Advances and Challenges in BiOX (X: Cl, Br, I)-Based Materials for Harvesting Sunlight

Photocatalysts can use sunlight to catalyze chemical reactions. These materials follow the global trend of performing chemical processes under the twelve principles of green chemistry and have emerged as a promising technology to demonstrate new ways of collecting sunlight for environmental applications and the removal of contaminants. Photocatalysts are being incorporated in green chemistry and used to improve chemical processes.