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On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial
Nanostructured titania is one of the most commonly encountered constituents of nanotechnology devices for use in energy-related applications, due to its intrinsic functional properties as a semiconductor and to other favorable characteristics such as ease of production, low toxicity and chemical sta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9370519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35957039 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12152608 |
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author | Gagliardi, Serena Rondino, Flaminia Paoletti, Claudia Falconieri, Mauro |
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description | Nanostructured titania is one of the most commonly encountered constituents of nanotechnology devices for use in energy-related applications, due to its intrinsic functional properties as a semiconductor and to other favorable characteristics such as ease of production, low toxicity and chemical stability, among others. Notwithstanding this diffusion, the quest for improved understanding of the physical and chemical mechanisms governing the material properties and thus its performance in devices is still active, as testified by the large number of dedicated papers that continue to be published. In this framework, we consider and analyze here the effects of the material morphology and structure in determining the energy transport phenomena as cross-cutting properties in some of the most important nanophase titania applications in the energy field, namely photovoltaic conversion, hydrogen generation by photoelectrochemical water splitting and thermal management by nanofluids. For these applications, charge transport, light transport (or propagation) and thermal transport are limiting factors for the attainable performances, whose dependence on the material structural properties is reviewed here on its own. This work aims to fill the gap existing among the many studies dealing with the separate applications in the hope of stimulating novel cross-fertilization approaches in this research field. |
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spelling | pubmed-93705192022-08-12 On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial Gagliardi, Serena Rondino, Flaminia Paoletti, Claudia Falconieri, Mauro Nanomaterials (Basel) Review Nanostructured titania is one of the most commonly encountered constituents of nanotechnology devices for use in energy-related applications, due to its intrinsic functional properties as a semiconductor and to other favorable characteristics such as ease of production, low toxicity and chemical stability, among others. Notwithstanding this diffusion, the quest for improved understanding of the physical and chemical mechanisms governing the material properties and thus its performance in devices is still active, as testified by the large number of dedicated papers that continue to be published. In this framework, we consider and analyze here the effects of the material morphology and structure in determining the energy transport phenomena as cross-cutting properties in some of the most important nanophase titania applications in the energy field, namely photovoltaic conversion, hydrogen generation by photoelectrochemical water splitting and thermal management by nanofluids. For these applications, charge transport, light transport (or propagation) and thermal transport are limiting factors for the attainable performances, whose dependence on the material structural properties is reviewed here on its own. This work aims to fill the gap existing among the many studies dealing with the separate applications in the hope of stimulating novel cross-fertilization approaches in this research field. MDPI 2022-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9370519/ /pubmed/35957039 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12152608 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Gagliardi, Serena Rondino, Flaminia Paoletti, Claudia Falconieri, Mauro On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title | On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title_full | On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title_fullStr | On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title_full_unstemmed | On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title_short | On the Morphology of Nanostructured TiO(2) for Energy Applications: The Shape of the Ubiquitous Nanomaterial |
title_sort | on the morphology of nanostructured tio(2) for energy applications: the shape of the ubiquitous nanomaterial |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9370519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35957039 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12152608 |
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