Heterogeneous nanocomposite-photocatalysis for water purification / Rajendra C. Pawar and Caroline Sunyong Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pawar, Rajendra C., author.

Lee, Caroline Sunyong, author.

Series:

Micro & Nano Technologies series Heterogeneous nanocomposite-photocatalysis for water purification

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water--Purification--Photocatalysis.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Heterogeneous Nanocomposite-Photocatalysis for Water Purification, the authors introduce various heterogeneous photocatalysts based on novel nanostructures of metal oxide semiconductors and graphene used for water purification, including TiO2, Fe2O3, SnO2, WO3 and g-C3N4, and outlines their advantages and drawbacks. The nanocomposite-photocatalysts ZnO and CdS are compared with reduced graphene oxide (rGO), a rapidly growing materials system. The authors describe how the photocatalytic activity of known nanomaterials can be improved by modifying the structural and optical properties (i.e.,

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Heterogeneous Nanocomposite-Photocatalysis for Water Purification""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Basics of Photocatalysis""; ""1.1 Introduction of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis""; ""1.2 Principles and Mechanism of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis""; ""1.3 Semiconductor/Semiconductor Heterogeneous Photocatalysis""; ""1.4 Homojunction Photocatalysts (Same Material)""; ""1.5 Metal/Semiconductor (Schottky Junction)""; ""1.6 Photocatalytic Materials""; ""References""; ""2 Nanomaterial-Based Photocatalysis""

""2.1 Introduction""""2.2 Properties of NsM""; ""2.2.1 Increase in Surface Area to Volume Ratio""; ""2.2.2 Quantum Confinement Effect""; ""2.2.3 Magnetic Effects""; ""2.3 Improved Performance with Nanostructured Photocatalysts""; ""2.4 Applications of Nanostructured Photocatalysts""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""3 Heterogeneous Photocatalysts Based on Organic/Inorganic Semiconductor""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Binary Photocatalysts""; ""3.2.1 Sintering Assisted RGO/ZnO Composites for Water Purification Under UV Irradiation""; ""3.2.2 Preparation of RGO""

""3.2.3 Preparation of RGO/ZnO Nanocomposites""""3.2.4 Photocatalytic Degradation of MB""; ""3.2.5 Analysis of RGO/ZnO Composites""; ""3.2.6 Possible Photocatalysis Mechanism""; ""3.2.7 Visible Light Active RGO/CdS Heterojunctions for Cr(VI) Reduction""; ""3.2.8 RGO/CdS Fabrication""; ""3.2.9 Analysis of RGO/CdS""; ""3.2.10 Cr(VI) Reduction""; ""3.2.11 Photoreduction Performance""; ""3.3 Ternary Photocatalysts""; ""3.3.1 Nanocomposites Based on RGO, CdS, and ZnO""; ""3.3.2 Analysis of RGO, CdS, and ZnO Composites""; ""3.3.3 Photocatalysis of RGO, CdS, and ZnO Composites""

""3.3.4 Possible Electron Transport Mechanism""""3.4 Nanocomposites Based on RGO, CNTs, and Fe2O3""; ""3.4.1 Preparation of Photocatalyst Powder""; ""3.4.2 Analysis of MWCNT/RGO/Fe2O3 Composites""; ""3.4.3 Photocatalytic Performance""; ""3.4.4 Photocatalysis Mechanism""; ""3.4.5 PEC Measurements""; ""3.4.6 Nano-heterojunction of g-C3N4/CdS/RGO""; ""3.4.7 Preparation of g-C3N4 Powder""; ""3.4.8 Analysis of g-C3N4/CdS, g-C3N4/RGO, and g-C3N4/CdS/RGO Composites""; ""3.4.9 Photocatalytic Degradation of RhB Under Visible Irradiation""

""3.4.10 Photocatalytic Degradation of RhB Under UV Irradiation""""3.4.11 Photocatalytic Degradation of CR Under Visible Irradiation""; ""3.4.12 Photocatalytic Degradation of CR Under UV Irradiation""; ""3.4.13 Mechanism of Enhanced Photocatalysis""; ""3.5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4 Conclusions and New Directions""; ""4.1 Conclusions""; ""4.2 New Directions""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2015).

ISBN:

0-323-39310-1

OCLC:

908511848