Nanophotocatalysts: A New Approach to Environmental Conservation
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 72
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction of reactions using sunlight for the degradations of environmental pollutants, reduction of carbon dioxide, or splitting of water has important implications for the achievement of a sustainable society. Photocatalytic research is one of the approaches for maintaining the global environment in the future. With the recent development of nanochemistry, there is an increasing number of research cases using nanoparticles and nano-composite as photocatalysts. The nanoparticles of semiconductors, such as titanium dioxide, and their photocatalytic properties have been extensively investigated for their higher reactivities compared to bulk materials. In addition, metal nanoparticles have various advantages in designing photocatalysts, such as light absorption in the visible light region via surface plasmon resonance, the formation of active sites for a reaction, and hindering back electron transfer. Furthermore, the development of composite materials that take advantage of the respective properties of photocatalysts and nanoparticles has been progressed. The use of nanoparticles would be a linkage to the breakthrough of the application of photocatalytic reactions.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight novel research on nanomaterials and nanoparticle-based photocatalysis. I invite original research papers and reviews on the fabricating methods of nano-photocatalysts, findings on the reaction mechanisms, and their applications.
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Moriwaki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- visible light-responsive photocatalysts
- nanocomposites
- photoinduced electron transfer reactions
- Z-scheme electron transfer
- surface plasmon resonance
