Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remed iation: From Fundamentals to Full Scale Applicatio ns

Comprehensive resource describing the fundamentals, synthesis, and commercial applications of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts in water decontamination

Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remediation introduces the fundamentals of both photo- and electro-catalysts and highlights the potentials of photo- and electro-catalysis towards water decontamination, covering strategies to improve photo- and electro-catalytic efficacies, functions of photo- and electro-catalysts and involved chemical reactions, and challenges and recent developments in the field, with additional discussion of both lab-scale and commercial-scale materials and processes.

As a forward-thinking resource, the text also discusses the scope of further research on photo-, electro- and electrophoto-catalysts. Edited by three highly qualified professionals, with significant experience in the field, the text is further enriched with critically analyzed and expertly opined contributions from several well-known researchers around the world.

In Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remediation, readers can expect to find information on:



Fundamentals and functional mechanisms of photocatalysis in water treatment and different synthetic routes and band gap engineering of photocatalysts
Photocatalytic decontamination of organic pollutants from water and photocatalytic removal of heavy metal ions from water
Smart photocatalysts in water remediation
Fundamentals and functional mechanisms of electrocatalysis in water treatment
Electrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and removal of heavy metal ions from water
Different synthetic routes of electrocatalysts and fabrication of electrodes and combined electro-photocatalytic techniques in water remediation

Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remediation serves as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative literature that has ever been published in this field and is a thoroughly complete source of information on the subject for researchers across a myriad of disciplines along with water industry professionals.