Visible-light-driven reversible and switchable hydrophobic to hydrophilic nitrogen-doped titania surfaces: correlation with photocatalysis

Nanoscale ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 2257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwei Wang ◽  
Baodong Mao ◽  
James L. Gole ◽  
Clemens Burda
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ravi Chandra ◽  
T. Siva Rao ◽  
Hyun-Suk Kim ◽  
S.V.N. Pammi ◽  
N. Prabhakarrao ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1433-1438 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sato ◽  
Y. Aita ◽  
M. Komatsu ◽  
S. Yin

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (12) ◽  
pp. 124305 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Lin ◽  
A. K. Rumaiz ◽  
M. Schulz ◽  
C. P. Huang ◽  
S. Ismat Shah

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 101176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhangfeng Shen ◽  
Qineng Xia ◽  
Yaguang Li ◽  
Chaochuang Yin ◽  
Zhigang Ge ◽  
...  

2D Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 015002
Author(s):  
Kazi M Alam ◽  
Pawan Kumar ◽  
Ajay P Manuel ◽  
Ehsan Vahidzadeh ◽  
Ankur Goswami ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 2051031
Author(s):  
Abulikemu Abulizi ◽  
Hujiabudula Maimaitizi ◽  
Dilinuer Talifu ◽  
Yalkunjan Tursun

A photocatalyst of high-performance hierarchical nitrogen-doped MoS2 (N-MoS2) microsphere was fabricated by an in situ hydrothermal method in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The as-prepared N-MoS2 microsphere was self-assembled by extremely thin interleaving petals, where CTAB acts as a nucleation site for the formation of the interleaving petals due to the strong interaction between CTA+ and [Formula: see text]. N-MoS2 showed higher N2 fixation ability (101.2 [Formula: see text] mol/g(cat)h) than the non-doped MoS2 under the visible light irradiation, and the improved photocatalytic activity could be ascribed to that the doped N narrows the band gap, and the surface reflecting and scattering effect caused by the hierarchical structure enhance the light adsorption. The trapping experiment of active species was also investigated to evaluate the role of photogenerated electrons in the photocatalytic reaction process. Meanwhile, the possible mechanism for the formation and excellent photocatalytic performance of N-MoS2 microsphere were also presented.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Wafi ◽  
Erzsébet Szabó-Bárdos ◽  
Ottó Horváth ◽  
Mihály Pósfai ◽  
Éva Makó ◽  
...  

Catalysts for visible-light-driven oxidative cleaning processes and antibacterial applications (also in the dark) were developed. In order to extend the photoactivity of titanium dioxide into the visible region, nitrogen-doped TiO2 catalysts with hollow and non-hollow structures were synthesized by co-precipitation (NT-A) and sol–gel (NT-U) methods, respectively. To increase their photocatalytic and antibacterial efficiencies, various amounts of silver were successfully loaded on the surfaces of these catalysts by using a facile photo-deposition technique. Their physical and chemical properties were evaluated by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (TEM–EDS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS). The photocatalytic performances of the synthesized catalysts were examined in coumarin and 1,4-hydroquinone solutions. The results showed that the hollow structure of NT-A played an important role in obtaining high specific surface area and appreciable photoactivity. In addition, Ag-loading on the surface of non-hollow structured NT-U could double the photocatalytic performance with an optimum Ag concentration of 10−6 mol g−1, while a slight but monotonous decrease was caused in this respect for the hollow surface of NTA upon increasing Ag concentration. Comparing the catalysts with different structures regarding the photocatalytic performance, silverized non-hollow NT-U proved competitive with the hollow NT-A catalyst without Ag-loading for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic oxidative degradations. The former one, due to the silver nanoparticles on the catalyst surface, displayed an appreciable antibacterial activity, which was comparable to that of a reference material practically applied for disinfection in polymer coatings.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (37) ◽  
pp. 6249-6257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Ding Jiang ◽  
Xiaojiao Du ◽  
Danyang Chen ◽  
Jing Qian ◽  
...  

Efficient charge transfer takes place by coupling nitrogen doped graphene with TiO2 and the charge recombination of the composites is significantly suppressed, resulting enhanced photocurrent responses than pristine TiO2.


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