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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Cathode Materials for Photocatalytic Fuel Cells: Design Strategies, Reaction Mechanisms, and Wastewater Treatment Applications.

Xingshun Zhu, Fei Li, Qiyuan Chen, Yizhen Zhang

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In one paragraph

Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xingshun ZhuCollege of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
Fei LiCollege of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
Qiyuan ChenHohhot Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Center, Hohhot 010000, China.
Yizhen ZhangCollege of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0755-2767

Funding

Shandong University of Science and Technology Postgraduate Course Ideological and Political Education Demonstration Course Yjyjxzy2024006the Outstanding Young Talents Project of Shandong University of Science and Technology No. SKR21-3-A-011Young Talent of Lifting Engineering for Science and Technology in Shandong SDAST2026 QTB051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photocatalytic fuel cells (PFCs) integrate photocatalysis with fuel cell technology to enable simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy recovery. This review examines recent advances in PFC cathode materials, focusing on design strategies, reduction mechanisms, and applications. The cathode governs electron transfer and interfacial reactions, including oxygen reduction (4e

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cathode materialselectricity generationoxygen reduction reactionpollutant degradation

Identifiers

PMID42646404
PMCPMC13515834

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