Semiconductor Solar Photocatalysts

Provides atimelyoverview ofbasic principlesand significant advances of semiconductor-based photocatalysts for solar energy conversion Semiconductor Solar Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applicationspresentsasystematic,in-depthsummaryofbothfundamentaland cutting-edge researchinnovel photocatalytic systems. Focusingon photocatalystswith vast potential forefficient utilization of solar energy, this up-to-date volumecovers heterojunction systems, graphene-based photocatalysts, organic semiconductor photocatalysts, metal sulfide semiconductor photocatalysts, and graphitic carbon nitride-based photocatalysts. Organized intosixchapters,the textopens with a detailed introduction tothe history,design principles, modification strategies,and performance evaluation methodsofsolar energy photocatalysis. Theremainingchapters provide detailed discussion of variousnovel photocatalytic systemssuch asdirect Z-scheme and S-scheme photocatalysts,organic polymers, andcovalent organic frameworks. This authoritative resource: Explains the essential concepts of solar energy photocatalysis and heterojunction systems for photocatalysis Reviewsinteresting structures andnewapplications of semiconductorphotocatalysts Features contributions from an international panel of leading researchers in the field Includesextensive references andnumeroustables, figures, andcolorillustrations Semiconductor Solar Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applicationsisvaluable resource for allcatalyticchemists,materialsscientists, inorganicand physicalchemists,chemicalengineers,and physicistsworking in the semiconductorindustry.