2011 Volume 80 Issue 8 Pages 701-705
Nano-photocatalytic materials have shown great potential not only in environmental remediation but also in solar-chemical conversion by photocatalytic water splitting as well as CO2 reduction. However, there remains a great challenge in developing highly sensitive photocatalytic materials in the visible light region. Recently, we have reported that Ag3PO4, an inorganic material, exhibits a high quantum efficiency approaching that of a photosynthetic process for water oxidation. The possible origin of the superhigh photooxidative property and its potential will be introduced in this article.
