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Synthesis of Magnetic Ferrite and TiO2-Based Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Water Splitting Applications

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Clean non fossil sources of energy have an increasing urgency to support industrial and population growth to achieve this goal, the continuous development of nanostructures and nanomaterials for different applications such as photocatalytic water splitting is under intense investigation. Two of the most important materials namely, titanium dioxide, TiO2, and ferrites having the MFe2O4 structure where M is transition metal are introduced in this chapter. Ferrites and titanium dioxide are two interesting nanostructures having great potential. Ferrites have many members in the family hence, offering diversity in structural and physical properties which in turn give chance for a large variety of purposes and applications. They own an energy band gap that is small enough to crop photons from the visible light region. They are also abundant on earth and have important physical properties like magnetism and multiferroicity in addition to being biocompatible which will increase their usability. On the other hand, TiO2 has several advantages, including its stability in terms of chemical and thermal properties, in addition to its availability, photoactivity, and relatively elevated charge transfer ability. Furthermore, the nontoxicity, high oxidative strength, and cheap price are additional advantages. Despite the large band gap and its related UV-light activation, TiO2 is one of the highly studied photocatalysts. Moreover, it has been extensively investigated in many aspects, including the kind of the oxidative species (·OH radicals vs. h+), the location of the photoinduced reactions (at the surface or in the bulk), and the ways that enhance the photocatalytic performance.. Many of the synthesis techniques for both, ferrites and TiO2 were adopted to serve definite purposes like control over phase purity, morphology, size, and dispersion which are discussed in this chapter.

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Some of the studies presented here were performed in the laboratory “Photoactive nanocomposite materials” and supported by Saint-Petersburg State University (ID: 91696387). Wegdan Ramadan, would like to acknowledge fund received from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation towards the purchase of laboratory equipment.

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Ramadan, W., AlSalka, Y., Al-Madanat, O., Bahnemann, D.W. (2023). Synthesis of Magnetic Ferrite and TiO2-Based Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Water Splitting Applications. In: Uddin, I., Ahmad, I. (eds) Synthesis and Applications of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1350-3_11

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