Wang C. Defect Engineering in Photocatalysis. From Fundamentals to Apps 2026 torrent

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Detailed reference covering essential concepts, perspectives, and practical skills for optimizing photocatalytic reactions via defect engineering.
Defect Engineering in Photocatalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications covers various types of defects such as vacancies, impurities, doping, surface defects, and volume defects and discusses their effects on charge carrier dynamics and photocatalytic features of photocatalytic materials. The book highlights applications of defect-engineered photocatalysts in several areas including energy conversion and environmental remediation. Detailed case studies and research findings for applications in organic chemistry and phototherapy are included throughout.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and mechanisms of photocatalysis for sterilization, reviews advanced designs of defective photocatalytic materials to improve their efficiency for nano-/micro-plastics photodegradation and their transformation into value-added chemicals and fuels, details the use of defective photocatalytic materials for enhancing desalination processes, highlighting the importance of efficient salt removal and water purification by way of photocatalysis processes, and delivers insights on potential defective photocatalysts in wastewater treatment technologies.
Other sample topics explored in Defect Engineering in Photocatalysis include:
• Mechanisms of defect formation including band gap engineering, charge carrier transfer, concentration of defects, defect–interface interactions, and photostability.
• Defect engineering as a method to customize the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and other metal oxides such as WO₃ and ZnO.
• The importance of defect control in enhancing light absorption, charge separation, and photocatalytic activity.
• Usage of defective photocatalytic materials in various organic transformations, including C-C and C-X bond formation, C-H functionalization, and cross-coupling reactions.
Defect Engineering in Photocatalysis offers valuable insights into the design and optimization of photocatalytic materials via defect engineering for catalytic and inorganic chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, physicists, and professionals in the semiconductor industry.
Tailoring Photocatalytic Materials Through Defect Engineering: Control, Mechanism, and Experimental Protocols
Defect Engineering in Photocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges
Tailoring TiO₂ and Other Metal Oxide (WO₃ and ZnO) Photocatalysts with Defect Engineering
Defective Heterojunction Photocatalysts: Ample Opportunity for Photocatalytic Implementations
Defect-Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Implementations
Defect Behavior of Carbon Nitride (g-C₃N₄) as Efficient Feedstock in Photocatalytic Reactions
Structures, Properties, and Applications of Defective Graphene-Based Photocatalysts
Defective Photocatalysts in Organic Synthesis
Photo-Therapy Based on Defective Photocatalysts
Defected–Engineered Materials for Photocatalytic Sterilization
Nano- and Microplastics Degradation Using Defect-engineered Photocatalytic Feedstocks
Defective Photocatalytic Materials for Desalination: Synthesis Strategies, Types of Defects, and Mechanisms
Defective Photocatalytic Materials for Organic Pollutant Degradation
NOx Removal Using Defective Photocatalytic Materials
Defective Photocatalytic Materials for Biomass Conversion
Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ on Defect-Rich Catalysts
H₂ Evolution Utilizing Defect-Engineered Photocatalytic Materials
Enhanced H₂O₂ Production Over Defective Photocatalytic Materials
Photocatalytic NH₃ Synthesis by Defect–Engineered Photocatalytic Materials
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