The correlation between the textural properties and the photocatalytic activity of nanocrystalline Titanium dioxide (TiO2)-anatase films obtained by sol–gel has been investigated. Mesoporous and mesostructured TiO2-anatase films were prepared using different titanium precursors and Pluronic (F127) and polyethylene glycol hexadecyl ether P5884 (Brij58) surfactants via acid catalysis. Ca(NO3)2 an...

The catalytic capability of original carbon nitride (CN) is limited by a small specific surface area and high electron–hole recombination rate. In this study, WO3-loaded porous nanosheets (MCA-CN/WO3) were synthesized thermal treatment with melamine, cyanuric acid WCl6. MCA-CN/WO3 could degrade 98% the methylene blue (MB) within 30 min in photo-Fenton-like process, displaying better activity th...

Wet-chemical syntheses of quasi two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as promising methods for straightforward solution-processing these materials. However, the photoluminescence (PL) properties colloidal TMDs are virtually unexplored due to typically nonemitting synthesis products. In this work, we demonstrate room temperature micro-PL delicate ultrathin WS2...