Mother Nature and our surroundings always inspire us with new Ideas to purse science. An outcome of one such motivation is the development of a family of 1D oxide chalcogenide composites with interesting architectures and their properties.

As a case study, I will present our recent contributions on the topic of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) as a façade for the deposition of visible light agents for light absorbance and charge generation. We know that chalcogenides can aid in improving light harvesting properties of oxides. To this end, the synthesis of the 1D oxide followed by the deposition of a chalcogenide is presented. Of particular focus will be the role of carbon additives. The main insights presented in this talk is the method to integrate carbon, the type of carbon additives and their impact, and what are the possible benefits of the carbon presence in a oxide-chalcogenide system.