Chapter 3 Nanostructured Titanium Oxide Film- and Membrane-Based Photocatalysis for Water Treatment

Hyeok Choi 1, Souhail R. Al-Abed 1, Dionysios D. Dionysiou 2

1 National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA

2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

3.1 Titanium Oxide Photocatalysis and Challenges 40

3.2 Sol-Gel Synthesis of Porous Titanium Oxide: Surfactant Self-Assembling 40

3.3 Immobilization of Titanium Oxide in the Form of Films and Membranes 42

3.4 Activation of Titanium Oxide under Visible-Light Irradiation 43

3.5 Versatile Environmental Applications 44

3.6 Suggestions and Implications 44

Abstract

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