Photocatalysis has been widely applied in various areas, such as solar cells, water splitting,
and pollutant degradation. Therefore, the photochemical mechanisms and basic principles …

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 …

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

TiO2 anatase plays a central role in energy and environmental research. A major bottleneck
toward developing artificial photosynthesis with TiO2 is that it only absorbs ultraviolet light …

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 …

Climate change and the consumption of non-renewable resources are considered as the
greatest problems facing humankind. Because of this, photocatalysis research has been …

Since its commercial production in the early twentieth century, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has
been widely used as a pigment1 and in sunscreens, 2, 3 paints, 4 ointments, toothpaste, 5 …

Semiconductor photocatalysts have important applications in renewable energy and
environment fields. To overcome the serious drawbacks of low efficiency and narrow light …

The photoactivation of TiO2 has received enormous attention from scientists and engineers
in the past decade. This interest has been generated because of the confluence of several …

A critical overview is presented on the role that first row p-block elements boron, carbon,
nitrogen and fluorine, employed as dopants of TiO2, have in improving the capability of this …