Photocatalytic applications

Balducci, G., Fornasiero, P., Tondello, E., and Graziani, M. (2007) Ti02nanopowders doped with boron andnitrogen for photocatalytic applications. Chemical Physics, 339 (1-3), 111-123. 

Park, H., Lee, Y.C., Choi, B.G., Choi, Y.S., Yang, J.W., and Hong, W.H. (2010) Energy transfer in ionic-liquid-functionalized inorganic nanorods for highly effident photocatalytic applications. Small, 6 (2), 290-295. 

In addition to the more extensively investigated nanofibers (-rod, -wires, etc.) and nanotubes, other titanium oxide ID nanostructures have attracted the interest of researchers and are of potential interest for catalytic and photocatalytic applications. 

Another important photocatalytic application is the synthesis of hydrogen from water. However, low solar efficiency and photocorrosion have proven to be hindrances limiting the process economics of photocatalysis [325], The most efficient systems to date consist of compound semiconductor heterostructures that operate with efficiencies of approximately 16%, however, cost and stability are still problematic [325],... 

Sampaio, M.J. Silva, C.G. Marques, R.R.N. Silva, A.M.T. Faria, J.L., Carbon nanotube-Ti02 thin films for photocatalytic applications. Catal. Today 2011,161 91-96. 

The choice of the light source—form, emitted wavelengths, radiant power— depends inter alia on whether Ti02 is unsupported or supported, and on the type and shape of the supporting material. For example, a Ti02-coated flexible material can be wrapped around a cylindrical lamp placed inside the reactor. A plate covered by Ti02 can be installed perpendicularly to the beam of a lamp located outside the reactor. Obviously, the choice of the lamp, especially of the emission characteristics, also depends on the objective. For instance, in view of solar photocatalytic applications, lamps mimicking solar irradiation at the Earth s level or a solar box can be used in the laboratory. 

Brucato A, Grifasi F. Economic evaluation of UV sources for photocatalytic applications. J Adv Oxid Technol 1999 4 47-54. 

Inoue, N., Yuasa, H. and Okoshi, M. (2002). Ti02 thin films prepared by PLD for photocatalytic applications. Appl. Surf. Sd. 197, 393-397. 

With rich luminescent properties, long-lived CT excited states and a variety of bimolecular photochemical reaction pathways, the mixed-ligand square-planar diimine dithiolene complexes of d8 metal ions show great promise for solar-energy conversion, as luminescent probes or in photocatalytic applications. Complexes of this type have also received attention for the nonlinear optical properties, such as second harmonic generation, related to the MMLL CT excited state (14, 129). 

Titanium oxides have been extensively studied for photocatalytic applications and several examples of Ti02-zeolite composites have also been examined. Sample preparation involved ion exchange or impregnation of titanium aimnonium oxalate on zeolite Y followed by calcination at 450 °C. TS-1, Ti-MCM-41 and Ti-MCM-48 were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis [157]. UV irradiation (260-290 nm) of the catalyst in the presence of a mixture of gas-phase CO2 and H2O led to the for-... 

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