Figure 1 (a-c) were incorrectly assigned in the caption. The correct legend should read: "a-c) Photographs of the cellulose hydrogels: (a) physically cross-linked cellulose hydrogel, (b) DC cellulose hydrogel, and (c) chemically cross-linked cellulose hydrogel under bending." A reflection peak was incorrectly assigned throughout the manuscript. All occurrences of (200) should be changed to (110). All reflections labeled initially (110) in the manuscript instead represent (110) In consequence two passages on page 6282 should read as follows: "…which correspond to the (110) and (110) reflections, respectively, of cellulose II crystallite. [26] Therefore, …resulted from the (110) reflection of the cellulose II crystallite hydrates…". and "…the intensity of the peak at 20.2° for the (110) reflection of the cellulose II crystallite hydrates gradually increased, …" in addition text on page 6283 should appear as "Moreover, the intensity of the (110) reflection of the DC cellulose hydrogels increased as the concentration of aqueous ethanol increased…" and the corrected version of Figure 3 should appear as shown below: correction Figure 3. X-ray diffraction profi les of the PC cellulose hydrogel, DC cellulose hydrogel, and CC cellulose hydrogel prepared using a) different ECH-to-AGU molar ratios and b) different concentrations of aqueous ethanol. The above errors do not affect the scientific conclusions drawn from the work. The authors apologize for any inconvenience or misunderstanding that these errors may have caused.

Surface-fluorinated TiO2 (F-TiO2) particles were prepared via the HF etching method. The surface characteristics of fluorinated TiO2, the adsorption modes of dyes, and the reaction pathways for the photocatalytic degradation of dye pollutants under visible light irradiation were investigated. It was found that, in the treatment of TiO2 by HF etching, F(-) not only displaces surface HO(-) but also substitutes some surface lattice oxygen. Using zwitterionic Rhodamine B (RhB) dye as a model, the change of the adsorption mode of RhB on F-TiO2 relative to that on pure TiO2 was validated by adsorption isotherms, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and IR techniques for the first time. RhB preferentially anchors on pure TiO2 through the carboxylic (-COOH) group, while its adsorption group is switched to the cationic moiety (-NEt 2 group) on F-TiO2. Both the photocatalytic degradation kinetics and mechanisms were drastically changed after surface fluorination. Dyes with positively charged nitrogen-alkyl groups such as methylene blue (MB), malachite green (MG), Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G), and RhB all underwent a rapid N-dealkylation process on F-TiO2, while on pure TiO2 direct cleavage of dye chromophore ring structures predominated. The relationship between surface fluorination and the degradation rate/pathway of dyes under visible irradiation was also discussed in terms of the effect of fluorination on the surface adsorption of dyes and on the energy band structure of TiO2.

Phosphate modified TiO2 photocatalysts were prepared by phosphoric acid treatment before or after TiO2 crystallization. Substrates with different structures were chosen to explore the photocatalytic activity of as-modified TiO2 under UV irradiation. It was found that the effect of phosphate modification is definitely attributed to the surface-bound phosphate anion, and the modification by phosphate can affect both the rates and pathways of photocatalytic reactions, which are of great dependence on the structures and properties of substrates. The degradation of substrates (such as 4-chloropehenol, phenol, and rhodamine B) with weak adsorption on the pure TiO2 was markedly accelerated by phosphate modification, while substrates (such as dichloroacetic acid, alizarin red, and catechol) with strong adsorption exhibited a much lower degradation rate in the phosphate modified system. A much higher amount of hydroxyl radical was produced in phosphate modified system. All of the experimental results imply that phosphate modification largely accelerates the hydroxyl radical attack, but hinders the direct hole oxidation pathway. A common operating mechanism for the phosphate modification, which can be applicable to other inert anions, is also discussed from the viewpoint of an anion-induced negative electrostatic field in the surface layer of TiO2 and the hydrogen bond between modification anion and H2O molecule.