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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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Identification of Bi2WO6 as a highly selective visible-light photocatalyst toward oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone in water

TL;DR: In this paper, the identification of a flower-like Bi2WO6 as a highly selective visible-light photocatalyst toward aerobic selective oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using oxygen as oxidant in water at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is reported.
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Removal of NOx by photocatalytic processes

TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes several methods for removing NO by photocatalytic reactions, which can be classified into three major groups: photo selective catalytic reduction (photo-SCR), photo-oxidation and photo decomposition.
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Photodegradation of rhodamine B in aqueous solution via SiO2@TiO2 nano-spheres

TL;DR: Titania coated silica spheres (SiO 2 @TiO 2 ) prepared by heterocoagulation of silica and titania nano-particles were investigated as catalyst in the photodegradation of rhodamine B (RB) in aqueous solution.
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Preparation and Characterization of Stable Biphase TiO2 Photocatalyst with High Crystallinity, Large Surface Area, and Enhanced Photoactivity

TL;DR: In this article, stable porous TiO2 photocatalysts were synthesized via a hydrothermal process using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as the template, followed by a posttreatment in the presence of ethylenediamine.
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Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of different metal-doped titania systems

TL;DR: The effect of aging of the gel either under magnetic stirring (ST) or ultrasonic irradiation (US) on the characteristics of the resulting solids was studied in this paper.
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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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