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Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C:

Photochemistry Reviews
Volume 1, Issue 1, 29 June 2000, Pages 1-21

Titanium dioxide photocatalysis

Akira Fujishima , Tata N. Rao, Donald A. Tryk

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Abstract
Scientific studies on photocatalysis started about two and a half decades ago. Titanium
dioxide (TiO2), which is one of the most basic materials in our daily life, has emerged as an
excellent photocatalyst material for environmental purification. In this review, current
progress in the area of TiO2 photocatalysis, mainly photocatalytic air purification, sterilization
and cancer therapy are discussed together with some fundamental aspects. A novel
photoinduced superhydrophilic phenomenon involving TiO2 and its applications are
presented.

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Keywords
Titanium dioxide; Photocatalysis; Self-cleaning surfaces; Air purification;
Decomposition of organic compounds; Photocatalytic sterilization; Photocatalytic
cancer treatment; Superhydrophilicity; Anti-fogging surfaces

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Akira Fujishima was born in 1942 in Tokyo, Japan. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrochemistry in
1966 from the University of Tokyo and his PhD in 1971 under Professor Ken-ichi Honda from the same University.
He became an Assistant Professor at Kanagawa University in 1971 and again joined the University of Tokyo as an
Assistant Professor in 1975. He became an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo from 1978 and was
promoted to full professor in 1986. He served as the President of the Japanese Association of Photochemistry, Vice
Chairman of the Local Section of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vice President of the Electrochemical Society of
Japan and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of Chemical Society of Japan. Presently he is an
Editorial Board member of Langmuir and PCCP (Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics). Recently he has
become the Editor-in-Chief of Photochemistry Reviews. He has received several awards for his research excellence
from various societies such as the Electrochemical Society of Japan, the Chemical Society of Japan and the
Federation of Asian Chemical Societies. He has authored close to 500 original research papers published in
international journals, including Nature and Science. Professor Fujishima’s current research interests include TiO2
photocatalysis, CO2 reduction and the electrochemistry of boron-doped diamond electrodes.

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Donald A. Tryk was born in 1948 in Culver City, California. He attended the University of Florida, receiving a BS in
Chemistry in 1969. He worked in electroplating and then in environmental analytical chemistry before returning
to graduate school at the University of New Mexico, working with Professor Su-Moon Park in the area of organic
electrochemistry, and earning a PhD in Chemistry in 1980. From there, he moved to Case Western Reserve
University, working under Professor Ernest Yeager in the area of oxygen electrochemistry. In 1995, he moved to
the University of Tokyo to work under Professor Akira Fujishima in the areas of diamond electrochemistry and
photocatalysis. In 1998, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. His current research interests include
TiO2 photocatalysis, CO2 reduction and the electrochemistry of boron-doped diamond electrodes.

Tata N. Rao was born in 1963 in Vizianagaram, India. He studied at Banaras Hindu University, where he obtained
a PhD in Chemistry in 1994 under the supervision of Professor Lal Bahadur. From 1994 to 1996 he worked as a
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postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. In 1996 he joined the research group of
Professor Akira Fujishima (The University of Tokyo) as a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
postdoctoral fellow and continued as a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) research fellow. Since 1999, he has
worked as a Research Associate in the same university. His current research interests focus on
photoelectrochemistry, CO2 reduction and electroanalytical chemistry using boron-doped diamond electrodes.

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