New type of visible-light responsive photocatalyst is efficient, stable and very economical

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Johannesburg have developed a new type of photocatalyst that harnesses the visible portion of the sunlight spectrum. Currently, economical and environmentally-friendly photocatalysts only ‘use’ the UV spectrum of sunlight, example the commonly-used titanium dioxide and other close equivalents. The research is published in Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices (“An insight into a novel calixarene-sensitized Calix@Nb2CTx/g-C3N4 MXene-based photocatalytic heterostructure: Fabrication, physicochemical,…