Materials Science in Photocatalysis

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 -xation, 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.

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