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Semiconductor-mediated photocatalysis represents an environmentally friendly technology that could be used for the degradation of different pollutants in the gas and aqueous phases, for hydrogen generation, and for CO2-to-valuable product transformation reactions. Therefore, it is extremely important to accurately design a photocatalyst with the relevant features. In recent years, ionic liquids have often been employed as reagents for the synthesis of these materials. To address the issue of semiconductor-based photocatalytic preparation in the presence of ionic liquids, eight main paths of interaction between ionic liquid with the formed semiconductor particles in the solvothermal process were identified and described based on literature examples. The most critical aspects discussed here are understanding how an ionic liquid may behave during the solvothermal synthesis of semiconductor material particles and how its behavior may ultimately affect the properties of that material, as well as what techniques are available that allow us to assess the nature of this interaction mechanism.

Authors

• Anna Pancielejko,
• Malwina Kroczewska-Gnatowska link open in new tab ,
• dr inż. Paweł Mazierski,
• dr hab. inż. Justyna Łuczak link open in new tab ,
• Prof. dr hab. inż. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska