Revisiting the Original Works Related to Titania Photocatalysis: A Review of Papers in the Early Stage of Photocatalysis Studies

Important papers related to photocatalysis published in the early 1980's or before, some of which are not included in databases, e.g., Web of Science, or not digitized in electronic files, are reviewed in chronological order. Metal deposition, diffuse reflection spectroscopy, dye degradation, paint chalking, quantitative analysis of composition, X-ray diffraction analysis of anatase-rutile mixture, radical chain reaction, band-structure model, Langmuir adsorption in kinetics, Honda-Fujishima effect, dye-sensitized reaction, hydrogen evolution using sacrificial agents, Scaife's plot and photocatalytic water splitting are discussed. (C) The Electrochemical Society of Japan, All rights reserved.