Chapter 2 Nanostructured Visible-Light Photocatalysts for Water Purification

Qi Li, Pinggui Wu, Jian Ku Shang

Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water with Systems, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

2.1 Visible-Light Photocatalysis with Titanium Oxides 18

2.2 Sol-Gel Fabrication of Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxide Nanoparticle Photocatalysts 20

2.3 Metal-Ion-Modified Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts 24

2.4 Nanostructured Nitrogen-Doped Titanium-Oxide-Based Photocatalysts 29

2.5 Environmental Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Titanium-Oxide-Based Photocatalysts 30

2.6 Conclusions and Future Directions 33

Abstract

Titanium oxide (TiO ...

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