Abstract
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is ideally most promising photocatalyst for degradation of organic compounds under environmentally benign conditions. For further exploitation of its catalytic properties, some strategies to improve adsorption of organic substrates by hybridization with various support materials have become important. This article reviews recent developments in designing TiO2 photocatalyst with the objective of fabricating efficient photodegradation systems toward organic compounds diluted in water and air. We highlight that the hydrophobic support materials can offer significant enhancement in photodegradation, where adsorption properties of organics onto TiO2 surface play much more dominant role than other structural and compositional factors in photocatalysis of TiO2.
Current Organic Chemistry
Title: Design of New Functional Titanium Oxide-Based Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organics Diluted in Water and Air
Volume: 14 Issue: 7
Author(s): Yasutaka Kuwahara, Takashi Kamegawa, Kohsuke Mori and Hiromi Yamashita
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Abstract: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is ideally most promising photocatalyst for degradation of organic compounds under environmentally benign conditions. For further exploitation of its catalytic properties, some strategies to improve adsorption of organic substrates by hybridization with various support materials have become important. This article reviews recent developments in designing TiO2 photocatalyst with the objective of fabricating efficient photodegradation systems toward organic compounds diluted in water and air. We highlight that the hydrophobic support materials can offer significant enhancement in photodegradation, where adsorption properties of organics onto TiO2 surface play much more dominant role than other structural and compositional factors in photocatalysis of TiO2.
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Kuwahara Yasutaka, Kamegawa Takashi, Mori Kohsuke and Yamashita Hiromi, Design of New Functional Titanium Oxide-Based Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organics Diluted in Water and Air, Current Organic Chemistry 2010; 14 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138527210790963458
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138527210790963458 |
Print ISSN 1385-2728 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5348 |
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