Fundamentals and Functional Mechanisms of Photocatalysis in Water Treatment

Rohit Sharma, Parteek Mandyal, Shabnam Sambyal, Baizeng Fang, Vineet Kumar, Peyman Gholami, Aashish Priye, Pooja Shandilya

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Photocatalysis carries the potential to utilize freely available natural light as a renewable and sustainable energy source. These semiconducting materials can excite the electrons from valance band to conduction band, producing high energy electron-hole pairs involved in redox reactions under light irradiation. The semiconducting materials must possess a large specific surface area, suitable band gap, and high redox potential for photocatalytic applications. In this chapter, we summarize the characteristic properties of metal oxides, metal phosphides, carbonaceous, and other nanomaterials, which make them suitable material for photocatalysis. Furthermore, the basic mechanism of photocatalysis and charge transport mechanism in type II, Z-scheme, and most trending S-scheme heterojunctions, along with various analytical techniques employed to confirm the type of heterostructure formed, are also discussed briefly. Finally, the potential application of different nanomaterials with improved photodegradation efficiency for different pollutants is discussed.

Originalspråkengelska
Titel på värdpublikationPhotocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remediation : From Fundamentals to Full Scale Applications
RedaktörerPrasenjit Bhunia, Kingshuk Dutta, S. Vadivel
Antal sidor37
FörlagWiley Blackwell
Utgivningsdatum2023
Sidor1-37
ISBN (tryckt)978-1-119-85531-6
ISBN (elektroniskt)978-1-119-85533-0, 978-1-119-85534-7
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2023
MoE-publikationstypA3 Del av bok eller annan forskningsbok

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