Fundamentals of Photocatalysis

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Orva Auger (Editor)

Series: Chemistry Research and Applications
BISAC: SCI013000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/FUZH8176

In chemistry, photocatalysis refers to the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst. Various aspects and applications of this process are described in the chapters of this book. Chapter One addresses the reduction and oxidation of heavy metals by the photocatalytic process to produce less toxic forms, thus reducing pollution. Chapter Two reviews some issues of photocatalytic reactions which may have been overlooked in other reports. Chapter Three deals with the utilization of ZnO-CdO nanoblocks as adsorbent and efficient solar photocatalysts towards brilliant cresol blue degradation. Chapter Four explains heterogeneous photocatalysis through the use of titanium and tungsten oxide nanostructures. Chapter Five reports the fabrication and evaluation of TiO2 nanowires supported on graphene and sensitized with Ag in a unique hierarchical three-dimensional sandwich structure. Lastly, Chapter Six provides an overview of recent achievements in C-N bond formation reactions triggered by visible light-induced DDQ-photoredox catalysis.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Oxidation and Reduction of Heavy Metals by Photocatalytic Processes
(G. G. Lenzi, L. N. B. Almeida, T. G. Josué, M. E. K. Fuziki, L. M. S. Colpini, R. Brackmann and A. M. Tusset – Departament of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Brazil, et al.)

Chapter 2. Peculiarities of the Reactions on Particulate Photocatalysts
(Yoshio Nosaka – Department of Materials Science and Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan)

Chapter 3. ZnO-CdO Nanoblocks: Utilization as Adsorbent and Efficient Solar Photo-Catalyst towards Brilliant Cresol Blue Degradation
(Mohammed M. Rahman, Jahir Ahmed, Abdullah M. Asiri, Md Humayun Kabir – Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, et al.)

Chapter 4. Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Explained through the Use of Titanium and Tungsten Oxide Nanostructures
(L. Soares and A. Alves – Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Chapter 5. Designing an Enhanced Visible-Light Activated Hierarchical Three-Dimensional Ag/TIO2 Nanowires/Graphene Sandwich Photocatalyst
(Tao Peng, Srimanta Ray and Jerald A. Lalman – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, et al.)

Chapter 6. Visible Light-Mediated DDQ Photoredox-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Reactions: A Review
(Dr. Palani Natarajan – Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India)

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