Nanostructured Photocatalysts: From Fundamental to Practical Applications

Nanostructured Photocatalysts: From Fundamental to Practical Applications offers a good opportunity for academic, industrial researchers and engineers to gain insights on the fundamental principles and updated knowledge on the engineering aspects and various practical applications of photocatalysis. This book comprehensively and systematically reviews photocatalytic fundamental aspects, ranging from reaction mechanism, kinetic modeling, nanocatalyst synthesis and design, essential material characterization using advanced techniques, and novel reactor design and scale-up. Future perspectives, techno-economical evaluation and lifecycle assessment of photocatalytic processes are also provided. Finally, a wide range of practical, important and emerging photocatalytic applications, namely wastewater treatment, air pollution remediation, renewable and green energy generation, and vital chemical production are thoroughly covered, making this book useful and beneficial for engineers, scientists, academic researchers, undergraduates and postgraduates.

Table of Contents:
Section I: Introduction and Fundamental Studies 1. Introduction 2. Kinetic and mass-transfer analysis in continuous photocatalytic reactors 3. Reaction mechanism for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant 4. Radical species in photocatalysis: Generate, detect and measure 5. Metal clusters and nanoparticles in photocatalysis: advances and challenge Section II: Practical Applications on Agricultural-, Energy-, Environment-, Medical-related Fields 6. Future prospects and challenges of photocatalysis for POPs degradation 7. Plasmonic photocatalyst for hydrogen energy generation 8. Photo(electro)catalysts for two-electron oxygen reduction reactions 9. Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water and degradation of pollutants using simple Bi-based metal oxide semiconductors under visible light irradiation 10. Floating photocatalysts: Buoyancy generation from bio-degradable polymers 11. Evaluation of the photosensitization/photocatalytic process for the degradation of pharmaceutical compound 12. Recent advancement in red phosphorus and sulphur based photocatalytic systems for waste-water treatment 13. Metal organic framework photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction 14. Nanostructured photoactive coatings for bacterial inactivation at the solid-air interface 15. Black phosphorous-based photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization and applications 16. Synthesis, characterization and applications of photocatalysts containing carbon species 17. Solar driven bicarbonate conversion to formate via earth abundant semiconductor nanostructures