Nanophotocatalysis and Environmental Applications: Materials and Technology (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World Book 29)

This book serves the environmentalists to track the development of photocatalytic materials and technology in the present context and to explore future trends. Photocatalysis is the most influential greener technology being researched, developed and adopted for the treatment of wastewater. The technological advancements in the area of smart hybrid photocatalytic materials have gained momentum in the present era. The rational designing of photocatalytic materials with a multi-pronged approach opens a new chapter for environmental detoxification. Other important aspects relate to the transfer of this nanostructured photocatalytic technology to real backdrops. Harnessing natural solar energy for energy and environmental roles is another crucial criterion in designing photocatalysts. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Nanostructured Imprinted Supported Photocatalysts: Organic and Inorganic Matrixes (Cícero Coelho de Escobar, João Henrique Z. dos Santos)....Pages 1-48 Supporting Materials for Immobilisation of Nano-photocatalysts (R. Goutham, R. Badri Narayan, B. Srikanth, K. P. Gopinath)....Pages 49-82 Non-metal (Oxygen, Sulphur, Nitrogen, Boron and Phosphorus)-Doped Metal Oxide Hybrid Nanostructures as Highly Efficient Photocatalysts for Water Treatment and Hydrogen Generation (M. S. Jyothi, Vignesh Nayak, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, S. Naveen, A. V. Raghu)....Pages 83-105 Challenges of Synthesis and Environmental Applications of Metal-Free Nano-heterojunctions (Vagner R. de Mendonça, Osmando F. Lopes, André E. Nogueira, Gelson T. S. T. da Silva, Caue Ribeiro)....Pages 107-138 Perovskite-Based Materials for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation (Ashish Kumar, Suneel Kumar, Venkata Krishnan)....Pages 139-165 Carbon Nitride: A Wonder Photocatalyst (Biswajit Choudhury)....Pages 167-209 Graphene and Allies as a Part of Metallic Photocatalysts (Annelise Kopp Alves)....Pages 211-220 Silver-Based Photocatalysts: A Special Class (Vicente Rodríguez-González, Agileo Hernández-Gordillo)....Pages 221-239 Green Synthesis of Novel Photocatalysts (Shubhrajit Sarkar, Santanu Sarkar, Chiranjib Bhattacharjee)....Pages 241-261 Electrodeposition of Composite Coatings as a Method for Immobilizing TiO2 Photocatalyst (V. S. Protsenko, A. A. Kityk, E. A. Vasil’eva, A. V. Tsurkan, F. I. Danilov)....Pages 263-301 Spinning Disk Reactor Technology in Photocatalysis: Nanostructured Catalysts Intensified Production and Applications (Javier Miguel Ochando-Pulido, Marco Stoller, Luca Di Palma, A. Martínez-Férez, Giorgio Vilardi)....Pages 303-333 Back Matter ....Pages 335-336 This book presents photocatalysis as a state-of-art technology in energy production and conversion. The ever increasing demand for energy with growing economies has led to a dearth of energy sources.