Inorganic hollow spheres have shown their superiority in photocatalytic area due to the large specific surface area, controllable structure and their own special optical, electrical, magnetic properties. According to the classification of inorganic hollow spheres as photocatalysts, recent research progress and application status have been summarized in this paper. At last, the future developments of inorganic hollow spheres in photocatalytic field have been discussed.
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