The most efficient method of converting CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels is a photocatalyst-based process, in which the charge transfer and recombination rate electron–hole pair are important parameters that determine catalytic activity photocatalyst. Novel structured ternary photocatalyst keeps more advantage than binary material because it has strong light absorption enhanced photocatalytic potency. ...

During the last decade, a great variety of nanostructures (nanotubes, nanofibers or nanowires) based on metals, carbons, polymers or semiconductors, have been synthesized following different synthesis procedures by using nanoporous anodic alumina membranes (AAM) as templates [1]. The principal reason for using templates of nanoporous AAM as precursor patterns lies on the possibility to obtain, ...

   ZnO structures with different dopants (1mol% Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu and Ni) have been synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method using sucrose as a template. These doped ZnO nanostructures characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence (PL). The photocatalytic property of these synthesized materials was studied by a pho...

Herein, we demonstrate the design and fabrication of the well-defined triple-shelled Ag@Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 nanospheres with burr-shaped hierarchical structures, in which the multiple distinct functional components are integrated wonderfully into a single nanostructure. In comparison with commercial TiO2 (P25), pure TiO2 microspheres, Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 and annealed Ag@Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 nanocomposites, ...

BACKGROUND Titania dioxide (TiO(2)) photocatalyst is primarily induced by ultraviolet light irradiation. Visible-light responsive anion-doped TiO(2) photocatalysts contain higher quantum efficiency under sunlight and can be used safely in indoor settings without exposing to biohazardous ultraviolet light. The antibacterial efficiency, however, remains to be further improved. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...

in the present study, comparison of  photocatalytic activity of nanostructures semiconductor zinc oxide (zno) was prepared using the different methods on the degradation of organic dye such as methylene blue that was investigated. previous studies have proved that such semiconductors can degrade most kinds of persistent organic pollutants, such as detergents, dyes, pesticides and volatile organ...

TiO2 is the most studied semiconductor material for photovoltaics and photocatalyst applications, but due to a very large electron hole recombination process it is difficult to use it as a photovoltaics material. In this context graphene-decorated Ag-doped TiO2 nanostructures have been synthesized by a simple, cost effective chemical method. In this paper, we have studied the structural transfo...

Copyright: © 2014 Shintani H. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The photocatalyst equipment consists of a titanium dioxlde (TiO2) plate and an ultraviolet lamp. The authors studied if the photoca...

In the present study, comparison of  photocatalytic activity of nanostructures semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) was prepared using the different methods on the degradation of organic dye such as methylene blue that was investigated. Previous studies have proved that such semiconductors can degrade most kinds of persistent organic pollutants, such as detergents, dyes, pesticides and volatile organ...

The photocatalytic process employing nanostructured semiconductor materials has attracted great attention in energy production, CO2 reduction, and water/air purification for decades. Recently, applying heterogeneous photocatalyst the synthesis of valuable chemicals is gradually emerging considered as a promising conversion cheap resources (i.e., biomass derivatives, polyols, aromatic hydrocarbo...