This book focuses on the various approaches used in the design and development of highly efficient, visible light responsive titanium oxide-based photocatalysts by applying such methods as sol-gel, precipitation, dip-coating, metal ion-implantation, and magnetron sputtering deposition. Titanium oxide-based photocatalysts and related catalysts are especially promising to investigate since they are stable, non-toxic, readily available, and highly efficient photofunctional materials. This book discusses the fundamental characterization studies carried out on the active sites and mechanisms behind photochemical reactions at the molecular level, as well as their potential applications. The book serves not only as a text for research into photochemistry and photocatalysis, but also explores the field of green technologies by experts in academia and industry. This book will appeal to those interested in research on the environmental impact of materials, catalysis, and photocatalysis.
Author(s): M. Anpo, P. Kamat (auth.), Masakazu Anpo, Prashant V. Kamat (eds.)
Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 758
Tags: Catalysis;Environmental Physics;Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection;Biophysics and Biological Physics;Terrestrial Pollution;Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Chemical Methods for the Preparation of Multifunctional Photocatalysts....Pages 7-33
Second Generation Visible-Light-Active Photocatalysts: Preparation, Optical Properties, and Consequences of Dopants on the Band Gap Energy of TiO 2 ....Pages 35-111
Preparation of Titanium Oxide-Based Powders and Thin Films of High Photocatalytic Activities Using Solvothermal Methods....Pages 113-132
Preparation of Highly Transparent TiO 2 -based Thin Film Photocatalysts by an Ion Engineering Method: Ionized Cluster Beam Deposition....Pages 133-151
UV Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Titania: Phase Transformation and Significance of Surface Phase in Photocatalysis....Pages 153-184
Photoluminescence Spectroscopic Studies on TiO 2 Photocatalyst....Pages 185-203
Surface Chemistry of TiO 2 Photocatalysis and LIF Detection of OH Radicals....Pages 205-215
Local Structures, Excited States, and Photocatalytic Reactivities of “Single-Site” Ti-Oxide Photocatalysts Constructed Within Zeolites or Mesoporous Materials....Pages 217-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Visible-Light-Responsive Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts....Pages 235-251
Development and Sensitization of N- or S-Doped TiO 2 Photocatalysts....Pages 253-275
Visible Light-Responsive Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts: Preparations Based on Chemical Methods....Pages 277-299
Development of Well-Defined Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by Applying a RF-Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method....Pages 301-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Photo-assisted Mineralization of the Agrochemical Pesticides Oxamyl and Methomyl and the Herbicides Diphenamid and Asulam....Pages 321-344
Purification of Toxic Compounds in Water and Treatment of Polymeric Materials....Pages 345-402
Development of Highly Active Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts Anchored on Silica Sheets and their Applications for Air Purification Systems....Pages 403-413
Photocatalytic Application of TiO 2 for Air Cleaning....Pages 415-436
Photocatalytic Removal of Gas-Phase Elemental Mercury Using TiO 2 ....Pages 437-449
Photocatalytic Purification of Benzene in Air....Pages 451-478
The Effect of Addition of Pt on the Gas Phase Photocatalysis over TiO 2 ....Pages 479-501
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Photoreactions of Organic Compounds with TiO 2 Single Crystal Surfaces....Pages 503-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Investigations of the Photoinduced Superhydrophilicity of the TiO 2 Photocatalyst Surface by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 527-542
Front Matter....Pages 543-543
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water on Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Films Under Solar Light Irradiation....Pages 545-560
Construction of Solid-State Thin Film Solar Cell by Applying Visible Light-Responsive TiO 2 Thin Film Materials....Pages 561-575
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Photocatalytic Transformations of Sulfur-Based Organic Compounds....Pages 579-621
TiO 2 -Based Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis....Pages 623-645
Photocatalytic Organic Syntheses....Pages 647-669
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Renewable Energy from the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 with H 2 O....Pages 673-696
Front Matter....Pages 697-697
Photofunctionalization of TiO 2 for Optimal Bone-titanium Integration: A Novel Phenomenon of Super Osseointegration....Pages 699-713
Front Matter....Pages 715-715
Energing Applications of TiO 2 -Based Composites....Pages 717-739
Back Matter....Pages 741-757
