Synthesis, properties, and applications of black titanium dioxide nanomaterials

Yan Liu; Lihong Tian; Xinyu Tan; Xin Li; Xiaobo Chen

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2017.01.034

Synthesis, properties, and applications of black titanium dioxide nanomaterials

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2017 Mar 30;62(6):431-441. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.01.034. Epub 2017 Jan 25.

Authors

Yan Liu¹, Lihong Tian², Xinyu Tan³, Xin Li⁴, Xiaobo Chen⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; College of Environment, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
³ College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China.
⁴ College of Materials and Energy, Key Laboratory of Energy Plants Resource and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64110, USA. Electronic address: chenxiaobo@umkc.edu.

PMID: 36659287
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.01.034

Abstract

Photocatalysis has been regarded as one of best solutions to using the sunlight to produce hydrogen from water and to removing organic pollutants from the environment, and titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanomaterials have been treated as the primary photocatalyst for these purposes. However, their large band gap has largely limited the activity to the UV region of the solar spectrum. The discovery of black TiO₂ in 2011 has triggered world-wide research interests with new hope to overcome this problem. This review briefly summarizes the recent progresses of black TiO₂ nanomaterials, including their synthesis, properties and applications, to provide a timely update and to inspire more ideas in the related research.

Keywords: Black TiO(2); Hydrogenation; Nanomaterials; Photocatalysis; TiO(2).

Publication types

Review