Titanium Dioxide

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) also known as titania, an oxide that occurs naturally in Titanium,

it is involved in the family of transition metals. TiO 2, usually colorless or in white pigment

appearance. It is a common compound that have different uses in several fields, for instance, in

coats, paints, inks, and paper. Additionally, it possess a high chemical and thermal stability which

states that it has a stable structure and can be use economically. Many researches find many

beneficial factors in developing and using Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) for it is economic,

environmental, and has a chemical stable structure in numerous environments (Cakir, 2008).

At this particular time, titanium dioxide has been developed and examined for

transporting device capable of solar conversion from the sun’s energy. Titanium dioxide was first

studied by Prof. Akira Fujishima in 1967. The electrode of titanium dioxide was exposed in an

aqueous solution wherein there is a strong light and a exhibited decomposition of water into

hydrogen and as well in oxygen [ CITATION Dis051 \l 1033 ]. Afterwards, the first study was

published and numerous physiochemical properties of titanium dioxide were studied and

developed as a better photocatalyst. (Reddy, Hassan, & Gomes, 2015). Although using titanium

dioxide as a photocatalyst has many disadvantages. Wherein it is focused in photocatalytic

degradation of organic pollutants, solar energy conversion, and disinfection. Additionally,

Titanium dioxide consists of a large band gap where it converts into poor visible light absorption

capacity and absorbing ultraviolet lights (Ansari, Khan, Ansari, & Cho, 2016; Chen, Liu, Yu, &

Mao, 2011).