We present a comparative density functional tight binding study of an organic molecule attachment to TiO2 via a carboxylic group, with the example of acetic acid. For the first time, binding to low-energy surfaces of crystalline anatase (101), rutile (110) and (B)-TiO2 (001), as well as to the surface of amorphous (a-) TiO2 is compared with the same computational setup. On all surfaces, bidenta...

A generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from TiO2 under solar light has been long sought since the ROS can disinfect organic pollutants. We found that newly developed crystalline/amorphous reduced TiO2 (rTiO2) that has low energy bandgap can effectively generate ROS under solar light and successfully remove a bloom of algae. The preparation of rTiO2 is a one-pot and mass productive soluti...

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a potential candidate to replace conventional silicon-based solar cells because of high efficiency, cheap cost, and lower energy consumption in comparison with silicon chip manufacture. In this report, mixed-phase (anatase and rutile nanoparticles) TiO2 photoanode was synthesized to investigate material characteristics, carriers transport, and photovoltaic pe...

Doping of titania nanotubes is one of the efficient way to obtain improved physical and chemical properties. Through electrochemical anodization and annealing treatment, Ni-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays were fabricated and their hydrogen sensing performance was investigated. The nanotube sensor demonstrated a good sensitivity for wide-range detection of both dilute and high-concentration hydrogen ...

Supported transition metals on TiO2 surfaces have shown exceptional catalytic properties in many important process such as CO oxidation, selective propane oxidation, hydrogenation, water adsorption and other catalytic and photocatalytic oxidation reaction at low-temperature. Among the three polymorphs of TiO2, the anatase crystal is the more photoactive. The anatase (101) surface attracts more ...

TiO2/ACF composites were prepared by the electrochemical method with Titanium (IV) n-butoxide (TNB) electrolyte under different electrochemical operation time. The BET surface area for TiO2/ACF composites decrease with the increase of electrochemical operation time. There is a single crystal structure which is anatase in all of the samples from the data of XRD. The SEM micrphotographs of TiO2/A...

The titanium oxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were prepared using the sol-gel technique. calcination temperature (650, 850) has produced different TiO2 structures (anatase and rutile), effect of particles was studied. on structural properties nanomaterial. Furthermore, at room-temperature casting process used to create a PVA/TiO2 nanocomposite with phases. showed results X-ray diffraction (XRD) that ...

Nanocomposites based on TiO2-supported copper nanoparticles were prepared by a hydrothermal method where copper nanoparticles with or without the passivation of 1-decyne were chemically grown onto TiO2 nanocolloid surfaces (and hence denoted as CuHC10/TiO2 and Cu/TiO2, respectively). Transmission electron microscopy measurements showed that the size of the hybrid nanoparticles was 5-15 nm in di...

In order to fabricate transparent TiO2 nanotube dye-sensitized solar cells, anodically growth nanotube membranes are detached from Ti substrate by a re-anodization method. The membranes are transferred on FTO glass by two different methods. At the first one, 100mM Tiisopropoxide is used to make TiO2 nanoparticles for adhering TiO2 nanotube membranes to FTO and in the second one a commercial TiO...