Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts: Applications of Titanium Oxide-based Materials

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Chemical Methods for the Preparation of Multifunctional Photocatalysts....Pages 7-33
Second Generation Visible-Light-Active Photocatalysts: Preparation, Optical Properties, and Consequences of Dopants on the Band Gap Energy of TiO 2 ....Pages 35-111
Preparation of Titanium Oxide-Based Powders and Thin Films of High Photocatalytic Activities Using Solvothermal Methods....Pages 113-132
Preparation of Highly Transparent TiO 2 -based Thin Film Photocatalysts by an Ion Engineering Method: Ionized Cluster Beam Deposition....Pages 133-151
UV Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Titania: Phase Transformation and Significance of Surface Phase in Photocatalysis....Pages 153-184
Photoluminescence Spectroscopic Studies on TiO 2 Photocatalyst....Pages 185-203
Surface Chemistry of TiO 2 Photocatalysis and LIF Detection of OH Radicals....Pages 205-215
Local Structures, Excited States, and Photocatalytic Reactivities of “Single-Site” Ti-Oxide Photocatalysts Constructed Within Zeolites or Mesoporous Materials....Pages 217-232
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Visible-Light-Responsive Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts....Pages 235-251
Development and Sensitization of N- or S-Doped TiO 2 Photocatalysts....Pages 253-275
Visible Light-Responsive Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts: Preparations Based on Chemical Methods....Pages 277-299
Development of Well-Defined Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by Applying a RF-Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method....Pages 301-317
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Photo-assisted Mineralization of the Agrochemical Pesticides Oxamyl and Methomyl and the Herbicides Diphenamid and Asulam....Pages 321-344
Purification of Toxic Compounds in Water and Treatment of Polymeric Materials....Pages 345-402
Development of Highly Active Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts Anchored on Silica Sheets and their Applications for Air Purification Systems....Pages 403-413
Photocatalytic Application of TiO 2 for Air Cleaning....Pages 415-436
Photocatalytic Removal of Gas-Phase Elemental Mercury Using TiO 2 ....Pages 437-449
Photocatalytic Purification of Benzene in Air....Pages 451-478
The Effect of Addition of Pt on the Gas Phase Photocatalysis over TiO 2 ....Pages 479-501
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Photoreactions of Organic Compounds with TiO 2 Single Crystal Surfaces....Pages 503-524
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Investigations of the Photoinduced Superhydrophilicity of the TiO 2 Photocatalyst Surface by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 527-542
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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water on Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Films Under Solar Light Irradiation....Pages 545-560
Construction of Solid-State Thin Film Solar Cell by Applying Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Film Materials....Pages 561-575
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Photocatalytic Transformations of Sulfur-Based Organic Compounds....Pages 579-621
TiO 2 -Based Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis....Pages 623-645
Photocatalytic Organic Syntheses....Pages 647-669
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Renewable Energy from the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 with H 2 O....Pages 673-696
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Photofunctionalization of TiO 2 for Optimal Bone-titanium Integration: A Novel Phenomenon of Super Osseointegration....Pages 699-713
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Energing Applications of TiO 2 -Based Composites....Pages 717-739
Back Matter....Pages 741-757