Titanium dioxide (anatase and rutile): surface chemistry, liquid–solid interface chemistry, and scientific synthesis of supported catalysts

K Bourikas, C Kordulis, A Lycourghiotis - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Solid catalysts are very useful functional materials, which are used in 90% of industrial
processes. The most important are the supported ones. In these catalysts, nanoparticles of …

Theoretical Studies on Anatase and Less Common TiO2 Phases: Bulk, Surfaces, and Nanomaterials

F De Angelis, C Di Valentin, S Fantacci… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

Versatile graphene‐promoting photocatalytic performance of semiconductors: basic principles, synthesis, solar energy conversion, and environmental applications

W Tu, Y Zhou, Z Zou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene‐semiconductor nanocomposites, considered as a kind of most promising
photocatalysts, have shown remarkable performance and drawn significant attention in the …

Large Ultrathin Anatase TiO2 Nanosheets with Exposed {001} Facets on Graphene for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

WS Wang, DH Wang, WG Qu, LQ Lu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Tailored synthesis of well-defined anatase TiO2 nanocrystals with a high percentage of
reactive facets has attracted widespread attention due to the scientific and technological …

Density functional theory analysis of the structural and electronic properties of TiO2 rutile and anatase polytypes: Performances of different exchange-correlation …

F Labat, P Baranek, C Domain, C Minot… - The Journal of chemical …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The two polymorphs of Ti O 2⁠, rutile and anatase, have been investigated at the ab initio
level using different Hamiltonians with all-electron Gaussian and projector augmented plane …

Self-energy and excitonic effects in the electronic and optical properties of crystalline phases

L Chiodo, JM García-Lastra, A Iacomino, S Ossicini… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
We present a unified ab initio study of electronic and optical properties of TiO 2 rutile and
anatase phases with a combination of density-functional theory and many-body perturbation …

Effects of morphology on surface hydroxyl concentration: a DFT comparison of anatase–TiO2 and γ-alumina catalytic supports

C Arrouvel, M Digne, M Breysse, H Toulhoat… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
A comparative investigation of surface hydroxylation states for anatase–TiO2 and γ-alumina
is crucial for a better understanding of how these materials behave as catalytic supports …

Shape‐ and Size‐Controlled Synthesis of Uniform Anatase TiO2 Nanocuboids Enclosed by Active {100} and {001} Facets

X Zhao, W Jin, J Cai, J Ye, Z Li, Y Ma… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Uniform anatase TiO2 nanocuboids enclosed by active {100} and {001} facets over a wide
size range (60–830 nm in length) with controllable aspect ratios were solvothermally …

Role of point defects on the reactivity of reconstructed anatase titanium dioxide (001) surface

Y Wang, H Sun, S Tan, H Feng, Z Cheng, J Zhao… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The chemical reactivity of different surfaces of titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been the subject
of extensive studies in recent decades. The anatase TiO2 (001) and its (1× 4) reconstructed …

Electronic structure and phase stability of oxide semiconductors: Performance of dielectric-dependent hybrid functional DFT, benchmarked against band structure …

M Gerosa, CE Bottani, L Caramella, G Onida… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We investigate band gaps, equilibrium structures, and phase stabilities of several bulk
polymorphs of wide-gap oxide semiconductors ZnO, TiO 2, ZrO 2, and WO 3. We are …