Nanophotocatalysis and Environmental Applications [electronic resource] : Detoxification and Disinfection / edited by Inamuddin, Abdullah M. Asiri, Eric Lichtfouse.

1. Role of nano-photocatalysis in heavy metal detoxification -- 2. Solar photocatalysis applications to antibiotic degradation in aquatic systems -- 3. Biomass-based photocatalysts for environmental applications -- 4. Role of nano-photocatalysis in heavy metal detoxification -- 5. Phosphors-based photocatalysts for wastewater treatment -- 6. Nanocarbons and Polymers Supported TiO2 Nanostructures as Efficient Photocatalysts for Remediation of Contaminated -- 7. Wastewater and Hydrogen Production -- 8. Investigation in sono-photocatalysis process using doped-catalyst and ferrite nanoparticles for wastewater treatment -- 9. Magnetic-based photocatalyst for antibacterial application and catalytic performance -- 10. Antimicrobial activities of photocatalysts to water disinfection -- 11. Medicinal Applications of Photocatalysts.

This book will be a guiding path to understand the photocatalytic process and mechanism for the deterioration of heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants and pathogens from wastewater. Environmental remediation is of crucial importance in the context of human sustainability in the present and future times. The unplanned anthropogenic activities and revolutionary industrialization end up in environmental contamination with noxious organic-inorganic and biogenic pollutants. The photocatalytic disinfection and detoxification is the only solution to preserve and restore the ecological balance. The main emphasis is to explore and enhance the photocatalytic potentials of solar active-materials.