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 …

The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Polycrystalline anatase thin films,(001)-and (101)-oriented anatase TiO 2 single crystals and
(001)-and (110)-oriented rutile TiO 2 single crystals with various surface treatments were …

Solid catalysts are very useful functional materials, which are used in 90% of industrial
processes. The most important are the supported ones. In these catalysts, nanoparticles of …

Owing to their scientific and technological importance, inorganic single crystals with highly
reactive surfaces have long been studied,,,,,,,,,,,,. Unfortunately, surfaces with high reactivity …

Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

Defects at transition metal (TM) and rare earth (RE) oxide surfaces, neutral oxygen
vacancies in particular, play a major role in a variety of technological applications. This is the …

Defect states in reduced and n-type doped titania are of fundamental importance in several
technologically important applications. Still, the exact nature of these states, often referred to …

Second-generation TiO2-x D x photocatalysts doped with either anions (N, C, and S mostly)
or cations have recently been shown to have their absorption edge red-shifted to lower …

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to study the surface composition and
electronic structure of Au/TiO2 catalysts in comparison with TiO2 (anatase) and to reveal …