In:
Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 35, No. 3 ( 2015-09-1), p. 151-178
Abstract:
For the past 40 years, titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanomaterials have attracted immense attention because of their potential applications in the photodegradation of organic pollutants, photocatalytic water splitting for H 2 generation, and dye-sensitized solar cells. Despite the fact that the potential applications of TiO 2 nanoparticles are ubiquitous, they are not problem free, examples include a large interfacial area that causes slow charge carrier transport, a wide optical band gap that leads to limited applications using solar light, and single-phase and nanoscales features that induce fast recombination of photo-reduced carriers. Therefore, this review highlights the development associated with the adsorption photocatalysis hybrid system for treating wastewater. The immobilization of TiO 2 photocatalysts in metal oxide, carbon, and ceramic materials to form TiO 2 hybrid systems could prevent the problem of particle recovery, adsorption capacity, and the separation process. Such hybrid systems require significant effort of optimizing the specific surface area-to-volume ratio of the supported photocatalysts with its photocatalytic activities.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2191-0227
,
0193-4929
DOI:
10.1515/revic-2015-0005
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2580662-2
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