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Surface Properties Of Titanium Dioxide And Its Structural Modifications By Reactions With Transition Metals, Sandamali Halpegamage
Surface Properties Of Titanium Dioxide And Its Structural Modifications By Reactions With Transition Metals, Sandamali Halpegamage
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Surfaces of metal oxides play a vital role in many technologically important applications. The surfaces of titanium dioxide, in particular, show quite promising properties that can be utilized in solid-state gas sensing and photocatalysis applications. In the first part of this dissertation we investigate these properties of TiO2 surfaces through a vigorous surface scientific approach. In the second part, we investigate the possibilities of modifying the TiO2 surfaces by depositing multi-component transition metal oxide monolayers so that the properties of bare TiO2 surface can be influenced in a beneficial way. For instance, via formation of new surface …
The Design And Testing Of A Novel Batch Photocatalytic Reactor And Photocatalyst, Shawn Sasser
The Design And Testing Of A Novel Batch Photocatalytic Reactor And Photocatalyst, Shawn Sasser
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
With an ever-increasing human population, the importance in having sustainable energy resources is becoming increasingly evident, as the current energy habits have brought about massive atmospheric pollution in the form of CO2 emissions, resulting in a rise in the average global temperature. To battle the effects of climate change, many alternative energy resources have been investigated. Among these, photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to renewable hydrocarbon fuels such as methane and methanol is one of the most desirable, as it provides the opportunity to utilize the sun’s energy to convert CO2 to renewable fuels. The work in this …