A filter includes a filter body containing a paper sheet having a surface roughness of 1.0 m or more and 10.0 m or less, and a photocatalyst particle held on the filter body and having a surface to which a metal compound having a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group is bonded via an oxygen atom. The photocatalyst particle is formed of a titanium compound particle having absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in a visible absorption spectrum.

A filter includes a filter medium having an average pore size of 1 to 5 min, and photocatalyst particles deposited on the filter medium. The photocatalyst particle contains a titanium compound particle and a metal compound bonded to the surface of the titanium compound particle with an oxygen atom. The metal compound contains a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The titanium compound particle has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in the visible absorption spectrum of the titanium compound particle.

An ozone cleaning system includes a first chamber, a second chamber coupled to the first chamber, and a utility assembly disposed within the second chamber. The utility assembly includes an ozone generator configured to provide ozone to the first chamber, a humidifying unit configured to provide water vapor to the first chamber, and a blower configured to at least one of (i) reduce air pressure within the first chamber or (ii) draw the ozone from the first chamber following a decontamination process.

A plant protection agent includes a photocatalyst particle including a titanium oxide compound. The surface of the photocatalyst particle is modified with a metal compound that includes a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The photocatalyst particle has absorption at a wavelength of 550 nm. The change in the absorbance of the photocatalyst particle at the wavelength of 550 nm which occurs when the photocatalyst particle is irradiated with white light having an illuminance of 3000 lux for 24 hours is 10% or more.

A plant protection agent includes a photocatalyst particle containing a titanium oxide compound. The surface of the photocatalyst particle is modified with a metal compound that includes a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The photocatalyst particle has absorption at a wavelength of 550 nm.

A high-efficiency visible-light catalytic material, a preparation method and an application thereof are provided by the present application, relating to the technical field of photocatalytic materials. The present application prepares photocatalytic material Ag@AgCl/CA by compounding Ag@AgCl and calcium alginate gel, and the prepared photocatalytic material is shaped as small particles. The photocatalytic material Ag@AgCl/CA is used to degrade tetracycline antibiotics.

The present invention relates to a device for heterogeneous plasmonic photocatalysis. The device comprises a crystalline or quasi-crystalline superstructure of plasmonic nanoparticles attached to a substrate, and a plurality of catalytically active nanoparticles embedded into the superstructure of plasmonic nanoparticles. Further, the invention relates to a method of manufacturing the device for heterogeneous plasmonic photocatalysis.

The present invention relates to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) which contain trimetallic centres with pyrazole as a ligand in the structure thereof. Particularly, it relates to MOFs which contain units of formula (I). The present invention also relates to a photocatalytic method for generating H.sub.2 starting from liquid water or vapour using said materials.

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Tantalum vanadate (TaVO.sub.5) forms into nanostructures, particularly nanorods, which may range in length between 100 and 600 nm with a length:width ratio between 20:1 to 50:1, and, as a bulk material, have a bandgap of 1.5 to 3.00 eV. Such nanostructures may be prepared by the hydrothermal method.

An air purification system including a filter assembly including a substrate including a fibrous media, and a photocatalytic material disposed on the substrate, wherein the photocatalytic material includes a first quantity of crushed nanostructures; and a photon source arranged to illuminate the photocatalytic material with optical radiation.