Fundamentals of TiO2 Photocatalysis: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Challenges

Q Guo, C Zhou, Z Ma, X Yang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis has been widely applied in various areas, such as solar cells, water splitting,
and pollutant degradation. Therefore, the photochemical mechanisms and basic principles …

Single Molecule Photocatalysis on TiO2 Surfaces: Focus Review

Q Guo, Z Ma, C Zhou, Z Ren, X Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalysis has been widely applied in various fields, such as
photovoltaic cell, solar water splitting, photocatalytic pollutant degradation, and so on …

Keto-anthraquinone covalent organic framework for H2O2 photosynthesis with oxygen and alkaline water

X Zhang, S Cheng, C Chen, X Wen, J Miao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis suffers from insufficient catalytic activity due to the high
energy barrier of hydrogen extraction from H2O. Herein, we report that mechanochemically …

Hydrogen-Bond Network Promotes Water Splitting on the TiO2 Surface

X Ma, Y Shi, J Liu, X Li, X Cui, S Tan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Breaking the strong covalent O–H bond of an isolated H2O molecule is difficult, but it can be
largely facilitated when the H2O molecule is connected with others through hydrogen …

A surface science perspective on TiO2 photocatalysis

MA Henderson - Surface Science Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Titanium dioxide photocatalysis in atmospheric chemistry

H Chen, CE Nanayakkara, VH Grassian - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a relatively inexpensive, nontoxic, and easy to
handle material, which is of great interest, as evidenced by the wide number of applications …

Structural motifs of water on metal oxide surfaces

R Mu, Z Zhao, Z Dohnálek, J Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding water/solid interactions is of great importance in a variety of fundamental and
technological processes, such as photocatalytic water splitting, heterogeneous catalysis …

The effect of water on colloidal quantum dot solar cells

G Shi, H Wang, Y Zhang, C Cheng, T Zhai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Almost all surfaces sensitive to the ambient environment are covered by water, whereas the
impacts of water on surface-dominated colloidal quantum dot (CQD) semiconductor …

Molecular-Level Insights into Photocatalysis from Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies on TiO2(110)

MA Henderson, I Lyubinetsky - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
The field of heterogeneous photocatalysis has grown considerably in the decades since
Fujishima and Honda's ground-breaking publications on photoelectrochemistry on TiO2. 1 …

Thermally-driven processes on rutile TiO2 (1 1 0)-(1× 1): A direct view at the atomic scale

Z Dohnálek, I Lyubinetsky, R Rousseau - Progress in Surface Science, 2010 - Elsevier
The technological importance of TiO2 has led to a broad effort aimed at understanding the
elementary steps that underlie catalytic and photocatalytic reactions. The most stable …