An overview on limitations of TiO2-based particles for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and the corresponding countermeasures

H Dong, G Zeng, L Tang, C Fan, C Zhang, X He, Y He - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
The pollutants classified as “persistent organic pollutants (POPs)”, are being subject to high
concern among the scientific community due to their persistence in the environment. TiO 2 …

Self-cleaning applications of TiO2 by photo-induced hydrophilicity and photocatalysis

S Banerjee, DD Dionysiou, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …

Carbonaceous-TiO2 nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of pollutants: A review

NR Khalid, A Majid, MB Tahir, NA Niaz, S Khalid - Ceramics International, 2017 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis is one of most appealing and attractive technologies, which
has been directly utilized to harvest solar energy for energy and environmental applications …

Recent advances in syntheses, properties and applications of TiO 2 nanostructures

I Ali, M Suhail, ZA Alothman, A Alwarthan - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 is a compound of great importance due to its remarkable catalytic and distinctive
semiconducting properties. It is also a chemically stable, non-toxic and biocompatible …

Recent advances in non-metal modification of graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalysis: a historic review

L Zhou, H Zhang, H Sun, S Liu, MO Tade… - Catalysis Science & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis is a green, feasible and versatile technology that has been widely used for
energy conversion and environmental applications. As photocatalysis bears a great …

Review on Modified TiO2 Photocatalysis under UV/Visible Light: Selected Results and Related Mechanisms on Interfacial Charge Carrier Transfer Dynamics

SG Kumar, LG Devi - The Journal of physical chemistry A, 2011 - ACS Publications
Titania is one of the most widely used benchmark standard photocatalysts in the field of
environmental applications. However, the large band gap of titania and massive …

Semiconductor photocatalysis—mechanistic and synthetic aspects

H Kisch - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Preceding work on photoelectrochemistry at semiconductor single‐crystal electrodes has
formed the basis for the tremendous growth in the three last decades in the field of …

Carbonaceous nanomaterials for the enhancement of TiO2 photocatalysis

R Leary, A Westwood - Carbon, 2011 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis has important applications such as achieving sustainable
energy generation and treating environmental pollution. TiO2 has been the most widely …

Influence of parameters on the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of pesticides and phenolic contaminants in wastewater: a short review

S Ahmed, MG Rasul, R Brown, MA Hashib - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, the application of heterogeneous photocatalytic water purification processes
has gained wide attention due to its effectiveness in degrading and mineralizing the …

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 …