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. 2022 Nov 25;10:1038221. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1038221

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)