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Photocatalytic Semiconductors

Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Applications

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Editors:
  1. Aracely Hernández-Ramírez

    1. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Cd. Universitaria. C.P., San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico

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  2. Iliana Medina-Ramírez

    1. Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Ciudad Universitaria. C.P., Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico

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  • Provides a broad perspective of semiconductors materials with photocatalytic properties
  • Emphasizes the importance of the physicochemical and electrochemical characterization of photocatalytic materials
  • Includes synthesis methods that produce photocatalytic materials with suitable properties for environmental applications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Semiconducting Materials

    • Aracely Hernández-Ramírez, Iliana Medina-Ramírez
    Pages 1-40

  3. New Visible-Light Active Semiconductors

    • Roberto Candal, Azael Martínez-de la Cruz
    Pages 41-67

  4. Synthesis Methods for Photocatalytic Materials

    • Iliana Medina-Ramírez, Aracely Hernández-Ramírez, M. Lourdes Maya-Treviño
    Pages 69-102

  5. Physicochemical Characterization of Photocatalytic Materials

    • Monserrat Bizarro, Sandra E. Rodil
    Pages 103-153

  6. Electrochemical Characterization of Photocatalytic Materials

    • Erika Bustos, Juan Manríquez, Juan Manuel Peralta-Hernández, Edgar J. Ruiz-Ruiz
    Pages 155-185

  7. Semiconductor Materials for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Pollutants in Wastewater

    • Laura Hinojosa-Reyes, Jorge Luis Guzmán-Mar, Minerva Villanueva-Rodríguez
    Pages 187-228

  8. Application of Semiconductor Photocatalytic Materials for the Removal of Inorganic Compounds from Wastewater

    • Jorge Luis Guzmán-Mar, Minerva Villanueva-Rodríguez, Laura Hinojosa-Reyes
    Pages 229-254

  9. Photocatalytic Materials in Water Disinfection

    • Erick R. Bandala, Erika Bustos
    Pages 255-278

  10. Future and Perspectives for Photocatalytic Materials in Environmental Photocatalysis

    • Aracely Hernández-Ramírez, Iliana Medina-Ramírez
    Pages 279-285

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 287-289
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This critical volume examines the different methods used for the synthesis of a great number of photocatalysts, including TiO2, ZnO and other modified semiconductors, as well as characterization techniques used for determining the optical, structural and morphological properties of the semiconducting materials. Additionally, the authors discuss photoelectrochemical methods for determining the light activity of the photocatalytic semiconductors by means of measurement of properties such as band gap energy, flat band potential and kinetics of hole and electron transfer. Photocatalytic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization and Environmental Applications provide an overview of the semiconductor materials from first- to third-generation photocatalysts and their applications in wastewater treatment and water disinfection. The book further presents economic and toxicological aspects in the production and application of photocatalytic materials.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Cd. Universitaria. C.P., San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico

    Aracely Hernández-Ramírez

  • Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Ciudad Universitaria. C.P., Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico

    Iliana Medina-Ramírez

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