Photocatalysis and Environment: Trends and Applications

✍ Scribed by Mario Schiavello

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 709
• Series: Nato Science Series C: 237
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Kinetic Aspects of Bimolecular and Supramolecular Excited-State Electron Transfer Processes (Franco Scandola)....Pages 3-27
Solid State Chemistry: Basic Concepts (R. J. D. Tilley)....Pages 29-62
Surface Chemistry (Simon R. Bare, G. A. Somorjai)....Pages 63-189
Gas — Solid Interphase: Characterization by U.V.-Vis. Reflectance and Photoluminescence Spectroscopies (S. Coluccia)....Pages 191-203
Gas — Solid Interphase: Characterization by Infrared Spectroscopies (S. Coluccia, L. Marchese)....Pages 205-222
Photoadsorption and Photodesorption at the Gas-Solid Interface (R. I. Bickley)....Pages 223-232
Photoadsorption and Photodesorption at the Gas-Solid Interface (R. I. Bickley)....Pages 233-239
Front Matter ....Pages 241-241
Dynamic Aspects of Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry (L. M. Peter)....Pages 243-273
Photoelectrochemistry of Anodic Films on Metal Electrodes (L. M. Peter)....Pages 275-296
The Path of Electrons in Photoelectrochemistry (Helmut Tributsch)....Pages 297-347
Front Matter ....Pages 349-349
Basic Concepts in Photocatalysis (Mario Schiavello)....Pages 351-360
Acid-Base Properties and their Influence on the Photoreactivity of Oxides (A. Sclafani)....Pages 361-366
Photocatalysis with Colloidal Semiconductors and Polycrystalline Films (M. Grätzel)....Pages 367-398
Powder Photocatalysts: Characterization by Isotopic Exchanges and Photoconductivity; Potentialities for Metal Recovery, Catalyst Preparation and Water Pollutant Removal (Pierre Pichat)....Pages 399-424
Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia in Irradiated Heterogeneous Systems (Vincenzo Augugliaro, Leonardo Palmisano)....Pages 425-444
Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates (Marye Anne Fox)....Pages 445-467
Photodegradation of Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Systems Catalyzed by Semiconductors (E. Pelizzetti, E. Pramauro, C. Minero, N. Serpone, E. Borgarello)....Pages 469-497
Photoreduction and Photodegradation of Inorganic Pollutants: I. Cyanides (Nick Serpone, Enrico Borgarello, Ezio Pelizzetti)....Pages 499-526
Photoreduction and Photodegradation of Inorganic Pollutants: II. Selective Reduction and Recovery of Au, Pt, Pd, Rh, Hg, and Pb (Nick Serpone, Enrico Borgarello, Ezio Pelizzetti)....Pages 527-565
Disposal of Hydrogen Sulfide: Conventional and Photochemical Methods (E. Borgarello, R. Pappa, N. Serpone, E. Pelizzetti)....Pages 567-581
Assessment of Photodegradation of Chemicals in the Atmosphere. Test Methods and Predictive Approaches (Maria Livia Tosato, Sergio Clementi)....Pages 583-597
Front Matter ....Pages 599-599
Technical Development and Industrial Prospects of Preparative Photochemistry (A. M. Braun)....Pages 601-622
Photochemical Reactors Engineering Fundamentals (Lucio Rizzuti, Alberto Brucato)....Pages 623-636
Modelling and Design of Photochemical Reactors for Water Purification (P. L. Yue)....Pages 637-661
Process Economics for Water Purification: A Comparative Assessment (David F. Ollis)....Pages 663-677
Front Matter ....Pages 679-679
Light Intensity Effects on the Photocorrosion of Electrodes (R. M. Benito, A. J. Nozik)....Pages 681-681
Langmuir Parameters and Destruction Rates of Organic Compounds Over Near-Ultraviolet Illuminated Titanium Dioxide (R. W. Matthews)....Pages 682-682
Photoassisted Dinitrogen Fixation on TiO2 (Rutile) Surfaces (R. I. Bickley, J. A. Navio, R. K. M. Jayanty, V. Vishwanathan)....Pages 683-684
The Photodeposition of Noble Metals on M/TiO2 Samples: A Controlled Synthesis of Bimetallic Catalysts (A. Fernàndez, G. Munuera, A. R. Gonzàlez-Elipe, J. P. Espinòs)....Pages 685-686
Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohols by Polyoxometalates of Mo and W (A. Hiskia, E. Papaconstantinou)....Pages 687-687
Metal Oxides Sensitized Photooxidations in Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Systems. I. Initial Photodehydrogenations of Isopropanol and Cyclobutanol (J. Cunningham, S. Srijaranai)....Pages 688-689
Adsorption and Decomposition of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate on ZnO And TiO2 (T. L. Rose, T. J. Lewis)....Pages 690-690
Environmental Aquatic Photochemistry of Polychlorophenols (PCPs) (G. G. Choudhry, G. R. Barrie Webster)....Pages 691-692
Light Absorption in Fluidised Photoreactors (D. Iatridis, P. L. Yue)....Pages 693-693
Back Matter ....Pages 695-706

✦ Subjects

Chemistry; Catalysis; Physical Chemistry; Optical and Electronic Materials