Dionysios D Dionysiou & Gianluca Li Puma 
Photocatalysis [PDF ebook] 
Applications

From environmental remediation to alternative fuels, this book explores the numerous important applications of photocatalysis. The book covers topics such as the photocatalytic processes in the treatment of water and air; the fundamentals of solar photocatalysis; the challenges involved in developing self-cleaning photocatalytic materials; photocatalytic hydrogen generation; photocatalysts in the synthesis of chemicals; and photocatalysis in food packaging and biomedical and medical applications. The book also critically discusses concepts for the future of photocatalysis, providing a fascinating insight for researchers. Together with Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Perspectives, these volumes provide a complete overview to photocatalysis.

Table of Content

Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water: Process Optimization and Degradation Pathways; Photocatalytic Removal of Metallic and Other Inorganic Pollutants; Solar Photocatalytic Disinfection of Water; Solar Photocatalysis: Fundamentals, Reactors and Applications; Combined Photocatalysis-separation Processes for Water Treatment Using Hybrid Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor; Process Integration. Concepts of Integration and Coupling of Photocatalysis With Other Processes; Photocatalytic Purification and Disinfection of Air; Self-cleaning Photocatalytic Activity: Materials and Applications; Photocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis for Energy Generation Using Photofuelcells; Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation; New Synthetic Routes in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis; an Overview of the Potential Applications of Ti O2 Photocatalysis for Food Packaging, Medical Implants, and Chemical Compound Delivery.

About the author

Detlef Bahnemann is a Professor at the Institute for Technical Chemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, and Director of the Laboratory for Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials at Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. He has worked in the field of photocatalysis for over 30 years.