Experimental investigation of photocatalytic and photovoltaic activity of titania/rice husk crystalline nano-silica hybrid composite

Polyaniline Coated Core-Shell Typed Stimuli-Responsive Microspheres and Their Electrorheology

“…Silica (SiO 2 ) particles are used widely in the fields of drug delivery [ 68 , 69 ], food industry [ 70 , 71 ], catalytic [ 72 ], sensor [ 73 ], biochemical [ 74 ], etc. [ 75 , 76 ] because of their special porous structure, biocompatibility, colloidal stability, low cost, and easy preparation.…”

Perovskite solar cell for photocatalytic water splitting with a TiO2/Co-doped hematite electron transport bilayer

“…Choosing solar catalyst materials that can drive the hematite photoelectrode for water splitting requires two criteria to be satisfied sufficient spectral mismatch and a significant photovoltage. 9 Since Fe 2 O 3 has a band gap of 2.1 eV, the semiconductor utilized in the solar cell should possess a smaller band gap for absorption in the solar spectrum and still be able to deliver enough photovoltage.…”

“…It is known from the literature that titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) is thermally stable, non-flammable, poorly soluble, and not classified as hazardous. 9 TiO 2 thin films have been developed for applications that require high resistance transparent (HRT) buffer layers (BL) to reduce recombination losses. TiO 2 thin films also have excellent photocatalytic properties.…”

“…TiO 2 thin films also have excellent photocatalytic properties. 9 Co doped Fe 2 O 3 –TiO 2 films exhibit a heterostructure depending on the Co content that limits the e − /h + recombination. TiO 2 compounds containing Fe 3+ were reported to have a band gap of 2.3 eV and exhibit a p–n junction.…”

Zr, La-dual doped silver niobate for photocatalytic degradation of dyes under visible light irradiation

“…Photocatalysts are a group of catalytic materials used to speed up chemical reactions upon absorption of light [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. These reactions are useful in many different applications such as water-splitting, photovoltaics, and photocatalytic organic synthesis, which are still being investigated and reported up to this day [ 3 , 4 , 6 ]. Furthermore, photocatalysts are also used in the removal of organic pollutants from water [ 3 , 7 , 8 ].…”