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Oxygen-deficient metal oxides: Synthesis routes and applications in energy and environment

Show Author's Information Di Zu1,2,3,  Haiyang Wang2,  Sen Lin2,  Gang Ou2,  Hehe Wei2,  Shuqing Sun1,3( ),  Hui Wu2( )
Institute of Optical Imaging and SensingShenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical TechnologiesGraduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua UniversityShenzhen518055China
State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
Department of PhysicsTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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Oxygen vacancies implantation is an efficient way to adjust the physical and chemical properties of metal oxide nanomaterials to meet the requirements for particular applications. Through reasonable defects design, oxygen-deficient metal oxides with excellent optical and electrical properties are widely applied for environmental protection and energy uses. This review discusses recent advances in synthetic approaches of oxygen-deficient metal oxides and their applications in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and energy storage devices. The perspectives of oxygen-deficient metal oxides for increased energy demand and environmental sustainability are also examined.


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Oxygen-deficient metal oxides: Synthesis routes and applications in energy and environment

Show Author's information Di Zu1,2,3, Haiyang Wang2, Sen Lin2, Gang Ou2, Hehe Wei2, Shuqing Sun1,3( ), Hui Wu2( )
Institute of Optical Imaging and SensingShenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical TechnologiesGraduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua UniversityShenzhen518055China
State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
Department of PhysicsTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China

Abstract

Oxygen vacancies implantation is an efficient way to adjust the physical and chemical properties of metal oxide nanomaterials to meet the requirements for particular applications. Through reasonable defects design, oxygen-deficient metal oxides with excellent optical and electrical properties are widely applied for environmental protection and energy uses. This review discusses recent advances in synthetic approaches of oxygen-deficient metal oxides and their applications in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and energy storage devices. The perspectives of oxygen-deficient metal oxides for increased energy demand and environmental sustainability are also examined.

Keywords: oxygen vacancies, metal oxides, synthesis routes, energy and environment

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Received: 23 December 2018
Revised: 05 March 2019
Accepted: 11 March 2019
Published: 02 April 2019
Issue date: September 2019

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Basic Research of China (No. 2015CB932500), and National Natural Science Foundations of China (Nos. 51788104, 51661135025 and 51522207). S. S. thanks financial support from Innovation Foundation for Science and Technology of Shenzhen (Nos. JCYJ20170307153548350 and JCYJ20170817172150505).

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