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Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Its Applications

  • 1st Edition - November 27, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Francesco Parrino, Leonardo Palmisano
  • Language: English

Scientific interest in TiO2-based materials has exponentially grown in the last few decades. Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Its Applications introduces the main physicochemical proper… Read more

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Description

Scientific interest in TiO2-based materials has exponentially grown in the last few decades. Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Its Applications introduces the main physicochemical properties of TiO2 which are the basis of its applications in various fields. While the basic principles of the TiO2 properties have been the subject of various previous publications, this book is mainly devoted to TiO2 applications.

The book includes contributions written by experts from a wide range of disciplines in order to address titanium dioxide's utilization in energy, consumer, materials, devices, and catalytic applications. The various applications identified include: photocatalysis, catalysis, optics, electronics, energy storage and production, ceramics, pigments, cosmetics, sensors, and heat transfer.

Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Its Applications

 is suitable for a wide readership in the disciplines of materials science, chemistry, and engineering in both academia and industry.

Key features

  • Includes a wide range of current and emerging applications of titanium dioxide in the fields of energy, consumer applications, materials, and devices
  • Provides a brief overview of titanium dioxide and its properties, as well as techniques to design, deposit, and study the material
  • Discusses the relevant properties, preparation methods, and other apposite considerations in each application-focused chapter

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers. Chemists, Chemical Engineers

Table of contents

Section 1. Titanium dioxide: synthesis and characterization

1. Introduction

2. Properties of titanium dioxide

3. Structural and electronic properties of TiO2 from first principles calculations

4. Synthesis and characterization of titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide-based materials

Section 2. Energy applications

5. Synthentic, natural and bioinspired dyes as TiO2 sensitizers in sustainable solar cells

6. TiO2-based materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production

7. TiO2-based devices for energy-related applications

8. Heat transfer by using TiO2 nanofluids

Section 3. TiO2 in our life

9. TiO2 as white pigment and valorization of the waste coming from its production

10. Titanium dioxide-based nanomaterials: application of their smart properties in biomedicine

11. TiO2 in the food industry and cosmetics

12. Titanium dioxide: antimicrobial surfaces and toxicity assessment

13. Functionalization of glass by TiO2-based self-cleaning coatings

14. TiO2 as a source of titanium

15. TiO2 in the building sector

Section 4. TiO2 devices and their applications

16. TiO2 oxides for chromogenic devices and dielectric mirrors

17. TiO2 in memristors and resistive random access memory devices

18. Applications of TiO2 in sensor devices

19. TiO2 photocatalysis for environmental purposes

20. Fine chemistry by TiO2 heterogenous photocatalysis

21. Catalytic applications of TiO2

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 27, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

FP

Francesco Parrino

Francesco Parrino is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Trento, Italy. He graduated cum laude in Chemical Engineering from the University of Palermo in 2005 and got a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany, in 2009. His research activity deals with the preparation and characterization of photocatalysts for degradation of pollutants and for green synthesis of organic molecules. His scientific production conjugates mechanistic and fundamental aspects of heterogeneous photocatalysis with engineering issues for industrial applications. He has authored approximately 80 joint papers in collaboration with scientists from all over the world and several communications for international conferences on these topics.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

LP

Leonardo Palmisano

Leonardo Palmisano was born in Termini Imerese, Italy, in 1950. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry cum laude in 1973 from the University of Palermo. He was a full professor of Chemistry in the Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, since 2000, and although he has now retired, he continues to carry out research. His scientific work mainly focuses on heterogeneous photocatalysis, such as preparation, characterization of many bulk and surface techniques, and testing of various types of bare and doped polycrystalline photocatalysts. He has collaborated with many scientists worldwide, producing joint papers in international journals (~350), many scientific and didactical books, and five patents. He is editorin- chief of the Journal of Photocatalysis and a member of the editorial boards of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Current Organic Chemistry, International Journal of Photoenergy, Journal of Chemistry, and Journal of Membrane Science & Technology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chemistry, Department of Engineering, Universita di Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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