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Synthesis Methods for Photocatalytic Materials

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Photocatalytic Semiconductors

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As previously discussed, there exists interest for the large-scale production of nanostructured materials of bare or doped semiconductor photocatalysts. Numerous reports have been presented regarding the synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic activity evaluation of undoped and doped (metal or nonmetal) titanium dioxide, for example. It has been demonstrated that the physicochemical properties and photocatalytic activity of semiconductors are mainly determined by the preparation technique used in its production. Photocatalytic semiconductors can be prepared in the form of powders, fibers, and films by different synthetic methods including sol-gel process, hydrothermal and solvothermal techniques, direct oxidation reactions, sonochemical method, microwave method, chemical vapor deposition method, and electrodeposition method, among others. In this section will be briefly reviewed the principles that govern some of the most used synthetic methodologies employed to obtain photocatalytic materials, most of them related to bare and modified TiO2. We will also illustrate each synthetic approach with relevant examples of materials produced in the last years.

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Medina-Ramírez, I., Hernández-Ramírez, A., Maya-Treviño, M.L. (2015). Synthesis Methods for Photocatalytic Materials. In: Hernández-Ramírez, A., Medina-Ramírez, I. (eds) Photocatalytic Semiconductors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10999-2_3

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