In this study, home-made amorphous TiO2 microspheres with good mono-dispersity and large numbers of mesopores on the surface were used as substrates. The intermediate microspheres were obtained by adding Co/Ni sources with different Co/Ni molar ratio...
ZIF-derivatized catalysts have shown high potential in catalysis. Herein, bean sprout-like Co-TiO2/Ti nanostructures were first synthesized by thermal treatment at 800 °C under Ar-flow conditions using sacrificial ZIF-67 templated on Ti sheets. It wa...
Pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics, constitute an important group of aquatic contaminants given their environmental impact. Specifically, tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) are produced in great amounts for the treatment of bacterial infections in b...
In this study, we report the facile synthesis of perovskite CoTiO3 nanorods and their application as an efficient, noble-metal-free cocatalyst for visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO. Under optimized conditions (MeCN/H2O/TEOA, &la...
Fe-TiO2/AC and Co-TiO2/AC composites were prepared from activated carbon (AC) derived from residues of peanut hulls and TiO2 photocatalyst, electrochemically prepared from titanium scrap, and doped with Fe and Co, respectively. The adsorption capacit...
Co/TiO2 catalysts with different cobalt loadings (3.8, 7.5 and 15 wt%) were prepared by impregnation method of Co(NO3)2 6H2O over titania. Samples containing Co(NO3)2·6H2O and TiO2 in stoichiometric proportions in order to obtain CoTiO3 and Co...
TiO2 is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its low cost, suitable operating voltage, and excellent structural stability. The inherent poor electron conductivity and low ion diffusion coefficient, however, severely limi...
Magnesium hydride (MgH2) has received outstanding attention as a safe and efficient material to store hydrogen because of its 7.6 wt.% hydrogen content and excellent reversibility. Nevertheless, the application of MgH2 is obstructed by its unfavorabl...
The main goal of this study was to modify the activity of Pd/TiO2/Ti catalyst in the reaction of CO oxidation by the addition of Zn. Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of Ti wire was conducted to produce a uniform porous layer of TiO2. A mixture of...
In order to improve the CO catalytic oxidation performance of a Pt/TiO2 catalyst, a series of Pt/TiO2 catalysts were prepared via an impregnation method in this study, and various characterization methods were used to explore the effect of TiO2 calci...
In this study, Pt/N-Mo/TiO2 and Pt/Mo/TiO2 catalysts were prepared by the two-step impregnation method for catalytic CO oxidation, with the obtained Mo/TiO2 pretreated or not with NH3 before Pt loading. The Pt/N-1Mo/TiO2 catalyst exhibited superior c...
In recent years, defective TiO2-based composite nanomaterials have received much attention in the field of photocatalysis. In this work, TiB2 was used as a precursor to successfully prepare Ti3+ defective TiO2 (TiO2-B) with a truncated bipyramidal st...
Supported Pt-based catalysts have been identified as highly selective catalysts for CO oxidation, but their potential for applications has been hampered by the high cost and scarcity of Pt metals as well as aggregation problems at relatively high tem...
Pt/TiO2 and Pt-Eu2O3/TiO2 catalysts were prepared via the impregnation method for catalytic oxidation of CO. The Pt-2Eu2O3/TiO2 catalyst exhibited better CO oxidation activity as well as greater SO2 resistance than the Pt/TiO2 catalyst. For the inlet...
Co-TiO2 materials have rich magnetic and electronic properties for advanced magnetoresistance (MR) sensing field. The non-uniform Co-TiO2 nanocomposite films are prepared via magnetron sputtering. With substrate temperature increasing, the particles...
Oriented TiO2 nanotubes, which are fabricated by anodic oxidation method, are prospective in photoelectrochemical analysis and sensors. In this work, Pt and IrO2 co-modified TiO2 nanotubes array was prepared via a two-step deposition process involvin...
Strengthening of electrodeposited Au-based materials is achieved by co-electrodeposition with TiO2 nanoparticles dispersed in a sulfide-based gold electrolyte. TiO2 content in the composite film is adjusted by concentration of the TiO2 in the gold el...
In this work, we studied how TiO2 and ZrO2 coatings enhance the CO oxidation performance of SiO2-supported Pt catalysts under conditions relevant to automotive emissions control. SiO2 was coated with metal oxides TiO2 or ZrO2 by sol-gel method and th...
Supported copper oxide nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention as active and non-precious catalysts for many catalytic oxidation reactions. Herein, mesoporous xCuO-TiO2 nanotube catalysts were fabricated, and their activity and kinetics t...
Catalytic oxidation has become a crucial technology for removing CO from industrial flue gas. However, the complex composition of flue gas (including NH3, NO, SO2, H2O, etc.) poses significant challenges to the catalytic activity and stability of cat...
CO selective methanation is regarded as an efficient technological solution for hydrogen-rich gas purification in fuel cells. In this study, a series of bimetallic catalysts (Ru-Ni/xTiO2-MgAl2O4) were synthesized by impregnation method after surface...
Aiming at an improved mechanistic understanding of the preferential oxidation of CO on supported Au catalysts, we have investigated the competition between CO and H2 for stable, active oxygen (Oact) species on a Au/TiO2 catalyst during the simultaneo...
Platinum is widely used as a reduction promoter in transition metal heterogeneous catalysts, while its effects on the catalyst’s properties and CO hydrogenation behavior remain unclear. In this study, an improvement in the reducibility of plati...
Two Co/TiO2 catalysts with 7% CoO/g loading were prepared using equilibrium deposition filtration and the dry impregnation method. The two catalysts were characterized with various physicochemical techniques and tested for the degradation of sulfamet...
The interaction between metal particles and the oxide support, the so-called metal–support interaction, plays a critical role in the performance of heterogenous catalysts. Probing the dynamic evolution of these interactions under reactive gas a...
Despite the application of lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4) being hindered by its sluggish desorption kinetics and unfavourable reversibility, LiAlH4 has received special attention as a promising solid-state hydrogen storage material due to its hyd...
A novel one-step preparation of sonochemical method was applied to synthesize Co/Zn co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles using a sonicator of 750 W, 20 kHz for 30 min at room temperature. The formation of the anatase TiO2 phase for all as-prepared samples was...
In this study, relationships between preparation conditions, structure, and activity of Pt-containing TiO2 photocatalysts in photoinduced reforming of glycerol for H2 production were explored. Commercial Aerolyst® TiO2 (P25) and homemade TiO2 pre...
Heterogeneous catalysts have been widely used for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation to remove persistent contaminants in water. This study successfully prepared cobalt-doped TiO2 using a simple two-step approach for activating PMS to remove tetracyc...
Mixed phase TiO2 nanoparticles with element doping by Sm and C were prepared via a facile sol-gel procedure. The UV-Vis light-diffuse reflectance spectroscopy analysis showed that the absorption region of co-doped TiO2 was shifted to the visible-ligh...
Composites consisting of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown directly on oxygen-deficient anatase TiO2 (TiO2−δ) were synthesized by a two-step chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and applied in photocatalytic hydrogen production from aqueous methanol s...
Using photodeposition and plasma, Pt-N co-modified TiO2 nanotube electrodes were created. Several techniques, such as SEM, XRD, UV-VIS-DRS, XPS, and PL, were used to analyze the electrode shape, crystalline structure, light absorption range, elementa...
Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide semiconductor photocatalysts have been widely utilized in the last few decades for water treatment because of their high photocatalytic efficiency. Recently, a lot of researchers have focused on the improvement of the...
In this study, Co-doped TiO2 was synthesized using waste tobacco stem silk (TSS) as a template via a one-pot impregnation method. These samples were characterized using various physicochemical techniques such as N2 adsorption/desorption analysis, dif...
Multilayered TiO2 films doped either with Niobium or Vanadium (1.2 at. %) were deposited by the sol-gel dip coating method on c-Si and glass substrates. The films on glass substrates were tested for CO sensing and photocatalytic degradation of methyl...
At low temperatures, the preferential removal of CO from the fuel feed of PEMFC is a critical factor for ensuring the optimal performance of fuel cells. In this study, Au/TiO2-PD and Au/TiO2-DP catalysts were synthesized via in situ photo-deposition...
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are attracting much attention as candidates for next-generation flexible actuation. Among various DE matrices, polyacrylate rubber (AR) is especially promising owing to their intrinsically high dielectric constan...
Semiconductor photocatalysis is an effective strategy for solving the problems of increasing energy demand and environmental pollution. ZnIn2S4-based semiconductor photocatalyst materials have attracted much attention in the field of photocatalysis d...
This study aimed to present the differences in the corrosion properties and protective ability of two bi-layer systems obtained on low-carbon steel in a model corrosive medium of 5% NaCl solution. These newly developed systems consist of Zn-Co (3 wt....
Ceria-based mixed oxides have been widely studied in catalysis due to their unique surface and redox properties, with implications in numerous energy- and environmental-related applications. In this regard, the rational design of ceria-based composit...
Anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) has emerged as a potential anode material for sodium-ion hybrid capacitors (SICs) in terms of its nontoxicity, high structure stability and cost-effectiveness. However, its inherent poor electrical conductivity and lim...
This study addresses the urgent issue of nitrate-contaminated water by investigating Ni-Pt and Co-Pt catalysts supported on TiO2, with the aim of improving both photocatalytic efficiency and reaction selectivity. The influence of adding non-noble met...
Using MnSO4·H2O as manganese source and urea as nitrogen source, Mn/N co-doped TiO2 loaded on wood-based activated carbon fiber (Mn/Ti-N-WACF) was prepared by sol–gel method. Mn/Ti-N-WACF with different Mn doping contents was characterized by scannin...
This work deals with the substantially high-temperature hydrogen sensors required by combustion and processing technologies. It reports the synthesis of undoped and Ni-doped TiO2 (with 0, 0.5, 1 and 2 mol.% of Ni) nanoparticles by a co-precipitation...
Co/TiO2–MgAl2O4 was investigated in a fixed bed reactor for the dry reforming of methane (DRM) process. Co/TiO2–MgAl2O4 was prepared by modified co-precipitation, followed by the hydrothermal method. The active metal Co was loaded via the wetness imp...
The aim of this study is to clarify the effect of doped metal type on CO2 reduction characteristics of TiO2 with NH3 and H2O. Cu and Pd have been selected as dopants for TiO2. In addition, the impact of molar ratio of CO2 to reductants NH3 and H2O ha...
The effect of an ultrathin TiO2 capping layer on an anatase Ti0.95Co0.05O2−δ (001) epitaxial thin film on magnetism at 300 K was investigated. Films with a capping layer showed increased magnetization mainly caused by enhanced out-of-plane magnetizat...
This paper presents an experimental study of using a double-layered Cu/TiO2 and P4O10/TiO2 as photocatalysts for CO2 reduction with an extended wavelength of range light from ultraviolet light (UV) to infrared light (IR). The lights studied were UV +...
A series of TiO2-SiC supported Ni-based catalysts with and without ceria doping were prepared by a traditional impregnation method. CeO2 was introduced into the catalyst in different steps of the impregnation process. All the samples were characteriz...
For this present work, a series of Au-metallized TiO2 catalysts were synthesized and characterized in order to compare their performance in two different catalytic environments: the phenol degradation that occurs during the liquid phase and in the CO...
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