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The Effect of Interfacial Chemical Bonding in TiO2-SiO2 Composites on Their Photocatalytic NOx Abatement Performance
Published on: July 4, 2017
Encapsulation of titanium(IV) oxide particles in hollow silica for size-selective photocatalytic reactions
Shigeru Ikeda1, Yoshimitsu Ikoma, Hideyuki Kobayashi
1Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan. sikeda@chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A core-shell composite of TiO2 particles encapsulated in a hollow silica was fabricated, and the core-shell composite showed size-selective photocatalytic activity for decomposition of organics without reducing the intrinsic activity of the naked TiO2 core.

