Advances in the strategies for enhancing the photocatalytic activity of TiO2: Conversion from UV-light active to visible-light active photocatalyst

I Arora, H Chawla, A Chandra, S Sagadevan… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation process, a green method in contribution to betterment in environment
has been emerged to a larger scale in past decades. Conventional wastewater strategies …

Recent advances in semiconductor metal oxides with enhanced methods for solar photocatalytic applications

C Karthikeyan, P Arunachalam… - Journal of alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid advancement of the global industry has led to energy shortage and environmental
pollution. To mitigate against these issues, researchers and scientists are develo** simple …

Accelerated pyro-catalytic hydrogen production enabled by plasmonic local heating of Au on pyroelectric BaTiO3 nanoparticles

H You, S Li, Y Fan, X Guo, Z Lin, R Ding… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The greatest challenge that limits the application of pyro-catalytic materials is the lack of
highly frequent thermal cycling due to the enormous heat capacity of ambient environment …

One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: nanotubes

K Lee, A Mazare, P Schmuki - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In 1991, Iijima reported on the formation of carbon nanotubes (1) using a simple arc
discharge reaction that led to an arrangement of the material in some micrometer long tubes …

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 …

Combination of advanced oxidation processes and biological treatments for wastewater decontamination—a review

I Oller, S Malato, JA Sánchez-Pérez - Science of the total environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Nowadays there is a continuously increasing worldwide concern for development of
alternative water reuse technologies, mainly focused on agriculture and industry. In this …

Light-induced redox reactions in nanocrystalline systems

A Hagfeldt, M Graetzel - Chemical reviews, 1995 - ACS Publications
This review discusses salient features of interfacial electron transfer reactions in colloidal
semiconductor solutions and thin films and their application for solar light energy conversion …

Synthesis and catalytic properties of metal nanoparticles: Size, shape, support, composition, and oxidation state effects

BR Cuenya - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis based on nanotechnology
approaches. A new understanding and mastery of catalysis could have broad societal …

Beyond photovoltaics: semiconductor nanoarchitectures for liquid-junction solar cells

PV Kamat, K Tvrdy, DR Baker, EJ Radich - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The demand for clean energy technologies has spurred academic interest in new and
efficient ways to capture and store sunlight. 1-6 Concerted efforts are now being directed …

Photocatalytic water treatment: solar energy applications

D Bahnemann - Solar energy, 2004 - Elsevier
During the past 20 years research and development in the area of photocatalysis have been
tremendous. One of the major applications of this technology is the degradation of organic …