Full Description
Covering all major aspects of photocatalysis, including the latest findings and insights on catalyst design, kinetic studies, and reactor engineering, this is a semi-empirical how-to guide, based on the authors' extensive experience and a thorough scan of the existing literature. Each chapter contains relevant examples and exercises, making the material suitable for university courses, while this knowledge is polished up to the engineering stage allowing its application in real reactors and purification units, with commercially produced reactors also considered.
Contents
Introduction BASICS OF PHOTOCATALYSIS What is Photocatalysis? Description of Photocatalytic Reactions (Major Terms) HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSTS Common Mechanisms of Action Pure Transition Metal Oxides (Composition, Preparation, Methods, Properties) Pure Chalcogenides Surface Modified Photocatalysts Doped Metal Oxide Photocatalysts Template Modified Photocatalysts Supported Photocatalysts Nanosize Structured Photocatalysts Layers-organized Photocatalysts Other Identified Photocatalysts HOMOGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSTS Introduction Principles of Action Metal Complexes Polyoxometallates Heterogenized (Deposited) Homogeneous Photocatalysts MECHANISMS OF HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS Introduction and Terms Definitions Outline of Mechanisms of Photocatalytic Reactions Primary Events (Charge Generation, Separation, Trapping) Charge Transfer Major Secondary Reactions Reaction Kinetics LIQUID PHASE HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS Introduction Photocatalytic Oxidation Photocatalytic Reduction Water Splitting Photocatalytic Disinfection of Water PHOTOELECTROCATALYSIS Introduction Photovoltaic Cells Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation Hydrogen Production GAS PHASE HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS Introduction Photocatalytic Oxidation of Gaseous Substrates Photocatalytic Reduction Catalyst Deactivation Photocatalytic Oxidation of Deposited and Solid Substrates Nitrogen Fixation Ozone Decomposition Disinfection of Air COMBINED HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSES Introduction Ultrasound and Photocatalysis Plasma and Photocatalysis Photo-Fenton Reactions Hydrogen Peroxide and Photocatalysis Ozone and Photocatalysis Coupled Biodegradation and Photocatalysis HOMOGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS Introduction Photocatalytic Oxidation Photocatalytic Reduction PHOTOCATALYTIC SYNTHESES Introduction Ring Opening Hydrogenation Oxygenation (of Olefins) Epoxidation Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Epoxides Coupling of Enantioselective Hydrolysis and Photocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol Polymerisation Phenanthrene -> Coumarin Photocatalytic Demethylation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) by Porphyrins Reduction of Carbonylic Compounds to Alcohols BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOCATALYSIS Introduction Photosynthetic Reaction Acceleration by TiO2 Phototreatment Dissolved Oxygen in Blood Increase Bactericidal Coatings PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS Introduction Principles of Engineering Types of Reactors Laboratory Research Reactors Industry-oriented Reactors
