Green Photocatalysts

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This book presents advanced photocatalytic technologies for wastewater treatment. The fabrication, surface modification, roles and mechanisms of green catalysts are detailed. The catalysts include nanostructured catalysts, semiconductors, metal and non-metal doped catalysts, surface plasmon materials, graphene oxide-based materials, polymer-based composite materials, heterogenous type I and type II catalysts. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Principles and Mechanisms of Green Photocatalysis (D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh, Saravanan Rajendran, Mu. Naushad)....Pages 1-24 Synthesizing Green Photocatalyst Using Plant Leaf Extract for Water Pollutant Treatment (Kavitha Shivaji, Esther Santhoshi Monica, Anitha Devadoss, D. David Kirubakaran, C. Ravi Dhas, Sagar M. Jain et al.)....Pages 25-46 Nanomaterials with Different Morphologies for Photocatalysis (P. Thangadurai, Rosalin Beura, J. Santhosh Kumar)....Pages 47-87 Metal and Non-metal Doped Metal Oxides and Sulfides (Poonam Yadav, Pravin K. Dwivedi, Surendar Tonda, Rabah Boukherroub, Manjusha V. Shelke)....Pages 89-132 Nanoparticles based Surface Plasmon Enhanced Photocatalysis (Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Akbar Mohammad, Moo Hwan Cho)....Pages 133-143 Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Photocatalysis (R. Suresh, R. V. Mangalaraja, Héctor D. Mansilla, Paola Santander, Jorge Yáñez)....Pages 145-166 Functionalized Polymer-Based Composite Photocatalysts (Sebastian Raja, Luiz H. C. Mattoso)....Pages 167-188 Role of Conducting Polymer Nanostructures in Advanced Photocatalytic Applications (D. Duraibabu, Y. Sasikumar)....Pages 189-208 Heterogeneous Type-I and Type-II Catalysts for the Degradation of Pollutants (J. Nimita Jebaranjitham, Baskaran Ganesh Kumar)....Pages 209-234 Advances and Challenges in BiOX (X: Cl, Br, I)-Based Materials for Harvesting Sunlight (David Contreras, Victoria Melin, Gabriel Pérez-González, Adolfo Henríquez, Lisdelys González)....Pages 235-282 Back Matter ....Pages 283-287