Templated techniques for the synthesis and assembly of plasmonic nanostructures

MR Jones, KD Osberg, RJ Macfarlane… - Chemical …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Mesoporous titania photocatalysts: preparation, characterization and reaction mechanisms

AA Ismail, DW Bahnemann - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium dioxide is a very important semiconductor with a high potential for applications in
photocatalysis, solar cells, photochromism, sensoring, and various other areas of …

Preparation and visible light photocatalytic activity of Ag/TiO 2/graphene nanocomposite

Y Wen, H Ding, Y Shan - Nanoscale, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Great efforts have been made to develop efficient visible light-activated photocatalysts in
recent years. In this work, a new nanocomposite consisting of anatase TiO2, Ag, and …

Design, synthesis, and properties of inorganic and hybrid thin films having periodically organized nanoporosity

C Sanchez, C Boissiere, D Grosso, C Laberty… - Chemistry of …, 2008‏ - ACS Publications
This review presents an extensive discussion on the major advances in the field of
periodically organized mesoporous thin films (POMTFs) obtained via surfactant templated …

Nanocomposite of Ag–AgBr–TiO2 as a photoactive and durable catalyst for degradation of volatile organic compounds in the gas phase

Y Zhang, ZR Tang, X Fu, YJ Xu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The nanocomposites of Ag–AgBr–TiO2 photocatalyst have been prepared by a simple
deposition–precipitation method, which is used for the gas-phase degradation of volatile …

Palladium doped porous titania photocatalysts: impact of mesoporous order and crystallinity

AA Ismail, DW Bahnemann, L Robben… - Chemistry of …, 2010‏ - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a facile synthesis method for highly ordered hexagonal P6m mesoporous
palladium doped titania nanoarchitectures using the F127 triblock copolymer as a template …

Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 through spatial structuring and particle size control: from subnanometric to submillimetric length scale

C Aprile, A Corma, H Garcia - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes the physical approaches towards enhancement of the
photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide by controlling this semiconductor in a certain length …

Long TiO2 Hollow Fibers with Mesoporous Walls:  Sol−Gel Combined Electrospun Fabrication and Photocatalytic Properties

S Zhan, D Chen, X Jiao, C Tao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2006‏ - ACS Publications
Long TiO2 hollow fibers with mesoporous walls have been fabricated with the sol− gel
combined two-capillary spinneret electrospinning technique using a triblock copolymer …

The role of electron transfer in photocatalysis: Fact and fictions

HH Mohamed, DW Bahnemann - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Interfacial electron transfer at semiconductor nanoparticles is a fundamental process that is
relevant to many applications in photocatalysis such as wastewater cleaning, air cleaning …

Plasmonic silver incorporated silver halides for efficient photocatalysis

C An, S Wang, Y Sun, Q Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The development of visible-light-responsive photocatalysts is a promising challenge in the
management of environmental pollution. Silver–silver halide nano-photocatalysts have …