A comprehensive and timely overview of this important and hot topic, with special emphasis placed on environmental applications and the potential for solar light harvesting. Following introductory chapters on environmental photocatalysis, water splitting, and applications in synthetic chemistry, further chapters focus on the synthesis and design of photocatalysts, solar energy conversion, and such environmental aspects as the removal of water pollutants, photocatalytic conversion of CO2. Besides metal oxide-based photocatalysts, the authors cover other relevant material classes including carbon-based nanomaterials and novel hybrid materials. Chapters on mechanistic aspects, computational modeling of photocatalysis and Challenges and perspectives of solar reactor design for industrial applications complete this unique survey of the subject. With its indepth discussions ranging from a comprehensive understanding to the engineering of materials and applied devices, this is an invaluable resource for a range of disciplines.

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Dr. Srabanti Ghosh is currently a Senior Research Associate (Scientists' Pool Scheme) in the Fuel Cell and Battery Division, at the CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute in Kolkota, India. She received her PhD in 2010 from UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre and Jadavpur University, Kolkata, followed by a position as research associate at the Centre for Advanced Material, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkota. After a research stay as a postdoctoral fellow (RBUCE UP, Marie Curie Cofund) at the Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, University of Paris-Sud, France, she was appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India. Her research interests encompass synthesis and applications of semiconductor, graphene and polymer-based nanomaterials, sensing, solar light harvesting, liquid fuel cells and catalysis

Leseprobe

PART I: VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSIS - RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTSResearch frontiers in solar light harvestingRecent advances on photocatalysis for water detoxification and CO2 reductionFundamentals of photocatalytic water splitting (Hydrogen and oxygen evolution)Photoredox catalytic activation of carbon-halogen bondsPART II: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS OF VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSTSBlack TiO2: The New Generation PhotocatalystEffect of Modification of TiO2 with Metal Nanoparticles on its Photocatalytic Properties Studied by Time Resolved Microwave ConductivityGlassy photocatalysts: New trend in solar photocatalysisVisible-Light-Active Photocatalysis: Nanostructured Catalyst Design, Mechanisms, and ApplicationConducting Polymers Nanostructures as Novel Materials for Efficient Solar Light HarvestingPART III: VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSIS FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONSensitization of TiO2 by dyes: a way to extend the range of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 to the visible regionRecent progress in novel photocatalysts for detoxificationMetal-free Organic Semiconductors for Visible Light Photocatalytic Water SplittingSolar Photochemical Splitting of WaterVisible Light Photoredox Catalysis by Organic Dyes for Organic SynthesisVisible Light Heterogeneous Catalysts for Photocatalytic CO2 ReductionPART IV: MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSISBand-gap engineering of photocatalysts: Optical, electronic, and catalytic ModificationsRoles of the active species generated during photocatalysisVisible-Light-Active Photocatalysis: Nanostructured Catalyst Design, Mechanisms, and ApplicationsPART V: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSIS FOR LARGE SCALE APPLICATIONSQuantum Effects in Modeling Photocatalytic ProcessesAn overview of solar photocatalytic reactor designs and their broader impact on the environmentConclusions and Future work