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 …

Elementary photocatalytic chemistry on TiO 2 surfaces

Q Guo, C Zhou, Z Ma, Z Ren, H Fan… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic hydrogen production and pollutant degradation provided both great
opportunities and challenges in the field of sustainable energy and environmental science …

Electron-Induced Dissociation of CO2 on TiO2(110)

J Lee, DC Sorescu, X Deng - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The electron-induced dissociation of CO2 adsorbed at the oxygen vacancy defect on the
TiO2 (110) surface has been investigated at the single-molecular level using scanning …

Activating titania for efficient electrocatalysis by vacancy engineering

H Feng, Z Xu, L Ren, C Liu, J Zhuang, Z Hu, X Xu… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Pursuing efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts is crucial for the performance of water–alkali
electrolyzers toward water splitting. Earth-abundant transition-metal oxides, in spite of their …

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 …

Present Perspectives of Advanced Characterization Techniques in TiO2-Based Photocatalysts

C Luo, X Ren, Z Dai, Y Zhang, X Qi… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
TiO2 is the most investigated photocatalyst because of its nontoxicity, low cost, chemical
stability, and strong photooxidative ability. Because of the morphology-and structure …

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 …

Observation of Photocatalytic Dissociation of Water on Terminal Ti Sites of TiO2(110)-1 × 1 Surface

S Tan, H Feng, Y Ji, Y Wang, J Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The water splitting reaction based on the promising TiO2 photocatalyst is one of the
fundamental processes that bears significant implication in hydrogen energy technology and …

Molecular Oxygen Adsorption Behaviors on the Rutile TiO2(110)-1×1 Surface: An in Situ Study with Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

S Tan, Y Ji, Y Zhao, A Zhao, B Wang… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A knowledge of adsorption behaviors of oxygen on the model system of the reduced rutile
TiO2 (110)-1× 1 surface is of great importance for an atomistic understanding of many …

Site-specific photocatalytic splitting of methanol on TiO 2 (110)

C Zhou, Z Ren, S Tan, Z Ma, X Mao, D Dai, H Fan… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Clean hydrogen production is highly desirable for future energy needs, making the
understanding of molecular-level phenomena underlying photocatalytic hydrogen …