Polarons in materials

C Franchini, M Reticcioli, M Setvin… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Polarons are quasiparticles that easily form in polarizable materials due to the coupling of
excess electrons or holes with ionic vibrations. These quasiparticles manifest themselves in …

C-,N- and S-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts: A Review

A Piątkowska, M Janus, K Szymański, S Mozia - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article presents an overview of the reports on the doping of TiO2 with carbon, nitrogen,
and sulfur, including single, co-, and tri-doping. A comparison of the properties of the …

Photocatalytic Free Radical‐Controlled Synthesis of High‐Performance Single‐Atom Catalysts

X Chen, S Guan, J Zhou, H Shang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as crucial players in catalysis research,
prompting extensive investigation and application. The precise control of metal atom …

The formation and detection techniques of oxygen vacancies in titanium oxide-based nanostructures

A Sarkar, GG Khan - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 and other titanium oxide-based nanomaterials have drawn immense attention from
researchers in different scientific domains due to their fascinating multifunctional properties …

Characterisation of oxygen defects and nitrogen impurities in TiO2 photocatalysts using variable-temperature X-ray powder diffraction

C Foo, Y Li, K Lebedev, T Chen, S Day, C Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
TiO2-based powder materials have been widely studied as efficient photocatalysts for water
splitting due to their low cost, photo-responsivity, earthly abundance, chemical and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

V Etacheri, C Di Valentin, J Schneider… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

Understanding TiO2 Photocatalysis: Mechanisms and Materials

J Schneider, M Matsuoka, M Takeuchi, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

[HTML][HTML] Review of material design and reactor engineering on TiO2 photocatalysis for CO2 reduction

O Ola, MM Maroto-Valer - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2015 - Elsevier
The continuous combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels and depletion of existing
resources is intensifying the research and development of alternative future energy options …

Black titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanomaterials

X Chen, L Liu, F Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, there has been a wide research interest in titanium dioxide (TiO2)
nanomaterials due to their applications in photocatalytic hydrogen generation and …

Self-cleaning applications of TiO2 by photo-induced hydrophilicity and photocatalysis

S Banerjee, DD Dionysiou, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …