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Photoinduced reactivity of titanium dioxide

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In this paper, photo-induced superhydrophilicity was used on the surface of a wide-band gap semiconductor like titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) for photocatalytic activity towards environmentally hazardous compounds.
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This article is published in Progress in Solid State Chemistry.The article was published on 2004-01-01. It has received 4241 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Superhydrophilicity & Photocatalysis.

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Correlating the properties of hydrogenated titania to reaction kinetics and mechanism for the photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A under solar irradiation

TL;DR: In this paper, a commercially available TiO 2 anatase catalyst was hydrogenated at several annealing temperatures in the range 400-800°C to improve its photocatalytic activity for the degradation of endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) under simulated solar irradiation.
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Au/TiO2 Reusable Photocatalysts for Dye Degradation

TL;DR: In this paper, Nanogold doped TiO2 catalysts are synthesized, and their application in the photodegradation of dye pollutants is studied, and the results revealed the strong interaction between the metallic gold nanoparticles and the anatase TiO 2 support.
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Photocatalytic properties and optical characterization of cotton fabric coated via sol–gel with non‐crystalline TiO2 modified with poly(ethylene glycol)

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of different starting acidic solutions (nitric, hydrochloric and acetic acids) and the addition of poly(ethylene glycol) onto two different (0.25 m and 0.025 m) concentrations of TiO 2 have been widely investigated.
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Effect of TiO2 nanoparticle surface functionalization on protein adsorption, cellular uptake and cytotoxicity: the attachment of PEG comb polymers using catalytic chain transfer and thiol–ene chemistry

TL;DR: A successful modification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles surfaces by a grafting-to polymer technique combining catalytic chain transfer and thiol-ene click chemistry is reported in this article.
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Chimie Douce Route to Sodium Hydroxo Titanate Nanowires with Modulated Structure and Conversion to Highly Photoactive Titanium Dioxides

TL;DR: In this article, the structure and morphology of the titanate, acid-exchanged materials, and phases formed during dehydration of these compounds were investigated, and the relationship between the initial titanate structure and TiO2 formation was discussed.
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Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode

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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A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency.
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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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Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxides

TL;DR: Film and powders of TiO2-x Nx have revealed an improvement over titanium dioxide (TiO2) under visible light in optical absorption and photocatalytic activity such as photodegradations of methylene blue and gaseous acetaldehyde and hydrophilicity of the film surface.

Atmospheric chemistry and physics: from air pollution to climate change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model for the chemistry of the Troposphere of the atmosphere and describe the properties of the Atmospheric Aqueous phase of single aerosol particles.
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