong Wang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Bismuth spheres assembled on graphene oxide: Directional charge transfer enhances plasmonic photocatalysis and in situ DRIFTS studies

(2018) Xinwei Li et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Species, engineering and characterizations of defects in TiO 2 -based photocatalyst

(2018) Beibei Dong et al.   CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

Cellulose Microfiber-Supported TiO2@Ag Nanocomposites: A Dual-Functional Platform for Photocatalysis and in Situ Reaction Monitoring

(2018) Guolin Zhang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Recent development on MoS 2 -based photocatalysis: A review

(2018) Zizhen Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Near infrared light induced plasmonic hot hole transfer at a nano-heterointerface

(2018) Zichao Lian et al.   Nature Communications

Self-hydrogenated shell promoting photocatalytic H2 evolution on anatase TiO2

(2018) Yue Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Charge separation via asymmetric illumination in photocatalytic Cu2O particles

(2018) Ruotian Chen et al.   Nature Energy

Imaging photogenerated charge carriers on surfaces and interfaces of photocatalysts with surface photovoltage microscopy

(2018) Ruotian Chen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Illuminating the nature and behavior of the active center: the key for photocatalytic H2 production in Co@NH2-MIL-125(Ti)

(2018) Ana Iglesias-Juez et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: principles, practice, and applications to nanospectroscopic imaging of 2D materials

(2018) Feng Shao et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

In-situ observation of plasmon-controlled photocatalytic dehydrogenation of individual palladium nanoparticles

(2018) Michal Vadai et al.   Nature Communications

Photothermal Catalysis over Nonplasmonic Pt/TiO2 Studied by Operando HERFD-XANES, Resonant XES, and DRIFTS

(2018) Ying Zhou et al.   ACS Catalysis

Ultrathin Bi4O5Br2 nanosheets for selective photocatalytic CO2 conversion into CO

(2018) Yang Bai et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Hierarchical Bi2MoO6 spheres in situ assembled by monolayer nanosheets toward photocatalytic selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol

(2018) Kaiqiang Jing et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Unravelling charge separation via surface built-in electric fields within single particulate photocatalysts

(2017) Ruotian Chen et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Directly Probing Charge Separation at Interface of TiO2 Phase Junction

(2017) Yuying Gao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Direct Observation of Plasmon-Induced Interfacial Charge Separation in Metal/Semiconductor Hybrid Nanostructures by Measuring Surface Potentials

(2017) Seung-Hoon Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Visualizing the Nano Cocatalyst Aligned Electric Fields on Single Photocatalyst Particles

(2017) Jian Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Fast Electron Transfer and •OH Formation: Key Features for High Activity in Visible-Light-Driven Ozonation with C3N4 Catalysts

(2017) Jiadong Xiao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Quantitative Approaches toward Photocatalyst by Design

(2017) Kazuhiro Takanabe   ACS Catalysis

Unravelling charge separation via surface built-in electric fields within single particulate photocatalysts

(2017) Ruotian Chen et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Quantitative analysis of the PtO structure during photocatalytic water splitting by operando XAFS

(2017) Yu Hang Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The charge transfer mechanism of Bi modified TiO 2 nanotube arrays: TiO 2 serving as a “charge-transfer-bridge”

(2017) Zhengbo Jiao et al.   Nano Energy

Functional Scanning Probe Imaging of Nanostructured Solar Energy Materials

(2016) Rajiv Giridharagopal et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Facile synthesis of surface N-doped Bi2O2CO3: Origin of visible light photocatalytic activity and in situ DRIFTS studies

(2016) Ying Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Recent developments on titania nanoparticle as photocatalytic cancer cells treatment

(2016) Nurhidayatullaili Muhd Jukapli et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Chemical Bond Activation Observed with an X-ray Laser

(2016) Martin Beye et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis

(2016) Thomas Hartman et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Direct Observation of Charge Separation on Anatase TiO2 Crystals with Selectively Etched {001} Facets

(2016) Xiaogang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Hybrid Exciton Formation in 2D/0D Heterostructures

(2016) Abdelaziz Boulesbaa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In situ surface alkalinized g-C3N4 toward enhancement of photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible-light irradiation

(2016) Yunxiang Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

In-situ FTIR spectroscopic studies of electrocatalytic reactions and processes

(2016) Jin-Yu Ye et al.   Nano Energy

Pitfalls and benefits of in situ and operando diffuse reflectance FT-IR spectroscopy (DRIFTS) applied to catalytic reactions

(2016) F. C. Meunier   Reaction Chemistry & Engineering

Porous Au–Ag Alloy Particles Inlaid AgCl Membranes As Versatile Plasmonic Catalytic Interfaces with Simultaneous, in Situ SERS Monitoring

(2015) Qi Cao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

(2015) Emily L. Keller et al.   ANALYST

In-situ DRIFTS measurements for the mechanistic study of NO oxidation over a commercial Cu-CHA catalyst

(2015) Maria Pia Ruggeri et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Scanning Probe Characterization of Heterostructured Colloidal Nanomaterials

(2015) Sanjini U. Nanayakkara et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Applications of Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Geological Sciences—A Review

(2015) Yanyan Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Synergetic photoelectrocatalytic reactors for environmental remediation: A review

(2015) Xiangchao Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Nanoscale mapping of catalytic activity using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

(2015) N. Kumar et al.   Nanoscale

Double-Wall TiO2 Nanotube Arrays: Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity and In Situ TEM Observations at High Temperature

(2014) Chaorui Xue et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In Situ ATR and DRIFTS Studies of the Nature of Adsorbed CO2 on Tetraethylenepentamine Films

(2014) Walter Christopher Wilfong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Advances in the environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM) for nanoscale in situ studies of gas–solid interactions

(2014) J. R. Jinschek   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Spatial Charge Separation in Asymmetric Structure of Au Nanoparticle on TiO2 Nanotube by Light-Induced Surface Potential Imaging

(2014) Hyunjun Yoo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Advances in Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Earth and Material Sciences

(2014) D. R. Neuville et al.   Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

Molecular-Level Insights into Photocatalysis from Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies on TiO2(110)

(2013) Michael A. Henderson et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Built-in Potential and Charge Distribution within Single Heterostructured Nanorods Measured by Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy

(2013) Sanjini U. Nanayakkara et al.   NANO LETTERS

Facile in situ synthesis of a Bi/BiOCl nanocomposite with high photocatalytic activity

(2013) Sunxian Weng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A Review of Surface Plasmon Resonance-Enhanced Photocatalysis

(2012) Wenbo Hou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

In situtransmission electron microscopy of light-induced photocatalytic reactions

(2012) F Cavalca et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Catalytic processes monitored at the nanoscale with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

(2012) Evelien M. van Schrojenstein Lantman et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synchrotron Techniques for In Situ Catalytic Studies: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities

(2012) Anatoly I. Frenkel et al.   ACS Catalysis

Elucidating the photocatalytic degradation pathway of acetaldehyde: An FTIR in situ study under atmospheric conditions

(2011) Birger Hauchecorne et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Identifying reaction intermediates and catalytic active sites through in situ characterization techniques

(2010) Andrew J. Foster et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Resonance Raman and surface- and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy methods to study solid catalysts and heterogeneous catalytic reactions

(2010) Hacksung Kim et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Combining in situ characterization methods in one set-up: looking with more eyes into the intricate chemistry of the synthesis and working of heterogeneous catalysts

(2010) Ursula Bentrup   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Studying Surface Chemistry beyond the Diffraction Limit: 10 Years of TERS

(2010) Katrin F. Domke et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

In Situ XRD Studies of ZnO/GaN Mixtures at High Pressure and High Temperature: Synthesis of Zn-Rich (Ga1−xZnx)(N1−xOx) Photocatalysts

(2010) Haiyan Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Charge Separation in Type II Tunneling Multilayered Structures of CdTe and CdSe Nanocrystals Directly Proven by Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy

(2010) Dieter Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aberration corrected and monochromated environmental transmission electron microscopy: challenges and prospects for materials science

(2010) T. W. Hansen et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In Situ TEM Observation of Heterogeneous Phase Transition of a Constrained Single-Crystalline Ag2Te Nanowire

(2010) Juneho In et al.   NANO LETTERS

Monitoring catalytic degradation of dye molecules on silver-coated ZnO nanowire arrays by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

(2009) Xinmei Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Subnanometric Near-Field Raman Investigation in the Vicinity of a Metallic Nanostructure

(2009) Taro Ichimura et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS