Sunlight as the most abundant renewable energy holds the promise to make our society
sustainable. However, due to its low power density and intermittence, efficient conversion …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis mediated by semiconducting TiO 2 has attracted continuous
interest during the past decades and has shown great potentials in environmental …

In this review, for a variety of metals and semiconductors, an attempt is made to generalize
observations in the literature on the effect of process conditions applied during …

The field of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is already more than 30 years old, and yet
continuing interest in these structures is driven by both the fascinating physics emerging …

Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Rising atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and the depletion of fossil fuel reserves raise
serious concerns about the ensuing effects on the global climate and future energy supply …

Management of ubiquitous nitrate contamination in drinking water sources is a major
engineering challenge due to its negative impacts from eutrophication to immediate risk to …

The present monograph attempts to unify these diverse and exciting new developments
within a common framework. First, the physical principles underlying heterogenous electron …

Semiconductor photocatalysts show a great potential for environmental and energy-related
applications, however one of the major disadvantages is their relatively low photocatalytic …

Brookite is the least studied TiO2 photocatalyst due to the difficulties usually encountered in
order to obtain it as a pure phase. In this review, a comprehensive survey of the different …