TABLE 2.
Quick view on reports of PFC employing anode materials other than TiO2.
| Anode | Cathode | Electrolyte | Lamp | Organic pollutant/compound | Voc (V) | Jsc (mAcm−2) | FF | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiOCl/Ti | Pt | Na2SO4 | UV | RhB | 0.0116 | 0.655 | 0.39 | Li et al. (2013b) |
| Visible | Methylene Blue | 0.0063 | 0.585 | 0.19 | ||||
| Sunlight | Rh B | 0.0055 | 0.648 | 0.21 | ||||
| Artificial Sunlight | Basic Orange | 0.0262 | 0.646 | 0.23 | ||||
| Ag-BiOI microsphere | Pt | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | BPA | 0.67 | 0.0258 | 0.32 | Shu et al. (2014) |
| WO3/W nanopore structure | Pt/PVC | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | Methylene Blue | 0.38 | 0.350 | - | Chen et al. (2014) |
| WO3 nanosheets | Pt/FTO | Na2SO4 | Xenon Lamp | Methanol | 0.52 | 0.06 | - | Hu et al. (2015) |
| Nb2O5 hierarchical nanoflowers | 0.96 | 0.02 | ||||||
| BiVO4 | Pt/C | Sodium Borate | Xe Lamp | Glucose | 0.76 | 2.28 | - | Zhang et al. (2015b) |
| W- BiVO4 | AM 1.5G | Glycerol | 0.93 | 1.65 | ||||
| BiVO4/WO3 | Pt/BJS | KH2PO4 | Solar Simulator | Phenol | 0.81 | 0.43 | - | Xia et al. (2016a) |
| ZnO/Zn rod like structure | Pt/C | Na2SO4 | UV Light | Reactive Green 19 | 1.128 | 2.64 | 0.43 | Lee et al. (2016b) |
| ZnO/Zn rod like structure | Pt/C | - | UV light | Reactive Green 19 | - | 0.0427 | - | Lee et al. (2017) |
| WO3/FTO | Pt/CC | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride | 0.45 | 0.372 | 0.21 | Xie and Ouyang, (2017) |
| BiOCl {010} nanosheets | Pt | Na2SO4 | Xe lamp | RhB | 0.689 | 0.0058 | 0.11 | Zhang et al. (2017b) |
| ZnO/Zn rod like structure | CuO/Cu | Na2SO4 | UV lamp | Methyl Green | 0.919 | 0.1033 | - | Kee et al. (2018) |
| ZnO | Pt | - | Sunlight | RB5 | 1 | 0.0069 | 0.34 | Khalik et al. (2018) |
| ZnO | Pt | - | UV lamp | Reactive Green 19 | - | 0.0041 | - | Lee et al. (2018b) |
| ZnO/Zn | Pt | - | Sunlight | Reactive Green 19 | 0.704 | 0.0126 | 0.29 | Lee et al. (2018a) |
| UV lamp | Reactive Green 19 | 0.814 | 0.0101 | 0.26 | ||||
| BiVO4 network morphology | CuO/Cu2O | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | Phenol | - | 0.30 | - | Li et al. (2018b) |
| Fe-GO-TiP | ZnIn2S4 | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | RhB | 0.4 | - | - | Nahyoon et al. (2018) |
| BiVO4{040} | Pt | Na2SO4+Fe-EDTA | Xe lamp | Nicotinic Acid | 1.13 | 1.37 | - | Xia et al. (2018) |
| BiVO4/WO3 | Pt | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Glucose | - | 0.091 | - | Xie et al. (2018) |
| Au-C3N4 nanosheet | Hemin-Graphene- | - | Visible Light | H2O2 | 0.45 | - | - | Yan et al. (2018b) |
| TiO2/WO3/W nanorods, nanothorns | Pt-BJS | K2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Atrazine | 0.657 | 0.22 | 0.19 | Zeng et al. (2018a) |
| WO3 nanoplates/BiVO4 -Si PVC | Pt | Na2SO4 | Solar Simulator | Tetracycline Hydrochloride | 1.35 | 0.29 | - | Zeng et al. (2018b) |
| WO3/Si-PVC | Pd-Cu | Synthetic Wastewater | Solar Simulator | - | 3.44 | 0.74 | 0.30 | Zhang et al. (2018b) |
| BiOCl (001) Ultrathin Nanosheet | Pt | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | Rh B | 0.453 | 0.00391 | 0.30 | Zhang et al. (2018a) |
| Fe2O3/BiVO4-PVC | Pt | Na2SO4/Fe2+/Tetra polyphosphate | Solar Simulator | Congo Red | 2.75 | 1.66 | - | Li et al. (2019a) |
| WO3/W | Pt | Na2SO4 | Visible light | Methanol | 0.180 | 0.0186 | 0.25 | Pan et al. (2019) |
| Ag/Cr-BiOCl | Pt | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | Methyl Orange | 0.563 | 0.0008 | 0.43 | Zhang et al. (2019d) |
| Fe/GTiP | ZnIn2S4 | - | Visible Light | Berberine Chloride | 0.65 | - | - | Nahyoon et al. (2019b) |
| ZnO/Zn | FeVO4 | NaCl | UV lamp | - | 1.52 | 0.95 | - | Xu et al. (2019b) |
| WO3/W | Fe@Fe2O3 | Na2SO4 | Visible Light | Methyl Blue | 1.26 | 0.59 | - | Xu et al. (2019a) |
| ZnO/Zn | FeVO4 | NaCl | UV lamp | Coal gasification water | - | 0.0162 | - | Xu et al. (2019c) |
| Ag/ZnO/NiF | CoFe2O4 | Na2SO4 + PMS | Visible Light | Berberine | 0.625 | 0.165 | - | Zhang et al. (2019e) |
| rGO/BiO1−xI | BNC | Na2SO4+ FeSO4 | Visible Light (Xe) | Formic acid, 4-NP, BPA, salicylic acid solutions | 0.133 | Hu et al. (2020) |