Photocatalytic functional materials for environmental remediation / edited by Alagarsamy Pandikumar (Solar Energy Materials Research Group, Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India), Kandasamy Jothivenkatachalam (Materials Research Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Application, Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology (UCE - BIT campus), Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, India).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pandikumar, Alagarsamy, editor.

Jothivenkatachalam, Kandasamy, 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photocatalysis.

Nanocomposites (Materials)--Environmental aspects.

Nanocomposites (Materials).

Nanostructured materials--Environmental aspects.

Nanostructured materials.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 377 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"This book gathers and reviews a wide-range of ideas - from experts in the interdisciplinary fields of chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, materials science, and engineering - focusing on the development of high performance photofunctional materials for the treatment of environmental pollutants. The book contains chapters emphasizing the development of materials such as semiconductor-metal nanocomposites, layered double hydroxides, metal-organic frameworks, and polymer nanocomposites. The remainder of the book focuses on various applications, like the reduction of carbon dioxide and degradation of organic pollutants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Titania and carbon nanomaterials for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes

Visible light photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants using metal oxide semiconductors

Contemporary achievements of visible light-driven nanocatalysts for the environmental applications

Application of nano-composites for photocatalytic removal of dye contaminants

Photo-catalytic active silver phosphate for photo-remediation of organic pollutants

Plasmonic Ag-ZnO: charge carrier mechanisms and photocatalytic applications

Multi-functional hybrid materials based on layered double hydroxide towards photocatalysis

Magnetically separable iron-oxide based nanocomposite photocatalytic materials for environmental remediation

Photo functional materials for environmental remediation

Graphitic carbon nitride based nanostructured materials for photocatalytic applications

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for photocatalytic environmental remediation

Active materials for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Photocatalytic functional materials for environmental remediation

ISBN:

9781119529842

1119529840

OCLC:

1076549142