Handbook of Smart Photocatalytic Materials

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.Prof. Ajay Kumar Mishra is a Research Professor in the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at the University of South Africa. He obtained a B.Sc. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in bio-inorganic chemistry. His primary research interests are in nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science, polymers, composites / nanocomposites, and water research. He is the editor of several books and published over 160 articles in international scientific journals. Prof Mishra currently awarded as Fellow and chartered scientist at a royal society of chemistry, UK

• Section I: Photocatalytic materials for Energy1. Ferroelectric semiconductors for photocatalytic energy and environmental applicationsSection II: Photocatalytic materials for environmental protection2. Metal-oxide semiconductor photocatalysts for the degradation of organic contaminants3. Different strategies of surface modification to improve the photocatalysis properties: pollutant adsorption, visible activation, and catalyst recovery4. Sustainable photocatalytic porcelain grés slabs active under LED light for indoor depollution and bacteria reduction5. Zinc oxide-based nanomaterials for environmental applications6. The application of photocatalytic materials for efficient  air purification7. Photocatalyst: mechanism, challenges, and strategy for organic contaminant degradation8. Degradation of environmental contaminants by  topical heterogeneous photocatalysts9. Solar photocatalysis for environmental remediation10. Progress in the preparation of TiO2 films at boron-doped diamond toward environmenta applicationsSection III: Emerging Applications of Photocatalytic materials11. Emerging trends in photocatalytic transformation of biomass-derived glycerol into hydrogen fuel and  value-added chemicals12.Two-dimensional MXene-based heterostructures for photocatalysis