The preparation and photocatalysis of TiO2–ZnS/fluoropolymer fiber composites were investigated. The fluoropolymer nanofiber mats with carboxyl groups were prepared by electrospinning, and then titanium and zinc ions were introduced onto the fiber surfaces by the coordinating of carboxyl of fluoropolymer in solution. The TiO2–ZnS composites with diameters 15 nm to 1 lm were immobilized on the s...

The degradation of alachlor has been investigated using sonolysis (US), photocatalysis (UV) and sonophotocatalysis (US/UV) using three photocatalyst viz. TiO2 (mixture of anatase and rutile), TiO2 (anatase) and ZnO. The effect of photocatalyst loading on the extent of degradation of alachlor has been investigated by varying TiO2 (both types) loading over the range of 0.01 g/L to 0.1 g/L and ZnO...

Photocatalysis describes the excitation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (a wide-band gap semiconductor) by UVA light to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can destroy many organic molecules. This photocatalysis process is used for environmental remediation, while antimicrobial photocatalysis can kill many classes of microorganisms and can be used to sterilize water and surfaces and po...

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) displays photocatalytic behavior under near-ultraviolet (UV) illumination. In another scientific field, it is well understood that the excitation of localized plasmon polaritons on the surface of silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) causes a tremendous increase of the near-field amplitude at well-defined wavelengths in the near UV. The exact resonance wavelength depends on th...

A facile hydrothermal approach has been developed to prepare defective TiO2-x nanocrystals using Ti(III)-salt as a precursor and L-ascorbic acid as reductant and structure direction agent. The prepared TiO2-x nanocrystals are composed of a highly crystallized TiO2 core and a disordered TiO2-x outer layer, possessing high surface area, controlled oxygen vacancy concentration and tunable bandgap ...

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a well-known photocatalyst for environmental cleaning and energy conversion. However, it can only be excited by ultraviolet light for photocatalysis due to its wide band gap (3.2 eV). In this paper, we present a novel (Yb,Er)-NaYF4/C-TiO2 composite which can be perfectly induced not only by ultraviolet light but also weak visible and near infrared lights, owing to the...

The influence of activated carbon on the activity of TiO2 in toluene photooxidation was studied to verify the efficiency of both materials working ensemble. Results showed that surface pH and more strongly the surface area of activated carbon influence the TiO2 photoactivity. Results suggest that toluene adsorbed on carbon diffuses to TiO2 where photooxidation takes place. In conclusion, TiO2-a...

Integrating plasmon resonant nanostructures with photocatalytic semiconductors shows great promise for high efficiency photocatalytic water splitting. However, the electrochemical instability of most III-V semiconductors severely limits their applicability in photocatalysis. In this work, we passivate p-type GaP with a thin layer of n-type TiO2 using atomic layer deposition. The TiO2 passivatio...

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...

in this work, ferric coagulation and acid cracking as olive mill wastewater (omw) pretreatments during photocatalysis process were compared in batch recirculation reactor. as ferric ions influence, ferric coagulation has preference over acid cracking. ferric ions influence on intensification of penolic components absorption on tio2 surfacein initial and oxidize organic pollutant during photocat...