TiO₂ immobilized on 2D mordenite: effect of hydrolysis conditions on structural, textural, and optical characteristics of the nanocomposites

• Marina G. Shelyapina,
• Rosario Isidro Yocupicio-Gaxiola,
• Gleb A. Valkovsky and
• Vitalii Petranovskii

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 128–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.12

• mesoporosity after calcination due to anatase nanoparticles of about 4 nm preventing the collapse of the interlamellar space. Immobilization of TiO2 on the zeolite surface is evidenced by the formation of Si–O–Ti bonds. The bandgap width of the synthetized nanocomposites was found to be sensitive to the

• similarly leads to the formation of TiO2. TiO2 is a well-known photocatalyst whose efficiency depends on a number of factors, including the crystalline phase, particle size, and degree of crystallinity. The most active phase of TiO2 is considered to be anatase. Its nanoparticles usually show higher

• efficiency than the bulk phase, but the bandgap of anatase particles smaller than 10 nm is very sensitive to their size [14]. One of the disadvantages of such free photocatalyst nanoparticles is the limitation of mass transfer between solid and liquid phases. From this perspective, the problem of

Photocatalytic methane oxidation over a TiO₂/SiNWs p–n junction catalyst at room temperature

• Qui Thanh Hoai Ta,
• Luan Minh Nguyen,
• Ngoc Hoi Nguyen,
• Phan Khanh Thinh Nguyen and
• Dai Hai Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1132–1141, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.92

• phase (JCPDS No.27-1402) [40][41]. In the case of the as-synthesized composite, the favored growth of TiO2(101) on the surface of p-Si NWs has been noticed [42]. The minor (112), (200), (105), and (211) peaks at 2θ = 38.2°, 48.5°, 53.3°, and 55.1° indicate the formation of anatase TiO2 (JCPDS No.21-1272

Simultaneous electrochemical determination of uric acid and hypoxanthine at a TiO₂/graphene quantum dot-modified electrode

• Vu Ngoc Hoang,
• Dang Thi Ngoc Hoa,
• Nguyen Quang Man,
• Le Vu Truong Son,
• Le Van Thanh Son,
• Vo Thang Nguyen,
• Le Thi Hong Phong,
• Ly Hoang Diem,
• Kieu Chan Ly,
• Ho Sy Thang and
• Dinh Quang Khieu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 719–732, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.60

• HYP using a TiO2/GQDs-modified electrode were addressed. Experimental Materials Coffee grounds were collected from the local area. Anatase (98%), hydrogen chloride (39%), hydrogen peroxide (30%), boric acid (99%), phosphoric acid (85%), acetic acid (99%), uric acid (99%), and hypoxanthine (99%) were

• = 26°, corresponding to the (101) plane of the anatase phase (JCPDS file 73-1764) (Figure 2a). As the XRD measurements were made in liquids instead of solid powders, the diffraction peaks are found to be broad and weak. The diffraction peaks of the GQDs at 2θ = 30.4° can be assigned to the (002) plane

• of graphene. The broad nature of the diffraction peak is due to the structure of GQDs containing only few layers of graphene sheets [27]. The XRD pattern of TiO2/GQDs in solid form (dried at 100 °C for 3 h) exhibits characteristic peaks of anatase at 2θ = 25.6°, 38.1°, and 48.3°, corresponding to the

Exfoliation of titanium nitride using a non-thermal plasma process

• Priscila Jussiane Zambiazi,
• Dolores Ribeiro Ricci Lazar,
• Larissa Otubo,
• Rodrigo Fernando Brambilla de Souza,
• Almir Oliveira Neto and
• Cecilia Chaves Guedes-Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 631–637, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.53

• , possibly due to surface oxidation of the powder. This observation can explain the presence of the 340 cm−1 peak, indicative of anatase formation. Additionally, the Raman spectra reveal vibrations resulting from nitrogen and titanium deficiencies within the TiN structure. Specifically, the peak at 253 cm−1

Comparative electron microscopy particle sizing of TiO₂ pigments: sample preparation and measurement

• Ralf Theissmann,
• Christopher Drury,
• Markus Rohe,
• Thomas Koch,
• Jochen Winkler and
• Petr Pikal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 317–332, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.29

• ) pigment is a non-toxic, particulate material in widespread use and found in everyone’s daily life. The particle size of the anatase or rutile crystals are optimised to produce a pigment that provides the best possible whiteness and opacity. The average particle size is intentionally much larger than the

• for product quality assurance by three TiO2 manufacturing companies and present number-based primary particle size distributions (PSDs) obtained in a round-robin study performed on five anatase pigments fabricated by means of sulfate processes in different plants and commonly used worldwide in food

• Five different electron microscopy (EM) techniques and sample preparations, three reported here and two reported by Verleysen et al. [8], were applied to the same five E171 anatase samples A–E. We also include average values from the EFSA report [11] and results from an external laboratory (RCPTM) for

Titania nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of ethanol under simulated solar light

• Evghenii Goncearenco,
• Iuliana P. Morjan,
• Claudiu Teodor Fleaca,
• Florian Dumitrache,
• Elena Dutu,
• Monica Scarisoreanu,
• Valentin Serban Teodorescu,
• Alexandra Sandulescu,
• Crina Anastasescu and
• Ioan Balint

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 616–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.51

• Degussa P25 sample. Two series of samples were obtained. Series “a” includes thermally treated TiO2 nanoparticles (to remove impurities) that have different proportions of the anatase phase (41.12–90.74%) mixed with rutile and small crystallite sizes of 11–22 nm. Series “b” series represents nanoparticles

• with high purity, which did not require thermal treatment after synthesis (ca. 1 atom % of impurities). These nanoparticles show an increased anatase phase content (77.33–87.42%) and crystallite sizes of 23–45 nm. The TEM images showed that in both series small crystallites form spheroidal

• -doped materials. It is inexpensive, non-toxic, stable in different solvents and under irradiation, and it can be doped with different elements according to specific necessities. TiO2 can crystalize in three different crystallographic structures, namely anatase, rutile, and brookite [29][30]. The

A TiO₂@MWCNTs nanocomposite photoanode for solar-driven water splitting

• Anh Quynh Huu Le,
• Ngoc Nhu Thi Nguyen,
• Hai Duy Tran,
• Van-Huy Nguyen and
• Le-Hai Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1520–1530, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.125

• 42.6° correspond to the d-spacing between graphene sheets and the lateral correlation of graphite layers, which is presentative for MWCNTs [27]. Additionally, the XRD pattern of TiO2 exhibits peaks at 25.4° and 48.2°, ascribed to the anatase phase, while the other peaks at 27.6° and 36.2° are

• attributed to the rutile phase [28]. The weight fraction of anatase/rutile (f) relating to the intensity of the most substantial peaks (25.4° for anatase (IA) and 27.6° for rutile (IR)) is calculated to be 73.8 % using the estimated model f = 1/(1 + 1.26IR/IA) [29]. The overlap of the prominent peak at 26.1

• ° for MWCNTs with that at 25.4° for anatase TiO2 results in a problematic identification for each component. Moreover, the rutile phase increases 3.5 times based on the intensity of the primary diffraction peak at 27.6° of TiO2@MWCNTs compared to that of TiO2. The observation indicates that anatase TiO2

Role of titanium and organic precursors in molecular layer deposition of “titanicone” hybrid materials

• Arbresha Muriqi and
• Michael Nolan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1240–1255, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.103

• initial MLD reactions in titanicone film growth using three different surface models: anatase TiO2, rutile TiO2 and Al2O3. Calculated energetics show that while TiCl4 is reactive towards the anatase and rutile TiO2 surfaces, it is not reactive towards the Al2O3 surface. Ti(DMA)4 is reactive towards all

• the origin of the different thicknesses of EG–titanicone and GL–titanicone films observed in experimental work. We find that EG and GL coupled with TiCl4 can orient in a flat lying configuration on anatase while on rutile, the preferred orientation is upright. When combined with Ti(DMA)4, EG and GL

• . In this study we investigate the molecular mechanism of formation of titanicone films on anatase TiO2, rutile TiO2 and Al2O3 surfaces using TiCl4 or Ti(DMA)4 as Ti source and EG or GL as organic components. Calculated energetics suggest a higher reactivity of Ti(DMA)4 towards the selected surfaces

Hierarchical Bi₂WO₆/TiO₂-nanotube composites derived from natural cellulose for visible-light photocatalytic treatment of pollutants

• Zehao Lin,
• Zhan Yang and
• Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 745–762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.66

• ) plane of the anatase phase titania (JCPDS No. 21-1272) [34]. The diffraction peaks in the XRD pattern of pure Bi2WO6 powder are all consistent with those of the Bi2WO6/TiO2-NT nanocomposites and assigned to the russellite phase Bi2WO6. The XRD pattern of pure TiO2-NT shows other weak peaks at 2θ = 37.8

• , 48.0, 53.9, 55.1, 65.7, and 75.0°, which belong to the (004), (200), (105), (211), (204), and (215) planes of the anatase phase titania (JCPDS No. 21-1272), respectively [34]. These weak peaks are only presented in the XRD pattern of the 30%−Bi2WO6/TiO2-NT nanocomposite due to the rather low contents

• and FTIR characterizations that the Bi2WO6/TiO2-NT nanocomposites are only composed of the anatase phase TiO2 and the russellite phase Bi2WO6, while strong mutual effects and well-proportioned heterostructures are organized in between the two phases. Figure 3 presents the morphologies and

Sodium doping in brookite TiO₂ enhances its photocatalytic activity

• Boxiang Zhuang,
• Honglong Shi,
• Honglei Zhang and
• Zeqian Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 599–609, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.52

• exceeded four times that of P25 under visible light irradiation [8]. The degradation of methyl orange by brookite nanoflowers was much more efficient than that by anatase nanorods [9]. Moreover, the heterojunction of brookite TiO2 can enhance the photocatalytic activity (e.g., the rutile/brookite TiO2

• heterojunction exhibited a synergetic effect, improving the photocatalytic activity for both hydrogen generation and organic dye degradation [10][11]). Similarly, the anatase/brookite heterojunction (38.2% brookite) also exhibited the highest degradation efficiency of cylindrospermopsin under UV–vis light [12

• mixes with anatase or rutile [14][15]. (2) The bandgap Eg is important for the photocatalytic behavior of brookite TiO2; however, the precise value of Eg is still unknown. The measured Eg value varies from 1.9 to 3.4 eV [16][17], and the theoretical value ranges from 1.8 to 3.3 eV [18]. (3) The

Engineered titania nanomaterials in advanced clinical applications

• Padmavati Sahare,
• Paulina Govea Alvarez,
• Juan Manual Sanchez Yanez,
• Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas,
• Samik Chakraborty,
• Sujay Paul and
• Miriam Estevez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 201–218, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.15

• hydroxy groups can react with water molecules. The thus formed hydrogen bonds account for a good wettability. An annealing temperature below 450 °C still retains the hydrophilic behavior because of the combined crystalline phase (anatase and rutile), but above that temperature, the reduction of the number

• generated free electrons (e−) react with molecular oxygen to generate superoxide radicals by reduction. Several factors contribute to the photocatalytic performance of TiO2, such as the structural phase (anatase, brookite, or rutile), defects in the lattice, the degree of crystallinity, morphology

• therapy. The cytotoxic properties of TiO2 are related to differences in phase composition. The anatase phase has a higher toxicity due to its wider bandgap and effectiveness in the generation of ROS [27]. Lower amounts of ROS, which operate as redox signaling messengers, are essential for optimal

Recent progress in magnetic applications for micro- and nanorobots

• Ke Xu,
• Shuang Xu and
• Fanan Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 744–755, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.58

• to the human body or the environment caused by other materials such as lead. In addition, Gopal et al. [48] pointed out that boron exhibits diamagnetic properties in B-doped anatase TiO2 nanoparticles and showed photocatalytic activity in the visible-light range. Magnetic MNRs were applied to the

A review on the biological effects of nanomaterials on silkworm (Bombyx mori)

• Sandra Senyo Fometu,
• Guohua Wu,
• Lin Ma and
• Joan Shine Davids

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 190–202, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.15

• triethoxycaprylylsilane: 130 nm, size of non-functionalized nanoparticles: 100 nm). Conversely, mice exposed to 100 mg/mL of Ag NM (<20 nm) exhibited no adverse effects on the lungs [38]. Also, anatase TiO2 NM was reported to induce pulmonary inflammation in mice models [39]. Kim et al. reported that male Sprague-Dawley

Unravelling the interfacial interaction in mesoporous SiO₂@nickel phyllosilicate/TiO₂ core–shell nanostructures for photocatalytic activity

• Bridget K. Mutuma,
• Xiluva Mathebula,
• Isaac Nongwe,
• Bonakele P. Mtolo,
• Boitumelo J. Matsoso,
• Rudolph Erasmus,
• Zikhona Tetana and
• Neil J. Coville

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1834–1846, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.165

• inertness, low cost, and non-toxicity, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been widely used as a photocatalyst in the degradation of dyes in textile industries as well as in water-treatment systems [5][6]. There are three different phases of TiO2, namely anatase, rutile, and brookite. Compared to the rutile and

• brookite phases, the anatase phase has been extensively used for photocatalysis owing to its enhanced surface properties [7][8][9][10]. In a typical photocatalytic process, photons of energy greater than the bandgap energy of TiO2 excite electrons to the conduction band leaving holes in the valence band

• (NH4OH, 25%; Fluka), ethanol (C2H5OH, 98%; Merck), tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS, 98%; Aldrich), octadecyltrimethoxysilane (C18-TMS, 90%; Aldrich), urea (CH4N2O, 98%, Promark Chemicals), and nickel chloride hexahydrate (NiCl2·6H2O, 98%; Aldrich) were used without further purification. Anatase TiO2

Gram-scale synthesis of splat-shaped Ag–TiO₂ nanocomposites for enhanced antimicrobial properties

• Mohammad Jaber,
• Asim Mushtaq,
• Kebiao Zhang,
• Jindan Wu,
• Dandan Luo,
• Zihan Yi,
• M. Zubair Iqbal and
• Xiangdong Kong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1119–1125, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.96

• purity of the prepared compounds. The XRD results of pure TiO2 and Ag–TiO2 nanocomposites are shown in Figure 1. The patterns showed characteristic peaks consistent with pure anatase TiO2 (JCPDS 21-1277) at 2θ values of 38.44(111), 44.74(200), 64.85(220) and 77.82(311). The expected changes regarding a

Highly sensitive detection of estradiol by a SERS sensor based on TiO₂ covered with gold nanoparticles

• Andrea Brognara,
• Ili F. Mohamad Ali Nasri,
• Beatrice R. Bricchi,
• Andrea Li Bassi,
• Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay,
• Matteo Ghidelli and
• Nathalie Lidgi-Guigui

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1026–1035, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.87

• . The thermal treatment was carried out to induce both crystallization of the as-deposited amorphous TiO2 into the anatase phase (as discussed in [28][29]) and the formation of AuNPs exploiting dewetting of the Au films. A field-emission scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM, Zeiss Supra 40) was used to

• top of the TiO2 films. Three nominal thickness values of 3, 6, and 15 nm were chosen, in order to obtain NPs with different diameters (Table 1). After deposition of Au, samples underwent an annealing treatment in a furnace at 500 °C for 2 h, which leads to the crystallization of TiO2 to the anatase

Effect of Ag loading position on the photocatalytic performance of TiO₂ nanocolumn arrays

• Jinghan Xu,
• Yanqi Liu and
• Yan Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 717–728, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.59

• affords specimens with different electron transfer characteristics than those of rutile and anatase TiO2, and the as-prepared films fit the template well. When Ag particles are combined with TiO2, the photocatalytic performance of the film can be significantly enhanced by hot electron injection [24

• fringes in the material from the illustration. Comparing the with the PDF card, it can be found that the fringe spacing in the upper right illustration is 0.35 nm, which corresponds to the (101) crystal plane of the anatase structure TiO2, and the fringe spacing in the bottom right illustration is 0.25 nm

• , which corresponds to the (004) crystal of Ag surface. From the comprehensive TEM results, the silver-loaded TiO2 array is composed of Ag particles and TiO2 with anatase configuration. Next, sample AFT3 was subjected to XPS analysis to characterize the elemental composition and chemical state of the Ag

Correction: Photocatalytic antibacterial performance of TiO₂ and Ag-doped TiO₂ against S. aureus. P. aeruginosa and E. coli

• Kiran Gupta,
• R. P. Singh,
• Ashutosh Pandey and
• Anjana Pandey

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 547–549, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.43

• the measured XRD pattern to powder diffraction patterns in the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) database. The characteristic peaks of the TiO2 nanoparticle sample indicate an anatase phase (2θ = 24.8°, 44.5°, compared with JCPDS file no. 00-021-1272) with some indication of a rutile

• did not cause changes in the TiO2 anatase crystalline structure and no significant high intensity peaks related to fcc Ag were observed. This can be explained as the mean silver peak can be masked by the TiO2 layer. However, by comparing the ratio of the intensity of the peaks, we can conclude that a

• relating to Ag, although very low intensity peaks related to Ag were observed for the sample calcined at 600 °C [6]. In a previous work, it was found that the intensity of the anatase peaks decreased in comparison to the rutile peaks as the annealing temperature increased; and after annealing at 800 °C

Fabrication of Ag-modified hollow titania spheres via controlled silver diffusion in Ag–TiO₂ core–shell nanostructures

• Bartosz Bartosewicz,
• Malwina Liszewska,
• Bogusław Budner,
• Marta Michalska-Domańska,
• Krzysztof Kopczyński and
• Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 141–146, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.12

• obtained composite catalyst exhibits a synergistic effect between the anatase crystalline shell and the AuNPs as well as superb thermal and mechanical stability of the highly dispersed AuNPs. TiO2 HSs decorated with ultrasmall Ag nanocrystallites and exhibiting excellent photocatalytic properties were

• template was used in the fabrication of rattle-type HSs of Au@TiO2 using multistep template deposition and a surface-protected etching method [13], of TiO2 HSs of mixed anatase/rutile composition loaded with noble metal NPs (Au, Pt, Pd) [14], and of N-doped Ag/TiO2 HSs [15]. A hard-templating method with a

Semitransparent Sb₂S₃ thin film solar cells by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis for use in solar windows

• Jako S. Eensalu,
• Atanas Katerski,
• Erki Kärber,
• Lothar Weinhardt,
• Monika Blum,
• Clemens Heske,
• Wanli Yang,
• Ilona Oja Acik and
• Malle Krunks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2396–2409, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.230

• and back contact is needed to attain an AVT in excess of 20% for the complete solar cell. As-deposited Sb2S3 layers on glass/ITO/TiO2 substrate were amorphous (Figure 1d), as only signals of anatase-TiO2 and In2O3 from the substrate were detected by X-ray diffraction (XRD). In contrast, the XRD

• annealed at 450 °C for 30 min in air to form anatase. Amorphous layers of Sb2S3 were deposited by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis in air from a solution of SbCl3 (99% w/w) and SC(NH2)2 (98% w/w), Sb/S molar ratio 1:3, dissolved in methanol (99.8% v/v), according to a previously published procedure [46]. The

Improved adsorption and degradation performance by S-doping of (001)-TiO₂

• Xiao-Yu Sun,
• Xian Zhang,
• Xiao Sun,
• Ni-Xian Qian,
• Min Wang and
• Yong-Qing Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2116–2127, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.206

• increase in the amount of •OH and •O2− radicals. Keywords: anatase; chemical state; degradation; photocatalytic properties; S-doping; thermal chemical vapor deposition; titanium dioxide (TiO2); Introduction Anatase TiO2 with a tetragonal symmetry has widely been used for the degradation of organic

• pollutants, as well as in electrocatalysis, solar cells and self-cleaning applications. Its wide use is based on its physicochemical properties, abundance, nontoxicity, environment-friendliness and low cost [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The photocatalytic properties of anatase TiO2 crystals are anisotropic since

• . Wang et al. reported that TiO2 with an ideal (001) face was inert to both methanol and water, and the activity of the (001) face was only enhanced after surface reduction or reoxidation [11]. It is well known that the conduction band of anatase TiO2 is composed of the Ti 3d state and the valence band

TiO₂/GO-coated functional separator to suppress polysulfide migration in lithium–sulfur batteries

• Ning Liu,
• Lu Wang,
• Taizhe Tan,
• Yan Zhao and
• Yongguang Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1726–1736, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.168

• position of the D- and G-band of the TiO2/GO composite can be ascribed to the interaction between TiO2 and GO and the formation of Ti–O–C bonds [37]. In addition, the TiO2/GO composite shows a new, weak peak at 628 cm−1 that corresponds to the Eg mode of the anatase TiO2 [38], suggesting that the TiO2 is

Novel hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres with antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria

• Carol López de Dicastillo,
• Cristian Patiño,
• María José Galotto,
• Yesseny Vásquez-Martínez,
• Claudia Torrent,
• Daniela Alburquenque,
• Alejandro Pereira and
• Juan Escrig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1716–1725, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.167

• anatase titanium dioxide crystalline structure. Thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy studies demonstrated the absence of polymer residue after the calcination process. The antimicrobial properties of the developed CSTiO2 hollow nanospheres were evaluated against different

• the nature of the samples. XRD diffractograms revealed that the calcination was an aggressive thermal treatment that resulted in an anatase TiO2 crystalline structure in the CSTiO2 sample [34][35][36]. Although previous works have mentioned that the anatase structure of TiO2 is a metastable structure

• , and can be irreversibly transformed into a stable rutile structure by heating, this process did not occur during calcination. The anatase–rutile transition occurs between 400 to 1000 °C, and it is dependent on several parameters, such as the size of the nanocrystals, impurity content, microstructure

BiOCl/TiO₂/diatomite composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B

• Minlin Ao,
• Kun Liu,
• Xuekun Tang,
• Zishun Li,
• Qian Peng and
• Jing Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1412–1422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.139

• agreement with the standard XRD data of JCPDS No.06-0249. In the pattern of TiO2/diatomite, an inconspicuous broad peak ranging from 15 to 25° shows the amorphous nature of diatomite, and other obvious peaks at 25.3°, 37.8°, 48°, 53.9° and 55.1° coincide well with anatase TiO2 (JCPDS No.21-1272). The

• change to Bi2O3, and Bi2SiO5 and Bi2Ti2O7 will be formed (Figure 1b). At the same time, TiO2 will gradually change from anatase to rutile, resulting in significant degradation of photocatalytic properties [31]. We speculate that the existence of BiOCl leads to the change of the crystal transition

• with the SEM results. The obvious lattice fringes can be observed in Figure 6b, indicating that the crystallinity of the composites is improved. The lattice fringes of 0.352 nm and 0.281 nm are matched with anatase TiO2 (101) and BiOCl (110) planes, respectively. The results show that diatomite in BTD

Photoactive nanoarchitectures based on clays incorporating TiO₂ and ZnO nanoparticles

• Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky,
• Pilar Aranda,
• Marwa Akkari,
• Nithima Khaorapapong and
• Makoto Ogawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1140–1156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.114

• silicates showing diverse structural arrangements and morphologies (Figure 1) with topologies able to accommodate a variety of NPs of semiconductors such as TiO2 and ZnO. TiO2 and, to a minor extent, ZnO NPs in the form of anatase and wurtzite phases (Figure 1E and 1F, respectively), are semiconducting

• the “Web of Science” (WoS) [21] around 10,000 papers have been published in the last decade in connection with the topic of TiO2 NPs used as photocatalysts, indicating the high interest in the use of these materials for this type of applications. In fact, titanium dioxide (anatase phase) can be

• other photocatalytic reactions assisted by semiconductor photocatalysts. The use of TiO2 and ZnO NPs, particularly the anatase and wurtzite phases, as heterogeneous photocatalysts attracted great attention over the last years. Atmospheric oxygen is used as oxidant to achieve complete mineralization of