Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts

Synthesis and Characterization Studies of Highly Active Titanium Oxide-based Photocatalysts.- Chemical Methods for the Preparation of Multifunctional Photocatalysts.- Second Generation Visible-Light-Active Photocatalysts: Preparation, Optical Properties, and Consequences of Dopants on the Band Gap Energy of TiO2.- Preparation of Titanium Oxide-Based Powders and Thin Films of High Photocatalytic Activities Using Solvothermal Methods.- Preparation of Highly Transparent TiO2-based Thin Film Photocatalysts by an Ion Engineering Method: Ionized Cluster Beam Deposition.- UV Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Titania: Phase Transformation and Significance of Surface Phase in Photocatalysis.- Photoluminescence Spectroscopic Studies on TiO2 Photocatalyst.- Surface Chemistry of TiO2 Photocatalysis and LIF Detection of OH Radicals.- Local Structures, Excited States, and Photocatalytic Reactivities of “Single-Site” Ti-Oxide Photocatalysts Constructed Within Zeolites or Mesoporous Materials.- Development of Visible Light-responsive Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts.- Visible-Light-Responsive Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts.- Development and Sensitization of N- or S-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts.- Visible Light-Responsive Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts: Preparations Based on Chemical Methods.- Development of Well-Defined Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by Applying a RF-Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method.- Photocatalytic Reactions for Environmentally-Harmonious Applications.- Photo-assisted Mineralization of the Agrochemical Pesticides Oxamyl and Methomyl and the Herbicides Diphenamid and Asulam.- Purification of Toxic Compounds in Water and Treatment of Polymeric Materials.- Development of Highly Active Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts Anchored on Silica Sheets andtheir Applications for Air Purification Systems.- Photocatalytic Application of TiO2 for Air Cleaning.- Photocatalytic Removal of Gas-Phase Elemental Mercury Using TiO2.- Photocatalytic Purification of Benzene in Air.- The Effect of Addition of Pt on the Gas Phase Photocatalysis over TiO2.- Photoreactions of Organic Compounds with TiO2 Single Crystal Surfaces.- Photo-induced Superhydrophilicity for Materials with Self-cleaning Properties.- Investigations of the Photoinduced Superhydrophilicity of the TiO2 Photocatalyst Surface by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.- Photocatalytic Water-splitting for the Evolution of H2 from H2O.- Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water on Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Films Under Solar Light Irradiation.- Construction of Solid-State Thin Film Solar Cell by Applying Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Materials.- Photocatalytic Organic Syntheses.- Photocatalytic Transformations of Sulfur-Based Organic Compounds.- TiO2-Based Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis.- Photocatalytic Organic Syntheses.- Renewable Energy from the Photocatalytic Reduction.- Renewable Energy from the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 with H2O.- Photofunctionalization.- Photofunctionalization of TiO2 for Optimal Bone-titanium Integration: A Novel Phenomenon of Super Osseointegration.- Conclusions and Emerging Applications.- Energing Applications of TiO2-Based Composites.