The book draws on important studies, illustrating their significance, emphasizing their high activity, ready availability, and notable stability-attributes that contribute to their growing prominence in various photocatalytic roles. Furthermore, the authors synthesize both fundamental concepts and recent advancements in a logical, organized manner, with a particular focus on the structural and property-related basics of these selected photocatalysts, ensuring readers gain a thorough and systematic understanding.
Table of Contents
Part I Photocatalysis1. Photocatalysis Fundamental
2. Critical parameters and Performance evaluation
3. Metal oxide-based photocatalysts
4. Strategies for improving photocatalytic efficiency
5. Photocatalysis from lab to industry
Part II Ferric oxide-based photocatalysts
6. Ferric oxide Structure, synthesis, properties and advantages for application in photocatalysis
7. Mechanism of ferric oxide photocatalysis
8. Approaches to improvement of ferric oxide photocatalytic performances
9. Summary and future trends in ferric oxide-based photocatalysis
Part III Zinc oxide-based photocatalysts
10. Zinc oxide Structure, synthesis, properties and advantages for application in photocatalysis
11. Mechanism of zinc oxide photocatalysis
12. Strategies to improve the performance of zinc oxide photocatalysts
13. Summary and future trends in zinc oxide-based photocatalysis
Authors
Athira Krishnan Assistant Professor, Government Polytechnic College Punalur, Kerala, India.Athira Krishnan is an Assistant Professor at Government Polytechnic College Punalur, Kerala, India. Her research interests lie in designing and developing transition metals-based catalytic materials and fabricating cost-effective catalytic electrodes for green hydrogen production.
Sundaram Ganesh Babu Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.Sundaram Ganesh Babu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. His interests include development of nanocatalytic systems for organic transformation, fabrication of visible light active photocatalysts for water splitting, establishment of electrochemical platforms for sensor application, and design of visible light active photocatalysts for environmental remediation.
Venkata Ravi Kumar Darbha Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Department of Sciences, Amrita University, Tamil Nadu, India.Venkata Ravi Kumar Darbha is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Sciences, Amrita University, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests include design and synthesis, characterization, and applications of new functional materials, hybrid and porous materials, size- and shape-controlled synthesis of nanomaterials, materials for energy, environmental, and sensor applications, 2D and 1D materials, green photocatalytic technology, and development of photocatalysts for water oxidation and reduction reactions.
Yunus Ahmed Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chattogram, Bangladesh.Yunus Ahmed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chattogram, Bangladesh. His research covers a multidisciplinary area, especially catalysis and reaction engineering, bio-reaction engineering, environmental remediation, wastewater treatment, development of biosensors, and nanotechnology.
Kishore Sridharan Assistant Professor, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.Kishore Sridharan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanoscience and Technology at the University of Calicut, Kerala, India. His research focuses on the fabrication of functional nanostructured materials for applications in visible light-driven photocatalysis.
Viswanathan S. Saji Research Scientist II / Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. Viswanathan S. Saji is an Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His current research interest lies in electrochemistry and energy materials.
