Nanomaterials for Photocatalysis
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 44237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green synthesis; nanomaterials; photocatalysis; environmental catalysts; bioremediation; nanobiotechnology; microbial biotechnology; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal
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Interests: biopolymer designing with micro and nanoscale size; organic synthesis and modifications; ore processing and extraction technology; radionuclides and heavy metals removal; physicochemical studies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photocatalysis is a promising tool integrated into chemical, physical, and chemical engineering, as well as biological sciences. Photocatalysis is an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and highly efficient approach to dispose of various pollutants such as heavy metals, organic, inorganic, and microbial contaminations in presence of light and catalysts. It is also the key to producing clean fuels using artificial photosynthesis as a green approach. Nanomaterials are considered the best photocatalysts due to their properties including high stability, safety, low cost, and high photo-activity. The most efficient nanomaterials are semiconductors such as ZnO, TiO2, Fe2O3, WO3, and SrTiO3, to name a few. This phenomenon is due to their noteworthy photocatalytic activity and wide band gap in the visible region. Additionally, nanocomposites and conductive polymers with nanostructures were considered the best type for photocatalysis. The photocatalytic activity of these nanomaterials is attributed to their efficacy to produce electron–hole pairs upon absorption of light. These electron–hole pairs interact with the toxic substrate to generate free radicals, which subsequently react with water to produce various useful products.
This Special Issue of Catalysts will cover the recent progress in nanostructures for photocatalysis, including the synthesis of new and improved photocatalysts using chemical, physical, and biological approaches, new applications, and in-depth comprehension of reaction mechanisms. In this Special Issue, we aim to focus on the recent advances of photocatalysis science based on nanostructures by providing the newest ideas and results in this research field.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Nanostructure photocatalysts for wastewater treatment.
- Water splitting using nanomaterial photocatalysts for clean fuel resources.
- Heavy metal removal in the presence/absence of light.
- Nanomaterial photocatalysts for biological activity.
- Synthesis of nanomaterials involved in photocatalysis.
- CO2 reduction using nanomaterial photocatalysts.
- Various nanostructures photocatalysts for cleaning environmental pollutants.
- Self-cleaning surfaces using nanomaterial photocatalysts.
- Factors affecting the activity of nanomaterial photocatalysts.
- Bioremediation of environmental pollutants using nanomaterials in the presence/absence of light and their impacts on the eco-system.
- Removal of organic pollutants using nanomaterial photocatalysts with referring to catalytic mechanisms.
Dr. Amr Fouda
Prof. Dr. Mohammed F. Hamza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterial
- nanocomposites
- photocatalysts
- green synthesis
- environmental pollutants
- biological activity
- heavy metals
- self-cleaning
- clean fuel production
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