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Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes: Current Trends and Future Perspectives covers in detail current trends and future aspects on photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using novel photocatalytic techniques such as metallic nanoparticles, heterogeneous and hybrid systems using visible light irradiation.
Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Novel photocatalytic techniques for organic dye degradation in water -- 1.1 An overview of dye pollution and classification -- 1.2 Existing treatment options -- 1.3 Photocatalysis: basic principle -- 1.4 Novel photocatalytic approaches -- 1.4.1 Titanium dioxide and strategies for improving photoactivity of TiO2 -- 1.4.2 Metal oxides/sulfide/nanocomposites -- 1.4.3 Layered nanocomposites -- 1.5 Mechanisms of photocatalysis: schemes involved in photocatalytic degradation -- 1.6 Type-II heterostructure semiconductors
1.6.1 p-n junction semiconductor -- 1.6.2 Z-scheme semiconductor -- 1.7 Factors affecting photocatalysis/photodegradation -- 1.7.1 Effect of pH -- 1.7.2 Effect of irradiation intensity -- 1.7.3 Effect of temperature -- 1.7.4 Effect of photocatalyst loading -- 1.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Effect of operating parameters on photocatalytic degradation of dyes by using graphitic carbon nitride -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Photocatalysis -- 2.1.2 Photocatalyst -- 2.2 Graphitic carbon nitride (g -- C3N4) photocatalyst -- 2.2.1 Synthesis techniques of g -- C3N4
2.2.2 Modifications of g -- C3N4 -- 2.2.3 Composites of g -- C3N4 -- 2.3 Degradation of dyes -- 2.4 Operating parameters in photocatalytic degradation -- 2.4.1 Effect of pH -- 2.4.2 Effect of catalyst concentration -- 2.4.3 Effect of light intensity -- 2.4.4 Effect of irradiation time -- 2.4.5 Effect of oxidizing agents -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using heterogeneous catalysts -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Types of dyes -- 3.1.2 Type of photocatalysts used -- 3.2 TiO2 catalyst
3.2.1 Principle of TiO2 photocatalysis and mechanistic pathways -- 3.2.2 Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation -- 3.2.3 Modification of TiO2 -- 3.3 ZnO as catalyst -- 3.3.1 Principle of ZnO photocatalysis and mechanistic pathways -- 3.3.2 Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation -- 3.3.3 Modification of ZnO -- 3.4 Other photocatalyst -- 3.5 Degradation study of dyes -- 3.6 Conclusion and outlook -- References -- Chapter 4 Effective materials in the photocatalytic treatment of dyestuffs and stained wastewater -- 4.1 Introduction
4.2 Various techniques used for removal of dye from wastewater -- 4.2.1 Adsorption technique -- 4.2.2 Ion exchange -- 4.2.3 Membrane filtration technique -- 4.2.4 Electrochemical method -- 4.2.5 Bioremediation and biodegradation -- 4.2.6 Advanced oxidation process -- 4.3 Photocatalysis -- 4.3.1 Mechanism of photocatalysis -- 4.3.2 Influences of several parameters on photocatalysis -- 4.4 Various dyes that can be treated by photolysis -- 4.4.1 Methylene blue -- 4.4.2 Methyl orange -- 4.4.3 Rhodamine B -- 4.4.4 Malachite green -- 4.4.5 Indigo carmine -- 4.5 Future Scope -- References
edited by Maulin Shah, Sushma Dave and Jayashankar Das
Chapter 5 Sonophotocatalytic degradation of refractory textile dyes.