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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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Photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended and immobilized silver-TiO2

TL;DR: In this paper, Ag/TiO 2 materials used in suspension and immobilized in two different configurations (catalytic wall and fixed-bed reactors) have been prepared, characterized and tested using Escherichia coli as model microorganism.
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Carbamazepine degradation using a N-doped TiO2 coated photocatalytic membrane reactor: Influence of physical parameters.

TL;DR: Experiments of PCA under varying flow rates concluded that the process is in the mass-transfer control regime, and N-doped TiO2-coated membranes showed enhanced activity for UV wavelengths, in addition to activity under visible light.
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Highly sensitive and selective room-temperature formaldehyde sensors using hollow TiO2 microspheres

TL;DR: In this paper, a mesoporous hollow TiO 2 microspheres were used for room temperature chemoresistive gas sensors with the assistance of low powered UV LED photon energy.
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Hydrothermal preparation of highly photoactive TiO2 nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of different starting acidic solution (nitric, chlorhydric and acetic acids) as well as the addition of triethylamine (TEA) at different pH has been widely investigated.
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Hybrid materials for heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze and discuss the literature concerning the application of metal-based hybrid materials as heterogeneous photocatalysts for downstream depletion of antibiotics through advanced oxidation processes (AOP) using semiconductor photosensitization or photo-Fenton oxidation processes.
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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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