TY - JOUR
T1 - Enabling PIEZOpotential in PIEZOelectric Semiconductors for Enhanced Catalytic Activities
AU - Wang, Mengye
AU - Wang, Biao
AU - Huang, Feng
AU - Lin, Zhiqun
N1 - Funding Information:
M.W. gratefully acknowledges the support from Sun Yat-Sen University. Z.L. gratefully acknowledges the support from the National Science Foundation (CMMI 1562075 and DMR 1709420). F.H. acknowledges the financial support from Major Research plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91833301, 61427901, and U1505252), the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (No. 201607020036).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2019/6/3
Y1 - 2019/6/3
N2 - The past several decades have witnessed significant advances in the synthesis and applications of PIEZOelectric semiconductors, an important class of materials, including piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric semiconductors. The intriguing combination of physical and chemical phenomena in PIEZOelectric semiconductors has triggered much interest in PIEZOcatalysis, that is, catalysis enabled by PIEZOpotential (i.e., piezopotential, pyropotential, and ferropotential)-induced built-in electric fields, which is the focus of this Minireview. First, the PIEZOelectric materials are briefly introduced. Second, recent developments in PIEZOcatalysis are highlighted, including the introduction of representative PIEZOelectric semiconductors, their possible catalytic mechanisms, novel techniques to produce their PIEZOelectric effects during the catalytic process, and several examples of PIEZOcatalysis. Finally, the challenges in the field and exciting opportunities to further improve the PIEZOcatalytic efficiency are discussed.
AB - The past several decades have witnessed significant advances in the synthesis and applications of PIEZOelectric semiconductors, an important class of materials, including piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric semiconductors. The intriguing combination of physical and chemical phenomena in PIEZOelectric semiconductors has triggered much interest in PIEZOcatalysis, that is, catalysis enabled by PIEZOpotential (i.e., piezopotential, pyropotential, and ferropotential)-induced built-in electric fields, which is the focus of this Minireview. First, the PIEZOelectric materials are briefly introduced. Second, recent developments in PIEZOcatalysis are highlighted, including the introduction of representative PIEZOelectric semiconductors, their possible catalytic mechanisms, novel techniques to produce their PIEZOelectric effects during the catalytic process, and several examples of PIEZOcatalysis. Finally, the challenges in the field and exciting opportunities to further improve the PIEZOcatalytic efficiency are discussed.
KW - catalysis
KW - ferroelectrics
KW - piezoelectrics
KW - pyroelectrics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061981976&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201811709
DO - 10.1002/anie.201811709
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30556295
AN - SCOPUS:85061981976
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 58
SP - 7526
EP - 7536
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 23
ER -