Porphyrin-Based Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Applications.
Well-defined organic nanostructures with controllable size and morphology are increasingly exploited in optoelectronic devices. As promising building blocks, porphyrins have demonstrated great potentials in visible-light photocatalytic applications, because of their electrical, optical and catalytic properties. From this perspective, we have summarized the recent significant advances on the design and photocatalytic applications of porphyrin-based nanostructures. The rational strategies, such as texture or crystal modification and interfacial heterostructuring, are described. The applications of the porphyrin-based nanostructures in photocatalytic pollutant degradation and hydrogen evolution are presented. Finally, the ongoing challenges and opportunities for the future development of porphyrin nanostructures in high-quality nanodevices are also proposed.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. janechenyingzhi@163.com.
Yingzhi
Y
Chen
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. aoxiang_li1991@163.com.
Aoxiang
A
Li
Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. zhhuang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Zheng-Hong
ZH
Huang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. luning.wang@ustb.edu.cn.
Lu-Ning
LN
Wang
Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. fykang@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Feiyu
F
Kang
nano-heterojunction; nanocrystal; photocatalysis; porphyrin; self-assembly; solar energy conversion efficiency