Photocatalytic properties of nano-structured TiO2-carbon films obtained by means of electrophoretic deposition

Electrophoretic deposition of nanoscale TiO2: technology and applications

“…The doped titania photoanodes showed a better photocatalytic activity compared to undoped titania. Finally, Peralta-Hernandez et al [139] obtained doped titania films, but in this case they used non-metallic dopants, such as carbon nanoparticles, and observed that the TiO 2 -carbon catalyst was more effective than the simple titania one.…”

Nanobiology in Medicine

“…Nano TiO 2 is studied to have good antibacterial properties as like silver nanoparticles. An effective organic degradation process was documented by Peralta-Hernandez et al in their work on investigating the photo catalytic properties of nanostructured TiO 2 -carbon fi lms obtained by means of electrophoretic deposition [ 22 ].…”

Hazard reduction for the application of titania nanoparticles in environmental technology

“…Here the focus has been on TiO 2 coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes [88][89][90][91]. Many authors (e.g., [1][2][3]8,9,15,16,[24][25][26][27]29,[35][36][37][38][40][41][42][43][53][54][55][92][93][94][95][96][97][98]) have studied the immobilization of TiO 2 nanoparticles on much larger supports, often in the form of coatings or thin films, by processes such as metal oxide chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and infiltration, liquid phase deposition, barriertorch discharge-, ion beam enhanced-, arc-and pulsed laser deposition, sol-gel methods, including dip coating, a variety of technologies involving spraying and sputtering and electrophoretic deposition.…”

“…Moreover carbon nanotubes have characteristics that suggest a possible accumulation along the food chain and high persistence [101]. It also seems likely that the nanotubes may be subject to photocatalytic degradation [29,42,94], leading to deterioration of the catalytic performance [102] and possibly to the release of TiO 2 nanoparticles.…”

“…Also, inactivation of TiO 2 may occur due to the deposition of organics on the particle surface. Maximizing the photocatalytic effect of TiO 2 nanoparticles, shifting photo-excitation to longer wavelengths and minimizing deactivation has become an active area of research, partly involving the combination of TiO 2 nanoparticles with other substances (e.g., as dopants or nanoparticles), including a variety of metals used as dopants (e.g., [1][2][3][4]6,16,22,23,25,28,33,34,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]). …”