UV-Visible Photocatalysis for Clean Energy Production and Pollution Remediation

UV-Visible Photocatalysis for Clean Energy Production and Pollution Remediation Comprehensive resource detailing fundamentals of photocatalysis, clean energy production, and pollution treatment, as well as recent developments in each field UV-Visible Photocatalysis for Clean Energy Production and Pollution Remediation: Materials, Reaction Mechanisms, and Applications provides current developments in photocatalytic reactions for both inorganic and organic-based materials which operate under UV-visible light or sunlight irradiation, with a focus on the fundamentals and applications in clean energy production and pollution remediation. The text curates interesting and important research surrounding photocatalysis for hydrogen production, including the fundamentals and photocatalytic remediation of our better environments, which covers the reduction of CO2 and fixation of N2 with H2O under UV-visible light or sunlight irradiation. The first chapter of the book introduces these diverse subjects by including a brief history of the developments of photocatalysis research since around the 1960s. Specific sample topics covered in this book include: Visible-light active photocatalysts in pollutant degradation and conversion with simultaneous hydrogen production Application of S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst and the role of the defects on the photocatalytic reactions on ZnO Strategies for promoting overall water splitting with particulate photocatalysts via single-step visible-light photoexcitation Polymeric carbon nitride-based materials in aqueous suspensions for water photo-splitting and photo-reforming of biomass aqueous solutions to generate H2 Visible light-responsive TiO2 thin film photocatalysts for the separate evolution of H2 and O2 from water For chemists, scientists, physicists, and engineers across a wide range of disciplines, UV-Visible Photocatalysis for Clean Energy Production and Pollution Remediation is an essential resource for understanding current developments in photocatalytic reactions on both inorganic and organic-based materials which operate under UV-visible light or sunlight irradiation.

Provides the current developments in photocatalytic reactions on both inorganic and organic-based materials which operate under UV-visible light or sunlight irradiation, with focuses on the fundamentals and applications in clean energy production and pollution remediation.

ForewordIntroductionPART I. Fundamentals of PhotocatalysisVisible-Light Active Photocatalysts in Pollutant Degradation/Conversion with Simultaneous Hydrogen ProductionSelective Oxidation of Alcohols using Carbon Nitride PhotocatalystsApplication of S-Scheme Heterojunction PhotocatalystThe Role of the Defects on the Photocatalytic Reactions on ZnOPART II. Photocatalytic Splitting of Water to Produce HydrogenStrategies for Promoting Overall Water Splitting with Particulate Photocatalysts via Single-Step Visible-Light PhotoexcitationIntegration of Redox Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen EvolutionPolymeric Carbon Nitride-Based Materials in Aqueous Suspensions for Water Photo-Splitting and Photo-Reforming of Biomass Aqueous Solutions to Generate H2Organic Supramolecular Materials for Photocatalytic Splitting of Water to Produce HydrogenVisible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts for the Separate Evolution of H2 and O2 from WaterDevelopment of Highly Efficient CdS-Based Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production: Structural Modification, Durability, and MechanismTheoretical Studies on Photocatalytic H2 Production from H2OPART III. Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 and Fixation of N2Progress in Development of Cocatalysts for the Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 using H2O as an Electron DonorPreparation, Characterization, and Photocatalysts? Application of Silicas/Silicates with Nanospaces Containing Single-Site Ti-Oxo SpeciesSurface Coordination Improved Photocatalytic Fixation of CO2 over 2D Oxide NanosheetsRecent Progress on Layered Double Hydroxides-Based Nanomaterials for Solar Energy ConversionThe Significance and Current Status of Photocatalytic N2 Fixation StudyPhotocatalytic N2 Fixation: A Step Closer to the Solar FarmPART IV. Applications of PhotocatalysisPhotocatalysis for Pollution RemediationBiomimetic Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment: From Lab-Scale to Commercial OperationPreparation of Highly Functional TiO2-Based Thin Film Photocatalysts by Ion Engineering Techniques; Photocatalysis and Photo-Induced Super HydrophilicityThe Surface-Related Photocatalysis and Superwettability