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Photoenergy conversion with TiO2 photocatalysis: New materials and recent applications
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In this article, a review summarizes recent approaches in TiO 2 photocatalysis regarding new materials and applications, and provides a brief introduction of the history and basic mechanism of TiO2 photocatalysts.About:
This article is published in Electrochimica Acta.The article was published on 2012-12-01. It has received 237 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis.read more
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From UV to Near‐Infrared, WS2 Nanosheet: A Novel Photocatalyst for Full Solar Light Spectrum Photodegradation
TL;DR: Narrow-bandgap semiconductor WS2 nanosheets are active photocatalysts, either under visible or under NIR irradiation, via photogeneration of an electron-hole pair, with a low rate of recombination.
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Strategies for improving the efficiency of semiconductor metal oxide photocatalysis
TL;DR: A review of the relationship between photocatalyst properties and its photocatalytic performance, as well as the strategies for the enhancement of photocatalysis activity, in particular under solar/ambient/visible illumination, is provided in this paper.
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Graphene and Graphene Oxide-Based Composites for Removal of Organic Pollutants: A Review
TL;DR: Graphene and graphene oxide composites have been used for wastewater purification because of their adsorption, oxidation, and catalytic properties as mentioned in this paper, and their composites naturally have significant pore volume, high conductivity, rich surface chemistry, and an exceptionally large aspect ratio.
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Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of heterogeneous photocatalysis for semiconductor systems.
TL;DR: The thermodynamic driving force of photocatalysis was explained, and the functions of light and heat in photoc atalysis were distinguished, and some applications of the D-I model to study photocatalytic kinetics were discussed.
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Graphene/semiconductor nanocomposites (GSNs) for heterogeneous photocatalytic decolorization of wastewaters contaminated with synthetic dyes: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art review on GSNs in the context of photodecolorization of textile effluents is presented, and the efficacy of these composite photocatalysts in decomposing selected dye pollutants is then discussed.
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Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode
Akira Fujishima,Kenichi Honda +1 more
TL;DR: Water photolysis is investigated by exploiting the fact that water is transparent to visible light and cannot be decomposed directly, but only by radiation with wavelengths shorter than 190 nm.
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Environmental Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis
TL;DR: The slow pace of hazardous waste remediation at military installations around the world is causing a serious delay in conversion of many of these facilities to civilian uses as discussed by the authors, which is a serious problem.
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Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting
Akihiko Kudo,Yugo Miseki +1 more
TL;DR: This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent.
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Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
TL;DR: A review of the current progress in the area of TiO 2 photocatalysis, mainly photocatalytic air purification, sterilization and cancer therapy is discussed in this paper.
Titanium dioxide as photocatalysis
A Fujshima,T N Rao,D K Tryk +2 more
TL;DR: A review of the current progress in the area of TiO 2 photocatalysis, mainly photocatalytic air purification, sterilization and cancer therapy is discussed in this article.