Photocatalytic Surfaces for Environmental Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2020) | Viewed by 3371
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous photocatalysis; water and air treatment; materials for environment depollution
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Dear Colleagues,
Photocatalysis is an emerging and promising technology involving the activation of a semiconductor by UV or visible light, with artificial light sources or natural sunlight. Considered as a laboratory process for many years, it is now enjoying development resulting from simultaneous efforts by research laboratories and industrials in the search for innovative solutions to the environmental treatment (liquid and gaseous effluents and surfaces) or for the energy production and storage. However, in many applications, it is essential to immobilize the semiconductor on a suitable support to form a photocatalytic film or develop incorporated materials. This is particularly the case for the air treatment, self-cleaning surfaces, but also for the H2 production by water splitting on a semi-industrial scale.
This Special Issue is devoted to “Photocatalytic Surfaces for Environmental Applications”. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Photocatalytic surfaces for depollution of water, air and soil;
- Immobilized photocatalysts, novel substrates and functionalized surfaces;
- Structured hybrid photocatalysts (adsorbent-photocatalysts, cementitious materials, etc.);
- Self-cleaning surfaces;
- Novel Vis photocatalysts;
- H2 production by water splitting;
- Energy storage;
- Antimicrobial surfaces;
- Protection of buildings, contruction materials;
- Solar applications.
Dr. Didier Robert
Dr. Silvia Suárez
Guest Editors
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