Photocatalysis

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    Since the water splitting reaction using semiconductor electrode reported by Fujishima et al. in 1972 [1], there is increasing interest in the development of metal oxide photocatalysts for environmentally friendly applications such as air purification [2], hydrogen production via water splitting [3] and the removal of organic molecules from water [4]. Recently, photocatalyst thin film has aroused growing interests instead of a powder type of photocatalyst. Photocatalyst film can be deposited on various substrate such as alumina [5], metal foil [6], silicon wafer [7,8], and glass [9,10]. Among these substrates, the glass can be advantageous in various fields owing its high transmittance and chemical stability. The glass coated with photocatalyst film having superhydrophilicity and photodecomposition ability is a good candidate for self-cleaning window applications. Among various metal oxide photocatalysts, TiO2 is widely used owing its superior oxidizing power, nontoxicity, long-term stability, and cost effectiveness [11,12]. However, TiO2 is only sensitive to UV light region, because of its large band gap (~3.2 eV) [13], and fast recombination of electron/hole pair limits its photocatalytic reaction process [14]. Many attempts have been devoted to develop high-performance TiO2 photocatalysts for practical applications such as core–shell structure [15] nonmetal or metal doping [16–19], phase mixing [20,21], generation of oxygen vacancy [22], and coupling with other…

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    Tetraphenylporphyrin

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    round-bottomed flask of 25 mL). The volume (mL) of the gas obtained from photocatalysis was quantified using a gas burette which is depicted in Figure 1S. All volumes reported in this paper were measured at atmospheric pressure. Mass spectrometry was accomplished for the detection of the gas products, using a Pfeiffer vacuum Omnistar GSD 320 gas analysis system with a quadrupole mass spectrometer QGM 220 (mass range 1−200 amu, PrismaPlus) with ion gastight ion source, iridium-filament with…

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    remaining particles. The filtrates were analyzed by recording variation of the absorption in UV–vis spectra of RR45 and AB25 dyes at a wavelength of 542 nm and at 622 nm, respectably by using Perkin Elmer Lambda EZ 201 spectrophotometer. The photodegradation efficiencies of the dyes were estimated by determination of the concentration (C) of dyes after a certain irradiation time and C0 was used as initial value before irradiation. The extent of RR45 and AB25 mineralization was determined on the…

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    According to this finding, under visible-light excitation, gold NPs drive a process called photo-redox catalysis, with shares same characteristics and mechanistic features of traditional semiconductor photocatalysis. Through electron harvesting with the help of holes scavenger material and under the appropriate condition, in which in this finding, the appropriate condition is identified as inter-band excitation, higher photon flux, and rapid hole scavenging; a multi electron-holes pair are…

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    3.11.2 Effects Of Ph

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    14). The comparative analysis reveals that the LDH showed remarkable photostability even after fifth cycle of use with all the characteristic IR-bands present in their respective positions, accompanied by some minor changes in the fingerprint region.32-34 Page 23 of 39 RSC Advances 24 Fig.14. FT-IR analysis of Co/Ti LDH before and after degradation 3.11.6. Effect of quenchers on photodegradation The photodegradation reactions catalyzed by the LDHs are driven mainly by quenchers like •OH, h+ and…

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    bio-medical sciences [2]. the control over ZnO’s rich defect chemistry which is important in controlling properties is the reason for having its vast range of applications. ZnO usage in low pressure methanol synthesis as a component of composite catalysts as it prolongs the catalyst life [3]. ZnO after reduction leads to the formation of oxygen vacancies this in turn helps the catalytic activity by acting as an active site for CO adsorption at the start of the methanol synthesis. The optical…

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    current enzymatic methods are technically difficult to execute making them unsuitable for biosynthetic transformations. These methods require a suitable enzyme to couple to the co-substrate, engineering an efficient separation strategy plus ultimately designing a rational reaction route(2-5). Moreover, these methods require excess amounts of sacrificial electron donors (e.g. 1,4-butanediol, ethanol, isopropanol); the corresponding products are discarded as waste what is more, many result in the…

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    Attempts of constructing a photobioreactor through the pairing biocatalysis cycle with photocatalysis, despite their progression over recent years still pale in efficiency to nature(6). Many of these technologies fail to provide the oxidation power necessary to oxidize water (1.3V). Presented here is a novel, biologically engineered construct that circumvents many of the pitfalls associated with enzymatic regeneration of NADH. The vectoral integration of Photosystem II (PSII) and Respiratory…

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    environmental and marine fishery regulations need to be using scientific applications of ecosystem-based management (Brierely AS, Kingsford MJ 2009). Although reducing the anthropogenic emission of GHGs is the most substantial action against global warming, fossil fuels continue to be heavily utilized by the energy system. Environment-friendly solutions are already being applied and will expand in the future with further research and improvement. The use of biomass as an alternative renewable…

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    Dental Implant

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    but over that temperature, it changes to body-centered cubic, BCC, structure. By the formation of a solid oxide layer on the surface, the material is very resistant to corrosion. This can be very useful in medical applications like prostheses, orthopedic and dental implants. Ti can be alloyed with many other chemical elements like iron, aluminum and vanadium. Ti 6Al-4V is one alloy that is widely used to manufacture implants as shown in Park, J. and Lakes’, R.S. biomaterials book (2007). In this…

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