Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes: Current Trends and Future Perspectives

by Sushma Dave PhD (Editor), Jayashankar Das PhD (Editor), Maulin P. Shah (Editor)

Overview

Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes: Current Trends and Future Perspectives covers in detail current trends and future aspects on photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using novel photocatalytic techniques such as metallic nanoparticles, heterogeneous and hybrid systems using visible light irradiation. It highlights the most recent scientific and technological achievements and importance of degradation of dyes in the textile effluent by simple environmental friendly approaches using eco-friendly catalysts. It is of assistance to everyone interested in bioremediation of effluents: professionals, consulting engineers, academicians, and research scholars as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128238769
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/17/2021
Pages:	794
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Sushma Dave received a master of science and PhD in analytical, electrochemistry, and environmental chemistry from the Biosensor Lab in the Chemistry Department of Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur. She is involved continuously in the field of higher education teaching pure, applied chemistry, cheminformatics, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, biology, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, and environmental chemistry to students of engineering and basic sciences. She also served as a Research Associate in the Soil Biochemistry and Microbiology Division, CAZRI, Jodhpur. She has published and presented over 50 papers in international and national journals, conferences and participated in various workshops and training programs. Her areas of interest are electrochemistry, biosensors environmental science, nanotechnology, biochemistry, cheminformatics, immunoinformatics, and drug repurposing.

Dr. Das received his PhD in biotechnology and served as a Scientist at the IBSD, DBT, Government of India. He is the Founder and CEO of Valnizen which deals with regulatory documents and healthcare compliances and support services to African and southeast Asian countries. He has served as a Joint Director of the Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, DST, and Joint Director to Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, DST, both from the Government of Gujarat. He has served as a Director of the Savli Technology and Business Incubator, DST, Government of Gujarat, India. He was actively involved in the development and implementation of various policies and action plans like biotechnology policy, innovation policy, interpole disaster management policy, start-up policy for many universities and governments. His research team is involved in addressing societal challenges via cutting-edge research, namely, the development of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, the development of universal vaccine candidate for emerging diseases, the development of miRNA-based targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence in healthcare applications.

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Wastewater Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters.

Table of Contents

1. Heterogeneous photocatalysis of organic dyes2. Novel photocatalytic techniques of Organic dye degradation in water3. Application of doped semiconductors in the degradation of dyes4. Hybrid systems and their importance in the dye degradation5. Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dyes under Visible Light Irradiation6. High Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light for dye degradation7. Rate-Limiting Steps of Dye Degradation8. Effective Materials in the Photocatalytic Treatment of Dyestuffs and Stained Wastewater9. Industrial application of photocatalytic methods such as textile pharmaceutical industries, tannery, and craft10. Phtytogenicsynthesis of nanoparticles and their application in photo catalysis11. Mycogenic synthesis of metallic nanostructures and their use in dye degradation12. Mechanistic aspect of the dye degradation using photocatalysts13. Green and sustainable methods of photocatalytic materials for efficient application in dye degradation

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Explores the function of key reactive species accounting for the photodegradation of different dyes, provides useful guidelines aiming at the development of various photodegradation systems