An Enthusiastic Glance in to the Visible Responsive Photocatalysts for Energy Production and Pollutant Removal, with Special Emphasis on Titania

Table 1

Some visible light responsive photocatalysts.

Catalyst	Photocatalytic reaction	Reference
Zn1−x CuxS solid solution	The H2 evolution reaction from an aqueous solution of Na2SO3 were performed and got a quantum yield of 3.7% at 420 nm.	[200]
zinc ferrite doped TiO2 (ZFDT)	ZFDT powders effectively photodegraded methyl orange under visible light irradiation and achieved maximum photoactivity when the amount of zinc ferrite was 1.5%.	[196]
zeolite-based composite	Showed high efficiency when compared to TiO2 photocatalyst for photoreduction of water to hydrogen in the visible light range with the combination of Co^2+, TiO2 and heteropoly acid.	[222]
N-doped TiO2	The colloidal TiO2 nanoparticles treated with triethylamine by a batch system was found to show particularly efficient photocatalytic activity under visible illumination.	[223]
m-BiVO4 quantum tubes	Photodegradation of RhB reached 98.7% after 15 min irradiation	[224]
N-TiO2	The photocatalytic degradation of trichloroethylene was well-reproduced several times.	[225]
CoTa2O6	H2 is produced from aqueous CH3OH solution using Pt-loaded powder samples and O2 from aqueous AgNO3 solution under visible light irradiation.	[226]
InVO4 and NiO/InVO4	The 1% NiO/InVO4 catalyst which was reduced at 500°C and oxidized at ambient condition for 48 h gave the highest activity with a rate of 896 μmol h^−1 g^−1.	[199]
BiVO4	Showed good O2 evolution activity over BiVO4 nano-leaves by photocatalytic water splitting under visible light irradiation	[227]