Synthesis and Applications of Nanomaterials for Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis

• Main Author: Cappelletti, Giuseppe (auth)
• Other Authors: Bianchi, Claudia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: pharmaceutical; photodegradation; photocatalytic selective oxidation; magnetron sputtering; solid-state synthesis; degradation; visible light; nanocomposites; hydrogen production; oxygen vacancies; noble metal nanoparticles; photodeposition; Cr(VI); CaIn2S4/ZnIn2S4 composites; core-shell structures; impregnation pH; active facets; tantalum oxynitride; oxygen vacancy; Ga2O3; mineralization; water oxidation; TiO2; g-C3N4; black TiO2; ascorbic acid; photoelectrochemistry; Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets; Alizarin Red S; hydrogen titanate; surface modification; Zn2SnO4/BiOBr; organic pollutant; structure-property relationships; solid-state chemical reduction; simulated sunlight; localized surface plasmon resonance; benzylic alcohols; mesoporous Nb2O5; active site hydrophilicity; photocatalysis; photocatalytic degradation; oxygen reduction reaction; rutile; cobalt phosphate; Ti-C bonds; porous; visible light photocatalysis; active species; surface hydroxyl groups; interfacial charge transfer; Pt-free catalysts; micrometric TiO2; Mn decoration; organic pollutants; CNT N-doped carbons; band gap energy; heterogeneous photocatalysis; photocatalytic performance; photocatalytic hydrogen evolution; hydrothermal method
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Heterogeneous catalysis, exploiting photo- and electrochemical reactions, has expanded rapidly in recent decades, having undergone various developments, especially from both energetic and environmental points of view. Photocatalysis plays a pivotal role in such applications as water splitting and ai...