Photoelectrocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications

by Leonardo Palmisano (Editor), Sedat Yurdakal (Editor)

Overview

Photoelectrocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications presents an in-depth review of the topic for students and researchersworking on photoelectrocatalysis-related subjects from pure chemistry to materials and environmental chemistry inorder to propose applications and new perspectives. The main advantage of a photoelectrocatalytic process is the mildexperimental conditions under which the reactions are carried out, which are often possible at atmospheric pressure androom temperature using cheap and nontoxic solvents (e.g., water), oxidants (e.g., O2 from the air), catalytic materials (e.g.,TiO2 on Ti layer), and the potential exploitation of solar light.

This book presents the fundamentals and the applications of photoelectrocatalysis, such as hydrogen production fromwater splitting, the remediation of harmful compounds, and CO2 reduction. Photoelectrocatalytic reactors and lightsources, in addition to kinetic aspects, are presented along with an exploration of the relationship between photocatalysisand electrocatalysis. In addition, photocorrosion issues and the application of selective photoelectrocatalytic organictransformations, which is now a growing field of research, are also reported. Finally, the advantages/disadvantages andfuture perspectives of photoelectrocatalysis are highlighted through the possibility of working at a pilot/industrial scale inenvironmentally friendly conditions.

• Presents the fundamentals of photoelectrocatalysis
• Outlines photoelectrocatalytic green chemistry
• Reviews photoelectrocatalytic remediation of harmful compounds, hydrogen production, and CO2 reduction
• Includes photocorrosion, photoelectrocatalytic reactors, and modeling along with kinetic aspects

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128242421
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/21/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	490
File size:	60 MB
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About the Author

Leonardo Palmisano is a professor of chemistry at the Università di Palermo, Italy. His research focuses mainly on heterogeneous photocatalysis. He has visited many laboratories around the world and has coordinated many research projects. Prof. Palmisano has published more than 300 joint papers in international journals, about 400 papers in proceedings of national and international conferences, and many scientific and didactical books.
Sedat Yurdakal was born in Birecik (Sanliurfa, Turkey) in 1977. He received his high degree in chemistry, in 2000, at the University of Anadolu, Eskisehir, Turkey. He started to work as a Research Assistant at the University of Afyon Kocatepe, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 2001. He performed his Ph.D. degree thesis work at the University of Palermo, Italy, and University of Anadolu from 2003 to 2010. Currently, he works as an Associate Professor at the University of Afyon Kocatepe (Turkey). He has published several papers and reviews in international journals, a book and 4 book chapters on many different areas of Heterogenous Photocatalysis, such as selective photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic oxidations, photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic remediation of harmful compounds, thin films, photocatalytic reactor applications, and preparation of new materials containing TiO2. He is an editor of Journal of Chemistry (SCI-Exp, I.F. 1.73) and Associate Editor of Journal of Photocatalysis. He has been also co-Editor of special issue of Catalysis Today (Heterogeneous Photocatalyis from fundamentals to possible applications, Vol. 281, 2017). He published 47 papers in prestigious journals (most of them), 4 book chapters in Elsevier and a book on photocatalysis. He is also co-author of 1 European patent. Citations 2100 and h index 22 (SCOPUS, October 2019).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals of photoelectrocatalysis 3. Structure, materials, and preparation of photoelectrodes 4. Photoelectrocatalytic reactors and light sources 5. Kinetic models in photoelectrocatalysis 6. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of harmful compounds 7. Photoelectrocatalysis for hydrogen production devices 8. Photoelectrocatalytic CO^₂ reduction 9. Selective photoelectrocatalytic transformations of organic compounds 10. Deterioration of semiconducting materials: Photocorrosion 11. Future perspectives

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Provides the fundamentals of photoelectrocatalysis, along with details about its most common applications