TiO2-Based Nanostructures and Photocatalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 9824
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Interests: photocatalytic materials; carbon-based hybrid nanostructures; metal–organic frameworks; end-of-life materials valorization; graphene-related materials
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Dear Colleagues,
TiO2 is one of the most studied semiconductor photoactive materials for a wide array of applications, ranging from heterogeneous photocatalysis, gas sensing to biological applications. Not surprisingly, this research topic is continually fostered by efforts to tune TiO2 for specific applications.
A wide array of approaches have been proposed and developed for enhancing the TiO2 photocatalytic activity, including TiO2 morphology tuning at a nanoscale level, improving its intrinsic charge mobility, and hindering or decreasing the electron–hole recombination via charge separation through a hetero-interface (combining TiO2 with graphene-related materials, small molecules, or metal oxides).
This Special Issue will be focused on the recent advances in the development of TiO2-based materials, covering both innovative synthesis and specific applications. Contributions elucidating peculiar electron transport mechanisms are also invited for submission. Submissions framed, especially in these following areas, are welcome:
- TiO2 nanostructures: synthesis, doping, and modelling
- Hybrid TiO2/two-dimensional materials (transition metal dichalcogenides and graphene-related materials): synthesis, characterizations, and photocatalytic applications
- Application of TiO2-based materials and composites for photocatalysis, water remediation, gas sensing, fine chemical production, self-cleaning surfaces, antibacterial activity, and biomedical applications.
Dr. Michela Alfè
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- titanium dioxide
- photocatalysis
- multifunctional TiO2-based oxides
- TiO2 doping
- environmental remediation
- gas sensing
- TiO2 hybrids and composites
- TiO2-based 2D materials
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