Handbook of Smart Photocatalytic Materials

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of several books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.Prof. Ajay Kumar Mishra is a Research Professor in the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at the University of South Africa. He obtained a B.Sc. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in bio-inorganic chemistry. His primary research interests are in nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science, polymers, composites / nanocomposites, and water research. He is the editor of several books and published over 160 articles in international scientific journals. Prof Mishra currently awarded as Fellow and chartered scientist at a royal society of chemistry, UK

• Section 1: Introduction (fundamentals of photocatalytic processes) 1. Advanced materials for photocatalytic applications:the challenge aheadSection II Green synthesis of photocatalyst materials 2. Green synthesis of TiO2 and its photocatalytic activity Section III Metal oxides photocatalytic materials 63 3. Design and application of various visible light responsive metal oxide photocatalystsSection IV Plasmonics and hybrids photocatalytic materials4. Immobilization of semiconductor photocatalystsSection V Plasmonics and hybrids photocatalytic materials 5. Plasmon-sensitized TiO2 nanomaterials as visible light photocatalysts6. Plasmon-sensitized semiconductors for photocatalysisSection VI Photocatalytic materials for water resources 7. Photocatalytic materials-based membranes for efficient water treatment 8. Current photocatalytic systems for intensified water purification applications9. Visible light-driven perovskite-based photocatalyst for wastewater treatment10. Wastewater treatment using TiO2-based photocatalysts 11. Graphene-based hybrid photocatalysts: a promising route toward high-efficiency photocatalytic waterremediation