Hydrothermal route to titania-based nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting

Photocatalytic activity of TiO2-MO x composites in the reaction of hydrogen generation from aqueous isopropanol solution

“…The discovery of photoinduced water decomposition dates back to 1972, when Fujishima and Honda observed this process on UV irradiation of titanium dioxide in a photoelectronchemical cell [1]. Since then much emphasis was put on the development of high-efficiency photocatalytic systems both by modification of titanium dioxide [2][3][4] and by testing other catalysts, not infrequently having quite a complicated composition and structure [5][6][7][8].…”