%0 Journal Article %T Titania Photocatalysis beyond Recombination: A Critical Review %A Bunsho Ohtani %J Catalysts %D 2013 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/catal3040942 %X This short review paper shows the significance of recombination of a photoexcited electron and a hole in conduction and valence bands, respectively, of a titania photocatalyst, since recombination has not yet been fully understood and has not been evaluated adequately during the past several decades of research on heterogeneous photocatalysis. %K heterogeneous photocatalysis %K recombination %K photoexcited electron %K hole %K lattice defects %K electron trap %U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/3/4/942