Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of Ni islands deposited on TiO2(1 1 0) show that the islands grow threedimensionally at room temperature with an average height of approximately 6.5 A and diameter of 30 A. The broadness of the island size distributions can be controlled by the diffusion (D) to deposition flux (F ) ratio, with the narrowest distribution corresponding to the smallest D=F rat...

uv/tio2 photocatalysis of chelated copper in aqueous solutions has been performed starting from cu(ii)-tartaric acid, cu(ii)-citric acid, cu(ii)-edta and cu(ii)-dtpa,in the presence of oxygen and at acidic ph. the photocatalytic reaction obeys first-order kinetic equation. the influence of cu(ii) on photocatalytic oxidation of organic ligands and how the various organics will affect the treatmen...

Bimetallic Cu-Ni/TiO2 photocatalysts were synthesized using wet impregnation (WI) method with TiO2 (Degussa-P25) as support and calcined at different temperatures (180, 200, and 300°C) for the photodegradation of DIPA under visible light. The photocatalysts were characterized using TGA, FESEM, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and temperatur...

In this article a comparison was made between Cu and TiO2 supported catalysts on activated carbon for ozone decomposition reaction. The activated carbon support in the case of TiO2/AC sample was prepared by physicochemical pyrolysis and for Cu/AC samples the supports are chemically modified carbons. The prepared catalysts were synthesized by impregnation method. The samples were annealed in two...

In this paper, a Cu, N co-doped TiO2 nanosheet with increased visible light photocatalytic activity was successfully synthesized using a biomimetic layer-by-layer deposition process. The polymer, branched-polyethyleneimine (b-PEI) was used as an induction agent for the hydrolysis of titanium bis(ammonium lactato)-dihydroxide (Ti-BALDH) as well as for a nitrogen resource, and the graphene oxide ...

Fluorapatite-titania coated Ti-based implants are promising for using in dental surgery for restoring teeth. One of the challenges in implantology is to achieve a bioactive coating with appropriate mechanical properties. In this research, simple sol-gel method was developed for synthesis of fluorapatite-titania-carbon nanotube decorated with antibacterial agent. Triethyl phosphate [PO4(C2H5)3],...

Ethanol synthesis from CH4 and syngas on a Cu-Co/TiO2 catalyst is studied using experiments, density functional theory (DFT) and microkinetic modelling. The experimental results indicate that the active sites of ethanol synthesis from CH4 and syngas are Cu and CoO, over which the ethanol selectivity is approximately 98.30% in a continuous stepwise reactor. DFT and microkinetic modelling results...

Highly aligned Cu2O, Cu2O/CuO, Cu2O/CuO/TiO2 and Cu2O/TiO2 nanowires arrays on Au substrates were prepared by controlled air annealing of the electrodeposited Cu nanowires and furthered with dip coating. Photoelectrochemical investigations were carried out to determine their potential as photocathodes for water photo-reduction. The photocurrent of the Cu2O nanowires photocathode was found to be...

Cu-doped TiO2 nanopowders were prepared by sonochemical-assisted process via a precursor solution of titanium isopropoxide, copper nitrate trihydrate and sodium hydroxide in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol in combination with calcinations process. The as-synthesized products were calcined at various temperatures ranging from 500-1000°C. The physical microstructures, morphologies and chemical ...

We report a simple yet effective approach for the decoration of the TiO2 nanocrystal surface with size-tunable CuO nanodots for high-performance noble metal-free photocatalytic H2 production. Modification with polyacrylic acid enables the surface of TiO2 nanocrystals to be selectively deposited with Cu(OH)2 nanodots, which can be subsequently converted to CuO through dehydration without changin...