Green Photocatalysts, 1st ed. 2020 Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World Series, Vol. 34

This book presents advanced photocatalytic technologies for wastewater treatment. The fabrication, surface modification, roles and mechanisms of green catalysts are detailed. The catalysts include nanostructured catalysts, semiconductors, metal and non-metal doped catalysts, surface plasmon materials, graphene oxide-based materials, polymer-based composite materials, heterogenous type I and type II catalysts.

​Chapter 1. Principles and mechanisms of green photocatalysis.- Chapter 2. Synthesizing Green Photocatalyst using Plant Leaf Extract for Water Pollutant Treatment.- Chapter 3. Nanomaterials with different morphologies for photocatalysis.- Chapter 4. Metal and non-metal doped metal oxides and sulphides.- Chapter 5. Surface plasmon-enhanced photocatalysts.- Chapter 6. Reduced Graphene Oxide based Photocatalysis.- Chapter 7. Functionalized polymer-based composite photocatalysts.- Chapter 8. Role of conducting polymer nanostructures for advanced photocatalytic applications.- Chapter 9. Heterogenous Type I and Type II Catalysts for Degradation.- Chapter 10. Advances and Challenges in BiOX (X: Cl, Br, I)-Based Materials for Harvesting Sunlight.

Dr. Mu. Naushad is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He obtained his M.Sc and Ph.D Degree in Analytical chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He has a vast research experience in the fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Environmental Science. He holds several US patents, over 250 publications in the international Journals of repute, twenty book chapters and several books published by renowned international publishers. He has >5800 citations with a Google Scholar H-Index of >47. He has successfully run several research projects funded by National plan for Science and Technology (NPST) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is the editor/editorial member of several reputed Journals like Scientific Report (Nature); Process Safety & Environmental Protection (Elsevier); Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) and International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health (MDPI). He is also the associate editor for Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and Desalination & Water Treatment (Taylor & Francis). He has been awarded the Scientist of the year award-2015 from National Environmental Science Academy, Delhi, India and Almarai Award-2017, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Saravanan Rajendran hasreceived his Ph.D in Physics-Material Science in 2013 from the Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, India. He was awarded the University Research Fellowship (URF) during the year 2009-2011 by the University of Madras. After working as an Assistant Professor in Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India during the year of 2013-2014, he was awarded SERC and CONICYT-FONDECYT post-doctoral fellowship, University of Chile, Santiago in the year of 2014- 201