Photocatalysis Advanced Materials and Reaction Engineering.

This book on Photocatalysis discusses new materials and reaction engineering techniques, such as heterojunction formations, composites, ion exchangers, photocatalytic membranes, etc.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharma, G.
Other Authors: Kumar, A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Millersville, PA Materials Research Forum LLC, 2021.
Series:Materials Research Foundations Ser.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2904119.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • front-matter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1
  • Photocatalytic Membranes in Degradation of Organic Molecules
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Heterogeneous photocatalytic reaction
  • 3. Photocatalytic membranes
  • 3.1 Polymeric photocatalytic membranes
  • 3.1.1 Development of polyethersulfone and polysulfone membranes
  • 3.1.2 Fluoropolymeric membranes: PVDF and PTFE
  • 3.1.3 Development of photocatalytic polyaniline (PANI) membranes
  • 3.1.4 Development of photocatalytic polyamide membranes
  • 3.1.5 Development of cellulose-based photocatalytic membranes
  • 4. Inorganic membranes
  • 4.1 TiO2-based membranes
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • 2
  • Photocatalytic Heavy Metal Detoxification from Water Systems
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Sources of heavy metal pollution
  • 1.2 Bio-importance of heavy metals
  • 1.3 Deleterious Environmental and health effects
  • 2. Various heavy metal removal technologies
  • 2.1 Advanced oxidation process
  • 2.2 Photocatalysis
  • 2.3 Principle & mechanism behind photocatalysis
  • 3. Photocatalysis for the heavy metal recovery
  • 3.1 Chromium (Cr)
  • 3.2 Arsenic (As)
  • 3.3 Cadmium (Cd)
  • 3.4 Copper (Cu2+)
  • 3.5 Lead (Pb2+)
  • 3.6 Mercury
  • Conclusion & Future perspectives
  • References
  • 3
  • Carbon Nanotubes based Nanocomposites as Photocatalysts in Water Treatment
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Properties of carbon nanotubes
  • 3. Synthesis Methods of CNTs-based Nanocomposites
  • 3.1 Simple mixing
  • 3.2 Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
  • 3.3 Electrodeposition
  • 3.4 Hydrothermal
  • 3.5 Sol-gel
  • 4. Fundamental principles of photocatalysis
  • 5. Applications of CNTs-based nanocomposites in water treatment
  • Conclusion and future directions
  • References
  • 4
  • Photocatalytic and Adsorptional Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water using Nanohybrids
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Fundamental principle of photocatalysis
  • 3. Nanohybrids for photocatalytic removal of heavy metals
  • 3.1 Single system
  • 3.2 Dual system
  • 3.3 Ternary system
  • 4. Nanohybrids for adsorptional removal of organic pollutants and heavy metals
  • Conclusions and future prospects
  • References
  • 5
  • Graphitic Carbon Nitride based Photocatalytic Systems for High Performance Hydrogen Production: A Review
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Metal free photocatalyst: Graphitic carbon nitride
  • 2.1 Chemical structure of g-C3N4
  • 2.2 Electronic properties of g-C3N4
  • 2.3 Strategies for improving the properties of g-C3N4
  • 2.3.1 Structural modification
  • 2.3.2 Doping
  • 2.3.3 Heterojunction formation
  • 3. C3N4 based heterojunctions for H2 production
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 6
  • Recent advances in Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Advances in photocatalytic nitrogen fixation
  • 2.1 TiO2 and different oxides based photocatalysts
  • 2.2 Oxyhalides based photocatalysts