Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Its Applications

Francesco Parrino is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Trento, Italy. He graduated cum laude in Chemical Engineering from the University of Palermo in 2005 and got a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany, in 2009. His research activity deals with the preparation and characterization of photocatalysts for degradation of pollutants and for green synthesis of organic molecules. His scientific production conjugates mechanistic and fundamental aspects of heterogeneous photocatalysis with engineering issues for industrial applications. He has authored approximately 80 joint papers in collaboration with scientists from all over the world and several communications for international conferences on these topics. Leonardo Palmisano was born in Termini Imerese, Italy, in 1950. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry cum laude in 1973 from the University of Palermo. He was a full professor of Chemistry in the Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, since 2000, and although he has now retired, he continues to carry out research. His scientific work mainly focuses on heterogeneous photocatalysis, such as preparation, characterization of many bulk and surface techniques, and testing of various types of bare and doped polycrystalline photocatalysts. He has collaborated with many scientists worldwide, producing joint papers in international journals (~350), many scientific and didactical books, and five patents. He is editorin- chief of the Journal of Photocatalysis and a member of the editorial boards of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Current Organic Chemistry, International Journal of Photoenergy, Journal of Chemistry, and Journal of Membrane Science & Technology.

Section 1. Titanium dioxide: synthesis and characterization 1. Introduction 2. Properties of titanium dioxide 3. Structural and electronic properties of TiO2 from first principles calculations 4. Synthesis and characterization of titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide-based materials

Section 2. Energy applications 5. Synthentic, natural and bioinspired dyes as TiO2 sensitizers in sustainable solar cells 6. TiO2-based materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production 7. TiO2-based devices for energy-related applications 8. Heat transfer by using TiO2 nanofluids

Section 3. TiO2 in our life 9. TiO2 as white pigment and valorization of the waste coming from its production 10. Titanium dioxide-based nanomaterials: application of their smart properties in biomedicine 11. TiO2 in the food industry and cosmetics 12. Titanium dioxide: antimicrobial surfaces and toxicity assessment 13. Functionalization of glass by TiO2-based self-cleaning coatings 14. TiO2 as a source of titanium 15. TiO2 in the building sector

Section 4. TiO2 devices and their applications 16. TiO2 oxides for chromogenic devices and dielectric mirrors 17. TiO2 in memristors and resistive random access memory devices 18. Applications of TiO2 in sensor devices 19. TiO2 photocatalysis for environmental purposes 20. Fine chemistry by TiO2 heterogenous photocatalysis 21. Catalytic applications of TiO2