Design of Advanced Photocatalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

1. A Historical Introduction to Photocatalysis
Juan M. Coronado

2. Photons, Electrons and Holes: Fundamentals of Photocatalysis with Semiconductors
Juan Manuel Coronado

3. Environmental Applications of Photocatalysis
Raquel Portela, María Dolores Hernández-Alonso

4. Turning Sunlight into Fuels: Photocatalysis for Energy
María Dolores Hernández-Alonso, Raquel Portela, Juan Manuel Coronado

5. The Keys of Success: TiO2 as a Benchmark Photocatalyst
Juan M. Coronado, María Dolores Hernández-Alonso

6. Alternative Metal Oxide Photocatalysts
Sergio García-Rodríguez

7. The New Promising Semiconductors: Metallates and Other Mixed Compounds
Fernando Fresno

8. Chalcogenides and Other Non-oxidic Semiconductors
Fernando Fresno

9. Single-Site Photocatalysts: Photoactive Species Dispersed on Porous Matrixes
Silvia Suárez

10. The Role of Co-catalysts: Interaction and Synergies with Semiconductors
Víctor A. la Peña O’Shea

11. Shaping Photocatalysts: Morphological Modifications of Semiconductors
María Dolores Hernández-Alonso

12. Immobilised Photocatalysts
Silvia Suárez

13. Metal Doping of Semiconductors for Improving Photoactivity
María Dolores Hernández-Alonso

14. Non-metal Doping for Band-Gap Engineering
Raquel Portela

15. Heterojunctions: Joining Different Semiconductors
Fernando Fresno

16. Sensitizers: Dyes and Quantum Dots
Fernando Fresno, María Dolores Hernández-Alonso

17. Future Perspectives of Photocatalysis
Juan M. Coronado, María D. Hernández-Alonso, Fernando Fresno, Raquel Portela

Keywords: Energy, Renewable and Green Energy, Renewable and Green Energy, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials