A review of photocatalytic characterization, and environmental cleaning, of metal oxide nanostructured materials

M Ikram, M Rashid, A Haider, S Naz, J Haider… - Sustainable Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial waste is the primary source of highly toxic organic pollutants and heavy metal
contaminants. Treatment of such effluence is necessary to mitigate environmental pollution …

Electrochemical synthesis of photoelectrodes and catalysts for use in solar water splitting

D Kang, TW Kim, SR Kubota, AC Cardiel… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on introducing and explaining electrodepostion mechanisms and
electrodeposition-based synthesis strategies used for the production of catalysts and …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of surface charge on photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using chargeable titania nanoparticles

F Azeez, E Al-Hetlani, M Arafa, Y Abdelmonem… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Herein, a simple approach based on tailoring the surface charge of nanoparticles, NPs,
during the preparation to boost the electrostatic attraction between NPs and the organic …

Semiconductor composites: strategies for enhancing charge carrier separation to improve photocatalytic activity

R Marschall - Advanced Functional Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of semiconductor composites comprising multicomponent or multiphase
heterojunctions is a very effective strategy to design highly active photocatalyst systems …

A review on the visible light active titanium dioxide photocatalysts for environmental applications

M Pelaez, NT Nolan, SC Pillai, MK Seery… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Fujishima and Honda (1972) demonstrated the potential of titanium dioxide (TiO2)
semiconductor materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in a photo-electrochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Composite titanium dioxide nanomaterials

M Dahl, Y Liu, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (titania, TiO 2) has been fervently researched over the past few decades
due to its potential applications across many different areas. Thanks to its bulk properties …

Review on design and evaluation of environmental photocatalysts

X Li, J Xie, C Jiang, J Yu, P Zhang - Frontiers of Environmental Science & …, 2018 - Springer
Heterogeneous photocatalysis has long been considered to be one of the most promising
approaches to tackling the myriad environmental issues. However, there are still many …

A review of TiO2 nanoparticles

SM Gupta, M Tripathi - chinese science bulletin, 2011 - Springer
Climate change and the consumption of non-renewable resources are considered as the
greatest problems facing humankind. Because of this, photocatalysis research has been …

Heteroatom doped graphene in photocatalysis: a review

LK Putri, WJ Ong, WS Chang, SP Chai - Applied surface science, 2015 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has been a focus of great attention due to its useful environmental
applications such as eliminating hazardous pollutants and generating sustainable energy …

Photoinduced reactivity of titanium dioxide

O Carp, CL Huisman, A Reller - Progress in solid state chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The utilization of solar irradiation to supply energy or to initiate chemical reactions is already
an established idea. If a wide-band gap semiconductor like titanium dioxide (TiO2) is …