Table of Contents

Section 1. Titanium dioxide: synthesis and characterization
1. Introduction
2. Properties of titanium dioxide
3. Structural and electronic properties of TiO2 from first principles calculations
4. Synthesis and characterization of titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide-based materials

Section 2. Energy applications
5. Synthentic, natural and bioinspired dyes as TiO2 sensitizers in sustainable solar cells
6. TiO2-based materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production
7. TiO2-based devices for energy-related applications
8. Heat transfer by using TiO2 nanofluids

Section 3. TiO2 in our life
9. TiO2 as white pigment and valorization of the waste coming from its production
10. Titanium dioxide-based nanomaterials: application of their smart properties in biomedicine
11. TiO2 in the food industry and cosmetics
12. Titanium dioxide: antimicrobial surfaces and toxicity assessment
13. Functionalization of glass by TiO2-based self-cleaning coatings
14. TiO2 as a source of titanium
15. TiO2 in the building sector

Section 4. TiO2 devices and their applications
16. TiO2 oxides for chromogenic devices and dielectric mirrors
17. TiO2 in memristors and resistive random access memory devices
18. Applications of TiO2 in sensor devices
19. TiO2 photocatalysis for environmental purposes
20. Fine chemistry by TiO2 heterogenous photocatalysis
21. Catalytic applications of TiO2

About the Author

Francesco Parrino is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Trento, Italy. He graduated cum laude in Chemical Engineering from the University of Palermo in 2005 and got a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany, in 2009. His research activity deals with the preparation and characterization of photocatalysts for degradation of pollutants and for green synthesis of organic molecules. His scientific production conjugates mechanistic and fundamental aspects of heterogeneous photocatalysis with engineering issues for industrial applications. He has authored approximately 80 joint papers in collaboration with scientists from all over the world and several communications for international conferences on these topics. Leonardo Palmisano was born in Termini Imerese, Italy, in 1950. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry cum laude in
1973 from the University of Palermo. He was a full professor of Chemistry in the Department of Engineering, University of
Palermo, since 2000, and although he has now retired, he continues to carry out research. His scientific work mainly focuses
on heterogeneous photocatalysis, such as preparation, characterization of many bulk and surface techniques, and testing
of various types of bare and doped polycrystalline photocatalysts. He has collaborated with many scientists worldwide,
producing joint papers in international journals (~350), many scientific and didactical books, and five patents. He is editorin-
chief of the Journal of Photocatalysis and a member of the editorial boards of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
Current Organic Chemistry, International Journal of Photoenergy, Journal of Chemistry, and Journal of Membrane Science
& Technology.