Over the past few decades, mankind has observed an unprecedented and remarkable growth in industry, resulting in a more prosperous lifestyle for peoples of many countries. In developing countries, however, explosive industrial growth is just now beginning to raise the living standards of the people. Most industries, especially in these developing countries, are still powered by the burning of fossil fuels; con- quently, a lack of clean energy resources has caused environmental pollution on an unprecedented large and global scale. Toxic wastes have been relentlessly released into the air and water leading to serious and devastating environmental and health problems while endangering the planet and life itself with the effects of global warming. To address these urgent environmental issues, new catalytic and photocatalytic processes as well as open-atmospheric systems are presently being developed that can operate at room temperature while being totally clean and ef?cient and thus environmentally harmonious. Essential to technologies harnessing the abundant solar energy that reaches the earth are the highly functional photocatalytic proce- es that can utilize not only UV light, but also visible light.
Edited by:
Masakazu Anpo, Prashant V. Kamat Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: 2010 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.544kg ISBN:9780387484419 ISBN 10: 0387484418 Series:Nanostructure Science and Technology Pages: 757 Publication Date:11 November 2010 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
