Recent development and future prospects of TiO2 photocatalysis

S Peiris, HB de Silva, KN Ranasinghe… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis is a process of clean technology where solar energy is converted into useful
chemical reactions. There are confronted challenges and limitations when claiming the most …

Status and challenges in photocatalytic nanotechnology for cleaning air polluted with volatile organic compounds: visible light utilization and catalyst deactivation

S Weon, F He, W Choi - Environmental Science: Nano, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis that utilizes semiconductor nanoparticles is one of the most investigated
environmental nanotechnologies. It is a promising technology for air purification because it …

A review on catalytic applications of Au/TiO2 nanoparticles in the removal of water pollutant

A Ayati, A Ahmadpour, FF Bamoharram, B Tanhaei… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials are showing great potential for the improvement of water treatment
technologies. In recent years, catalysis and photocatalysis processes using gold …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics and mechanisms of charge transfer processes in photocatalytic systems: A review

L Zhang, HH Mohamed, R Dillert… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
Charge carrier transfer processes are very important and play a vital role in photocatalytic
reactions. A fundamental understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms of these charge …

Understanding the superior photocatalytic activity of noble metals modified titania under UV and visible light irradiation

A Bumajdad, M Madkour - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Although TiO2 is one of the most efficient photocatalysts, with the highest stability and the
lowest cost, there are drawbacks that hinder its practical applications like its wide band gap …

Heterogeneous catalysis by gold

T Takei, T Akita, I Nakamura, T Fujitani, M Okumura… - Advances in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Gold can be deposited as nanoparticles (NPs) with diameters of 2–5 nm and clusters with
diameters less than 2 nm on a variety of materials such as oxides, carbides, and sulfides of …

Effect of the Photoreduction Process on the Self-Cleaning and Antibacterial Activity of Au-Doped TiO2 Colloids on Cotton Fabric

E Pakdel, WA Daoud, X Wang - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study aims at understanding the effect of the photoreduction process during the
synthesis of gold (Au)-doped TiO2 colloids on the conferred functionalities on cotton fabrics …

Size-dependent role of gold in g-C3N4/BiOBr/Au system for photocatalytic CO2 reduction and dye degradation

Y Bai, T Chen, P Wang, L Wang, L Ye, X Shi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and Z-scheme bridge are the most important roles of
noble metal nanoparticles for photocatalysis. In this study, the size-dependent role of gold …

Surface chemistry of Au/TiO2: Thermally and photolytically activated reactions

DA Panayotov, JR Morris - Surface Science Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The fascinating particle size dependence to the physical, photophysical, and chemical
properties of gold has motivated thousands of studies focused on exploring the ability of …

Effect of Au supported TiO2 with dominant exposed {0 0 1} facets on the visible-light photocatalytic activity

S Zhu, S Liang, Q Gu, L **e, J Wang, Z Ding… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Novel visible-light-driven plasmonic photocatalyst Au/TiO2 nanosheets with a high
percentage of exposed {001} facets were fabricated by hydrothermal treatment of tetrabutyl …