Brookite, the Least Known TiO2 Photocatalyst

A Di Paola, M Bellardita, L Palmisano - Catalysts, 2013 - mdpi.com
Brookite is the least studied TiO2 photocatalyst due to the difficulties usually encountered in
order to obtain it as a pure phase. In this review, a comprehensive survey of the different …

Recent advances in brookite phase TiO2-based photocatalysts toward CO2 reduction

Z Chen, J Xiong, G Cheng - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic CO 2 into high value-added hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals by utilizing
solar energy has great potential to alleviate energy shortage and environmental issue we …

Titanium‐based anode materials for safe lithium‐ion batteries

Z Chen, I Belharouak, YK Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries have been long considered a promising energy storage technology for
electrification of the transportation system. However, the poor safety characteristics of lithium …

Morphology-controlled synthesis of microencapsulated phase change materials with TiO2 shell for thermal energy harvesting and temperature regulation

H Liu, X Wang, D Wu, S Ji - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we designed and fabricated three types of n-eicosane/TiO 2-based
microcapsules with different morphologies through an emulsion-templated interfacial …

Mesoporous rutile TiO2: Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic performance studies

M Padmini, T Balaganapathi, P Thilakan - Materials Research Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Pure rutile phase of TiO 2 (R-TiO 2) nanocrystals were synthesized through a low
temperature sol-gel synthesis route by tuning the chemical process. This modified process …

Electrochemistry of titanium dioxide: some aspects and highlights

L Kavan - The Chemical Record, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Selected problems of electrochemical synthesis, characterization and applications of
titanium dioxide are reviewed. These issues have attracted considerable attention from …

Tricomponent brookite/anatase TiO 2/gC 3 N 4 heterojunction in mesoporous hollow microspheres for enhanced visible-light photocatalysis

H Wei, WA McMaster, JZY Tan, D Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The three major polymorphs of TiO2, anatase, rutile, and brookite, are widely utilised to form
heterojunction semiconductors for superior photocatalytic performance due to their unique …

Lithium insertion into TiO2 (anatase): electrochemistry, Raman spectroscopy, and isotope labeling

L Kavan - Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2014 - Springer
This article presents a critical discussion of selected structural aspects of electrochemical Li-
insertion into TiO 2 (anatase). Recent works are reviewed (almost half of the cited works is …

Conduction band engineering in semiconducting oxides (TiO2, SnO2): Applications in perovskite photovoltaics and beyond

L Kavan - Catalysis Today, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper reviews salient findings about the conduction band minimum (CBM) in TiO 2 and
SnO 2, which are relevant to applications in energy conversion and storage. The CBM is …

Photocatalytic reactivity of {121} and {211} facets of brookite TiO 2 crystals

M Zhao, H Xu, H Chen, S Ouyang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
For the facet engineering of brookite TiO2, the surface atomic structure is known but the
electronic structure has been rarely studied to date. Herein, we investigated both the surface …