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Foundations of Photocatalytic

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Semiconductor photocatalysis technology is a green technology being developed rapidly in recent years by using solar energy for energy conversion and environmental purification, which has important application in both energy and environment. Photocatalysis has gradually been considered as a promising way to solve energy and environmental problems since Fujishima achieved hydrogen production from cracking water using titanium dioxide (titanium dioxide) in 1972. This field is becoming a hot topic and has attracted a lot of scientists’ attention and research. Semiconductor catalyst is driven by light to convert light energy into electrical or chemical energy without additional pollution. Furthermore, it is a technology to produce environmental friendly clean energy only with sunlight and can solve the ever increasing environmental pollution problems. In recent years, the depletion of fossil fuel and requirement of clean environment push the development of renewable energy including solar energy, which provides a good platform for the photocatalytic technology to accomplish the dream of blue sky and white cloud and sustainable developing. This chapter focuses on the development of photocatalytic technology for decades and expounds its development from the advent to the prosperous.

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  1. School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China

    Jiang Wu

  2. Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China

    Jianxing Ren & Weiguo Pan

  3. School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

    Ping Lu

  4. School of Hydraulic, Energy and Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

    Yongfeng Qi

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Wu, J., Ren, J., Pan, W., Lu, P., Qi, Y. (2019). Foundations of Photocatalytic. In: Photo-catalytic Control Technologies of Flue Gas Pollutants. Energy and Environment Research in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8750-9_1

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