A review on optical bandgap engineering in TiO2 nanostructures via doping and intrinsic vacancy modulation towards visible light applications

RV Nair, VS Gummaluri, MV Matham… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The prospect of engineering the bandgap in semiconductor nanostructures all the way from
ultraviolet to visible is highly significant in various applications such as photocatalysis …

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 …

Defects and aliovalent doping engineering in electroceramics

Y Feng, J Wu, Q Chi, W Li, Y Yu, W Fei - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the positive influences of defects on the performance of electroceramics were
discovered, investigations concerning on defects and aliovalent doping routes have grown …

Photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 nanoparticles: a theoretical aspect

Y Nam, JH Lim, KC Ko, JY Lee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
TiO2 photocatalysts have been widely used in the field of renewable energy and
environmental clean-up. However, the large band gap of TiO2, along with the fast …

Semiconducting transition metal oxides

S Lany - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Open shell transition metal oxides are usually described as Mott or charge transfer
insulators, which are often viewed as being disparate from semiconductors. Based on the …

Intrinsic n-type Defect Formation in TiO2: A Comparison of Rutile and Anatase from GGA+U Calculations

BJ Morgan, GW Watson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010 - ACS Publications
The formations of intrinsic n-type defects, that is, oxygen vacancies and titanium interstitials,
in rutile and anatase TiO2 have been compared using GGA+ U calculations. In both crystal …

Charge trapping in TiO 2 polymorphs as seen by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy

M Chiesa, MC Paganini, S Livraghi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) techniques have been employed to investigate
charge carrier trapping in the two main TiO2 polymorphs, anatase and rutile, with particular …

Polaronic trapping of electrons and holes by native defects in anatase

BJ Morgan, GW Watson - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2009 - APS
We have investigated the formation of native defects in anatase TiO 2 using density
functional theory (DFT) modified with on-site Coulomb terms (DFT+ U) applied to both Ti d …

Excess electrons in reduced rutile and anatase TiO2

WJ Yin, B Wen, C Zhou, A Selloni, LM Liu - Surface Science Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
As a prototypical photocatalyst, TiO 2 is a material of scientific and technological interest. In
photocatalysis and other applications, TiO 2 is often reduced, behaving as an n-type …

Superhydrophobic and Photocatalytic Synergistic Self-Cleaning Coating Constructed by Hierarchically Structured Flower-like Hollow SiO2@TiO2 Spheres with …

R Guo, Y Bao, X Zheng, J Chen, H Yang… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The self-cleaning coating has both superhydrophobic physical and photocatalytic chemical
self-cleaning properties, which has attracted the wide attention of researchers in recent …