Metal Oxide-Based Photocatalysts: Synthesis, Characterization and Application
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 634
Special Issue Editor
Interests: materials science; inorganic synthesis; chemistry of rare earths; photocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on photocatalysis has attracted significant attention for water purification and pollutants removal since the last century. The important components of photocatalysis are the catalysts used, i.e., substances with semiconducting properties and a structure allowing light absorption in the visible or ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Among the most commonly studied compounds as photocatalysts are the oxides of Ti(IV), Zn(II), Sn(IV), and Ce(IV), which have shown efficiency in the decomposition of pollutants and their mineralization to harmless products. Metal oxides with properties of semiconductors are not limited to those mentioned above, and there remains the possibility of finding new oxides which can lead to the development of new photocatalysts. That is why we are initiating the presented Special Issue “Metal-Oxide-Based Photocatalysts: Synthesis, Characterization and Application”. The intention of this Issue is to cover research in the field of oxidation processes and mechanisms under light irradiation, modeling, and the application of metal-oxide-based photocatalysts from a molecular perspective.
The topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Synthesis and characterization of metal and mixed metal oxide semiconductors;
- Application of metal and mixed metal oxides as photocatalysts for degradation of water pollutants;
- Processes of water purification under UV and Vis light irradiation from a molecular perspective.
Prof. Dr. Maria Milanova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal oxide semiconductors
- heterogeneous photocatalysis
- photo-Fenton processes
- preparation and properties of photocatalysts
- mechanism of heterogeneous photocatalysis
- decomposition of toxic pollutants by photocatalysis
