Photocatalytic production of solar fuels from CO2 is a promising strategy for addressing
global environmental problems and securing future energy supplies. Although extensive …

Today, a major issue about water pollution is the residual dyes from different sources (eg,
textile industries, paper and pulp industries, dye and dye intermediates industries …

Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials has been proven as a versatile approach to
maneuver their performance in solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In this article, the state …

Semiconductor photocatalysis has received much attention as a potential solution to the
worldwide energy shortage and for counteracting environmental degradation. This article …

In recent years, semiconductor photocatalytic process has shown a great potential as a low-
cost, environmental friendly and sustainable treatment technology to align with the “zero” …

The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

The field of photocatalysis can be traced back more than 80 years to early observations of
the chalking of titania-based paints and to studies of the darkening of metal oxides in contact …

Since its commercial production in the early twentieth century, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has
been widely used as a pigment1 and in sunscreens, 2, 3 paints, 4 ointments, toothpaste, 5 …

The pollutants classified as “persistent organic pollutants (POPs)”, are being subject to high
concern among the scientific community due to their persistence in the environment. TiO 2 …

The total annual production of synthetic dye is more than 7× 105 tons. Annually, through
only textile waste effluents, around one thousand tons of non-biodegradable textile dyes are …