In situ C,N-codoped mesoporous TiO2 nanocrystallites with high surface areas and worm-like structure for efficient photocatalysis

W. Wang, Y. Zhou, C. Lu, Y. Ni, W. Rao, The effect of hydrothermal temperature on the structure and photocatalytic activity of {001} faceted anatase TiO2. Mater. Lett. 160, 231–234 (2015)

L.G. Bettini, M.V. Dozzi, F. Della Foglia, G.L. Chiarello, E. Selli, C. Lenardi, P. Piseri, P. Milani, Mixed-phase nanocrystalline TiO2 photocatalysts produced by flame spray pyrolysis. Appl. Catal. B 178, 226–232 (2015)

M. Amin, J. Tomko, J.J. Naddeo, R. Jimenez, D.M. Bubb, M. Steiner, J. Fitz-Gerald, S.M. O’Malley, Laser-assisted synthesis of ultra-small anatase TiO2 nanoparticles. Appl. Surf. Sci. 348, 30–37 (2015)

C. Aprile, A. Corma, H. Garcia, Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 through spatial structuring and particle size control: from subnanometric to submillimetric length scale. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 769–783 (2008)

J. Liu, S. Yu, W. Zhu, X. Yan, Oxygen vacancy-enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic activity of TiO2 sphere-W18O49 nanowire bundle heterojunction. Appl. Catal. A 500, 30–39 (2015)

J. Niu, S. Shen, S. He, Z. Liu, P. Feng, S. Zhang, X. Ou, Y. Qiang, Z. Zhu, Synthesis and photoactivity of anatase porous single crystals with different pore sizes. Ceram. Int. 41, 11936–11944 (2015)

T. Ohno, K. Sarukawa, K. Tokieda, M. Matsumura, Morphology of a TiO2 photocatalyst (Degussa, P-25) consisting of anatase and rutile crystalline phases. J. Catal. 203, 82–86 (2001)

E. Masolo, N. Senes, E. Pellicer, M. Dolors Baro, S. Enzo, M.I. Pilo, G. Mulas, S. Garroni, Evaluation of the anatase/rutile phase composition influence on the photocatalytic performances of mesoporous TiO2 powders. Int. J Hydrog. Energy 40, 14483–14491 (2015)

V. Etacheri, C. Di Valentin, J. Schneider, D. Bahnemann, S.C. Pillai, Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: advances in theory and experiments. J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 25, 1–29 (2015)

C. Xie, S. Yang, J. Shi, C. Niu, Highly crystallized C-doped mesoporous anatase TiO2 with visible light photocatalytic activity. Catalysts, 6, 117 (2016)

S. Liu, H. Sun, K. O’Donnell, H.M. Ang, M.O. Tade, S. Wang, Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 464, 10–17 (2016)

C. Xie, S. Yang, B. Li, H. Wang, J.-W. Shi, G. Li, C. Niu, C-doped mesoporous anatase TiO2 comprising 10 nm crystallites. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 476, 1–8 (2016)

Y. Liu, Y. Wu, Y. Zhou, Y. Wang, L. Yang, C. Li, Direct synthesis of urchin-like N-doped TiO2 microstructures with enhanced photocatalytic properties. Trans. India Ceram. Soc. 75, 155–160 (2016)

H. Tian, K. Shen, X. Hu, L. Qiao, W. Zheng, N, S co-doped graphene quantum dots-graphene-TiO2 nanotubes composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity. J. Alloy Compd. 691, 369–377 (2017)

G.B. Soares, B. Bravin, C.M.P. Vaz, C. Ribeiro, Facile synthesis of N-doped TiO2 nanoparticles by a modified polymeric precursor method and its photocatalytic properties. Appl. Catal. B 106, 287–294 (2011)

Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, J. Chen, L. Cheng, J. Chang, W. Sheng, C. Hu, S. Cao, C-doped hollow TiO2 spheres: in situ synthesis, controlled shell thickness, and superior visible-light photocatalytic activity. Appl. Catal. B 165, 715–722 (2015)

I. Ruzybayev, E. Yassitepe, A. Ali, A.S. Bhatti, R.M. Mohamed, M. Islam, S.I. Shah, Reactive pulsed laser deposited N–C codoped TiO2 thin films. Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 39, 371–376 (2015)

A. Ablat, R. Wu, M. Mamat, Y. Ghupur, A. Aimidula, M.A. Bake, T. Gholam, J. Wang, H. Qian, R. Wu, K. Ibrahim, Electronic structure and room temperature ferromagnetism of C doped TiO2. Solid State Commun. 243, 7–11 (2016)

C.I.N. Morgade, G.F. Cabeza, Synergetic interplay between metal (Pt) and nonmetal (C) species in codoped TiO2: a DFT + U study. Comput. Mater. Sci. 111, 513–524 (2016)

D. Yu, W. Zhou, Y. Liu, B. Zhou, P. Wu, Density functional theory study of the structural, electronic and optical properties of C-doped anatase TiO2 (101) surface. Phys. Lett. A 379, 1666–1670 (2015)

J.-W. Shi, Z. Wang, C. He, G. Li, C. Niu, Carbon-doped titania flakes with an octahedral bipyramid skeleton structure for the visible-light photocatalytic mineralization of ciprofloxacin. RSC Adv. 5, 98361–98365 (2015)

J. Chen, F. Qiu, Y. Zhang, J. Liang, H. Zhu, S. Cao, Enhanced supercapacitor performances using C-doped porous TiO2 electrodes. Appl. Surf. Sci. 356, 553–560 (2015)

X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, D. Liu, J. Feng, L. Zhou, Y. Yang, X.-Y. Guo, X. Li, Enhanced visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity of anatase TiO2 nanocrystallite derived from CMK-3 and tetrakis (dimethylamino) titanium. RSC Adv. 6, 34650–34658 (2016)

H. Kang, C.-S. Lee, D.-Y. Kim, J. Kim, W. Choi, H. Kim, Photocatalytic effect of thermal atomic layer deposition of TiO2 on stainless steel. Appl. Catal. B 104, 6–11 (2011)

J. Borges, M. Buljan, J. Sancho-Parramon, I. Bogdanovic-Radovic, Z. Siketic, T. Scherer, C. Kuebel, S. Bernstorff, A. Cavaleiro, F. Vaz, A.G. Rolo, Evolution of the surface plasmon resonance of Au:TiO2 nanocomposite thin films with annealing temperature. J Nanopart. Res. 16, 1 (2014)

L. Yu, X. Yang, J. He, Y. He, D. Wang, One-step hydrothermal method to prepare nitrogen and lanthanum co-doped TiO2 nanocrystals with exposed {001} facets and study on their photocatalytic activities in visible light. J. Alloy Compd. 637, 308–314 (2015)

B. Jiang, Y. Tang, Y. Qu, J.-Q. Wang, Y. Xie, C. Tian, W. Zhou, H. Fu, Thin carbon layer coated Ti3+-TiO2 nanocrystallites for visible-light driven photocatalysis. Nanoscale 7, 5035–5045 (2015)

D. Wang, G. Chang, Y. Zhang, J. Chao, J. Yang, S. Su, L. Wang, C. Fan, L. Wang, Hierarchical three-dimensional branched hematite nanorod arrays with enhanced mid-visible light absorption for high-efficiency photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nanoscale 8, 12697–12701 (2016)

M.A. Mohamed, W.N.W. Salleh, J. Jaafar, M.S. Rosmi, Z.A.M. Hir, M. Abd Mutalib, A.F. Ismail, M. Tanemura, Carbon as amorphous shell and interstitial dopant in mesoporous rutile TiO2: bio-template assisted sol-gel synthesis and photocatalytic activity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 393, 46–59 (2017)

P. Zhang, C. Shao, Z. Zhang, M. Zhang, J. Mu, Z. Guo, Y. Liu, TiO2@carbon core/shell nanofibers: controllable preparation and enhanced visible photocatalytic properties. Nanoscale 3, 2943–2949 (2011)

F. Tian, Z. Wu, Y. Yan, B.-C. Ye, D. Liu, Synthesis of visible-light-responsive Cu and N-codoped AC/TiO2 photocatalyst through microwave irradiation. Nanoscale Res. Lett. 11 (2016)

S. Bouhadoun, C. Guillard, F. Dapozze, S. Singh, D. Amans, J. Boucle, N. Herlin-Boime, One step synthesis of N-doped and Au-loaded TiO2 nanoparticles by laser pyrolysis: application in photocatalysis. Appl. Catal. B 174, 367–375 (2015)

J. Li, X. Xu, X. Liu, W. Qin, L. Pan, Novel cake-like N-doped anatase/rutile mixed phase TiO2 derived from metal-organic frameworks for visible light photocatalysis. Ceram. Int. 43, 835–840 (2017)

M.W. Shah, Y. Zhu, X. Fan, J. Zhao, Y. Li, S. Asim, C. Wang, Facile synthesis of defective TiO2–x nanocrystals with high surface area and tailoring bandgap for visible-light photocatalysis. Sci. Rep. 5, 15804 (2015)

L.B. Yang, M.D. Gong, X. Jiang, D. Yin, X.Y. Qin, B. Zhao, W.D. Ruan, Investigation on SERS of different phase structure TiO2 nanoparticles. J Raman Spectrosc. 46, 287–292 (2015)

Q.H. Zhang, L. Gao, J.K. Guo, Effects of calcination on the photocatalytic properties of nanosized TiO2 powders prepared by TiCl4 hydrolysis. Appl. Catal. B 26, 207–215 (2000)

W.H. Hung, S.N. Lai, A.Y. Lo, Synthesis of strong light scattering absorber of TiO2-CMK-3/Ag for photocatalytic water splitting under visible light irradiation. ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 7, 8412–8418 (2015)

A.Y. Lo, Y. Jheng, T.C. Huang, C.M. Tseng, Study on RuO2/CMK-3/CNTs composites for high power and high energy density supercapacitor. Appl. Energy 153, 15–21 (2015)

Y. Ren, L. Yang, L. Wang, H. Xing, H. Wu, Microwave absorption properties of Fe-doped ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3)/silica matrix nanocomposites with magnetic multi-resonance mechanisms. Nano 10, 1550110 (2015)

G. Cheng, F. Xu, F.J. Stadler, R. Chen, A facile and general synthesis strategy to doped TiO2 nanoaggregates with a mesoporous structure and comparable property. RSC Adv. 5, 64293–64298 (2015)

C.Y. Su, C.C. Wang, Y.C. Hsueh, V. Gurylev, C.C. Keic, T.P. Perng, Enabling high solubility of ZnO in TiO2 by nanolamination of atomic layer deposition. Nanoscale 7, 19222–19230 (2015)

N.C.T. Martins, J. Angelo, A.V. Girao, T. Trindade, L. Andrade, A. Mendes, N-doped carbon quantum dots/TiO2 composite with improved photocatalytic activity. Appl. Catal. B 193, 67–74 (2016)

Z. Fan, F. Meng, M. Zhang, Z. Wu, Z. Sun, A. Li, Solvothermal synthesis of hierarchical TiO2 nanostructures with tunable morphology and enhanced photocatalytic activity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 360, 298–305 (2016)