Self-cleaning, as a well-known solution for various applications, has been the centre of attention amongst scientists. One of the properties that can be discussed in this scope is the application of various materials for different purposes. This covers a wide range of solar cell devices to building materials and indoor applications. Besides cost as one of the most important issues, using some materials without considering their long-term effects or irradiation source can be a sophisticated problem in this area. Hence, titanium dioxide (TiO2) with a combination of several materials, such as composites, can have competent capacity or even the potential of double self-cleaning properties. Current review gives a promising aspect to the knowledge of various combinations of TiO2 with specific materials as a composite or polymer to improve and optimize the potential self-cleaning properties.
Author(s): Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini, Saeid Eslamian, Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari, Vijay P. Singh and Nicolas R. Dalezios