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Materials Science in Photocatalysis

  • 1st Edition - August 15, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Elisa I. Garcia Lopez, Leonardo Palmisano
  • Language: English

Materials Science in Photocatalysis provides a complete overview of the different semiconductor materials, from titania to third-generation photocatalysts, examining the increa… Read more

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Materials Science in Photocatalysis provides a complete overview of the different semiconductor materials, from titania to third-generation photocatalysts, examining the increasing complexity and novelty of the materials science in photocatalytic materials. The book describes the most recommended synthesis procedure for each of them and the suitable characterization techniques for determining the optical, structural, morphological, and physical-chemical properties. The most suitable applications of the photocatalysts are described in detail, as well as their environmental applications for wastewater treatment, gaseous effluents depollution, water splitting, CO2 fixation, selective organic synthesis, coupling reactions, and other selective transformations under both UV light and visible-light irradiation.

This book offers a useful reference for a wide audience from students studying chemical engineering and materials chemistry to experienced researchers working on chemical engineering, materials science, materials engineering, environment engineering, nanotechnology, and green chemistry.

Key features

  • Includes a complete overview of the different semiconductor materials used as photocatalysts
  • Describes methods of preparation and characterization of photocatalysts and their applications
  • Examines new possibilities to prepare effective photocatalysts

Readership

Students studying chemical engineering and materials chemistry and experienced researchers working on chemical engineering, materials science, materials engineering, environment engineering, nanotechnology and green chemistry

Table of contents

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION

1. Fundamentals of Photocatalysis: The role of materials

SECTION 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS

2. Preparation of photocatalysis by chemical methodologies

3. Preparation of Photocatalysts by Physical methodologies

4. Flame-based synthesis of oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications

5. Methodologies of synthesis of titania & titania-graphene photocatalysts

6. Experimental methods in thermodynamic and kinetic studies on photocatalytic materials

7. Photoelectrochemical characterization of photocatalysts

8. Application of EPR techniques in the study of photocatalytic systems

9. Approaching Photocatalysts Characterization under Real Conditions: In situ and Operando Studies

SECTION 3. OXIDES AND CALCOGENIDES

10. Titanium (IV) Oxide

11. Development of Hight Active Visible Light-responsive TiO2 Photocatalysts by Applying Ion Engineering Techniques

12. Semiconductor (TiO2, ZnO, WO3, g-C3N4)@sensitizer composites for enhanced photoinduced processes

13. Nanostructured-based WO3 photocatalysts: recent development, activity enhancement, perspectives and applications for wastewater treatment

14. Photoactive Systems Based on Semiconducting Metal Oxides

15. Iron oxide-based magnetic photocatalysts: recent developments, challenges and environmental applications

16. Strategic design of metal oxides for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

17. Nanostructured sulphide based photocatalysts using visible light for environmental and energy purposes

18. Synthesis of MoS2 materials for photocatalysis applications and pollution abatement

19. Heterogeneous photocatalysts based on iso- and heteropolytungstates

20. Heterogeneous photo-assisted catalytic hydration/dehydrations reactions based on Keggin and Wells-Dawson type heteropolytungstates

SECTION 4. COMPOSITES AND HETEROJUNCTIONS. TERTIARY MATERIALS

21. Niobate-based perovskites: Characterization, preparation and photocatalytic properties

22. Insights on the photocatalytic performances of LaFeO3 synthesized by solution combustion synthesis

23. TiO2-copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) photocatalytic thin films for up-scalable wastewater treatment

24. Graphene and graphene-oxide for enhancing the photocatalytic properties of materials

25. Nanostructured composites bases on Bi and Ti mixed oxides for visible-light assisted heterogeneous photocatalysis

26. Composite materials in thermo-photo catalysis

27. Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis

SECTION 5. 2D MATERIALS

28. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) based metal-free photocatalyst

29. Two-dimensional Layer Double Hydroxide-Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Renewable Energy Production

30. Two-dimensional porous organic polymer for photocatalysis

31. Photocatalytic membranes for CO2 valorization

SECTION 6. NEW FRONTIERS IN NANOMATERIALS FOR PHOTOCATALYSIS

32. Photocatalysis by Metal-Organic Frameworks

33. Ti-based metal organic frameworks for visible light photocatalysis

34. Homogeneous photocatalysts immobilized on polymeric matrices for redox selectivity processes

35. Soluble bio-based substances from compost as photosensitizers for a sustainable heterogeneous photocatalysis

36. Biology-Inspired photocatalysis: recent advances in biomimetic photocatalytic nanosystems synthesis and applications

37. Fungal Resistance on Photocatalytic Ceramic Surfaces: the ultimate role of the metal in the Ag@TiO2 photocatalyst

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 15, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Elisa I. Garcia Lopez

Elisa I. García López is an associate professor of chemistry at Università di Palermo, Italy. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and her PhD in chemistry and materials science from the Università di Palermo. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Meisei University, Japan. Her research interests are focused on heterogeneous photocatalysis. She is coauthor of more than 100 papers in collaboration with scientists from all over the world, more than 200 communications for international congresses, and 10 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Universita di Palermo, Italy

LP

Leonardo Palmisano

Leonardo Palmisano was born in Termini Imerese, Italy, in 1950. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry cum laude in 1973 from the University of Palermo. He was a full professor of Chemistry in the Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, since 2000, and although he has now retired, he continues to carry out research. His scientific work mainly focuses on heterogeneous photocatalysis, such as preparation, characterization of many bulk and surface techniques, and testing of various types of bare and doped polycrystalline photocatalysts. He has collaborated with many scientists worldwide, producing joint papers in international journals (~350), many scientific and didactical books, and five patents. He is editorin- chief of the Journal of Photocatalysis and a member of the editorial boards of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Current Organic Chemistry, International Journal of Photoenergy, Journal of Chemistry, and Journal of Membrane Science & Technology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chemistry, Department of Engineering, Universita di Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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