Metal oxides as photocatalysts

Metal oxides are of great technological importance in environmental remediation and electronics because of their capability to generate charge carriers when stimulated with required amount of energy. The promising arrangement of electronic structure, light absorption properties, and charge transport...

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Main Author: Mohammad Mansoob Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610315000393
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description Metal oxides are of great technological importance in environmental remediation and electronics because of their capability to generate charge carriers when stimulated with required amount of energy. The promising arrangement of electronic structure, light absorption properties, and charge transport characteristics of most of the metal oxides has made possible its application as photocatalyst. In this article definition of metal oxides as photocatalyst, structural characteristics, requirements of the photocatalyst, classification of photocatalysts and the mechanism of the photocatalytic process are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-e6bf8306329043df8e8f98b4969b87da2025-08-20T03:48:42ZengSpringerJournal of Saudi Chemical Society1319-61032015-09-0119546246410.1016/j.jscs.2015.04.003Metal oxides as photocatalystsMohammad Mansoob KhanMetal oxides are of great technological importance in environmental remediation and electronics because of their capability to generate charge carriers when stimulated with required amount of energy. The promising arrangement of electronic structure, light absorption properties, and charge transport characteristics of most of the metal oxides has made possible its application as photocatalyst. In this article definition of metal oxides as photocatalyst, structural characteristics, requirements of the photocatalyst, classification of photocatalysts and the mechanism of the photocatalytic process are discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610315000393Metal oxidesPhotocatalysisSemiconductorsTitanium oxideZinc oxide
spellingShingle Mohammad Mansoob Khan
Metal oxides as photocatalysts
Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
Metal oxides
Photocatalysis
Semiconductors
Titanium oxide
Zinc oxide
title Metal oxides as photocatalysts
title_full Metal oxides as photocatalysts
title_fullStr Metal oxides as photocatalysts
title_full_unstemmed Metal oxides as photocatalysts
title_short Metal oxides as photocatalysts
title_sort metal oxides as photocatalysts
topic Metal oxides
Photocatalysis
Semiconductors
Titanium oxide
Zinc oxide
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610315000393
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