# titanium dioxide

## The mathematical fractional modeling of TiO_2 nanopowder synthesis by sol–gel method at low temperature

Titanium dioxide is a compound of oxygen and titanium with the formula TiO$_2$ present in nature and manufactured on an industrial scale.  It is used in several fields and applications such as cosmetics, paint, food, photocatalyst, electrodes in lithium batteries, dye solar cells (DSSC), biosensors, etc., given its importance and its various fields of application, there are several methods of synthesis of TiO$_2$ such as the sol–gel method widely used to obtain nanoparticles.  In our study, on the one hand we synthesized titanium dioxide nanopowders crystallized in the

## Photocatalytic Oxidation of Formaldehyde Vapour Using Amorphous Titanium Dioxide

The gas-phase photocatalytic oxidation of formaldehyde over illuminated amorphous titanium dioxide was investigated using a model flow reactor with the following experimental conditions: 0.1–0.5 l/min flow rate and an organic compound concentration range of 0.006–0.082 mol/m3. Mathematical model of the process which includes two sequential stages: formation of formic acid and its subsequent oxidation to CO2 was offered.

## The Effect of UV/TiO2/H2O2 Process and Influence of Operational Parameters on Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dye in Aqueous TiO2 Suspension

In this work a detailed investigation of heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of Navy blue HE2R 1 (NB), azo dye of the reactive class is presented using UV/TiO2/H2O2 process in the aqueous suspension under 8W low-pressure mercury vapor lamp irradiation. Here we also report about optimization of various experimental parameters such as effect of catalyst concentration, effect of substrate concentration, effect of H2O2 addition.

## Synthesis and Application of Macrophotoinitiators Obtained via Benzoin Tethering with Copolymers of Maleic Anhydride

A new approach to the synthesis of macrophotoinitiators (MPI) on the basis of benzoin was developed; it was grounded on the tethering of benzoin to copolymers of methyl methacrylate and maleic anhydride. This process occurred as a polymer-modification reaction due to interaction of the anhydride groups in polymer structure with hydroxyl functionality of benzoin and resulted in formation of benzoin monomaleate units. Chemical structure of MPI and content of benzoin moieties tethered were determined using IR- and UV-spectroscopies.