Design of Advanced Photocatalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coronado, Juan M. (Editor), Fresno, Fernando. (Editor), Hernǹdez-Alonso, Mara̕ D. (Editor), Portela, Raquel. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Chemical engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Surfaces (Physics).; Energy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5061-9

Research for the development of more efficient photocatalysts has experienced an almost exponential growth since its popularization in early 1970<U+0019>s. Despite the advantages of the widely used TiO2, the yield of the conversion of sun power into chemical energy that can be achieved with th...

Table of Contents:

• 1.A historical introduction to photocatalysis
• 2.Photons, electrons and holes: fundamentals of photocatalysis with semiconductors
• 3.Environmental applications of photocatalysis
• 4.urning sunlight into fuels: photocatalysis for energy
• 5.the keys of success: TiO2 as a benchmark photocatalyst
• 6.Alternative metal oxide photocatalysts
• 7.The new promising semiconductors: metallates and other mixed compounds
• 8.Chalcogenides and other non-oxidic semiconductors
• 9.Single-site photocatalysts: photoactive species dispersed on porous matrixes
• 10.The role of co-catalysts: interaction and synergies with semiconductors
• 11.Shaping photocatalysts: morphological modifications of semiconductors
• 12.Immobilised photocatalysts
• 13.Metal doping of semiconductors for improving photoactivity
• 14.Non-metal doping for band gap engineering
• 15.Heterojunctions: joining different semiconductors
• 16.Sensitizers: dyes and quantum dots
• 17.Future perspectives of photocatalysis.