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This chapter provides a brief description of do** strategy associated with achieving certain awareness of its basic principles and concepts. Its application enhances photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performances of designated oxide materials that include not only binary compounds such as TiO2, ZnO, WO3, Cu2O, etc. but also ternary compounds too. Specifically, a variety of synthesis and post-synthesis approaches to fabricating doped metal oxides are outlined, including several methods developed recently or seldom discussed in detail. Furthermore, a systematic examination is provided toward reaching a certain understanding of changes and evolution that electronic and geometrical structures have proceeded and their influence on basic characteristics and properties of doped metal oxides. It is also demonstrated how the incorrect employment of do** strategy might lead to the negative outcome when the advancement of designated metal oxides cannot be realized and oppositely their performances become degraded with regard to the demonstrated efficiency and stability.
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