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Sunlight-Mediated Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Mechanism and Material Prospects

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Environmental issues related to groundwater contamination need much attention for the benefit of the healthy future. In civilian and commercial sector, the elimination of toxic and hazardous chemical from the effluents without contaminating the water sources has become a major concern. The utilization of semiconductor for breaking the hazardous organic effluents by photocatalysis process has received great interest over the last 10 years by the scientific and engineering community. In the engineering aspects, much product development is in UV light-based photocatalysis by semiconductor materials. However, to solve the energy and environmental problems, a shift toward higher utilization of solar energy is needed for the development of visible light-driven photocatalysis. Plasmonic photocatalysis makes use of noble metal nanoparticles combined as composites or impregnated into semiconductor photocatalysis which contributes strong absorption of visible light and the excitation of active charge carriers. The mechanism of photocatalysis is totally depending on the band structure engineering of semiconductors and noble metals. Hence awareness is needed for theoretical understanding of band structure of the plasmonic photocatalysis materials. In this chapter, the mechanism of plasmonic photocatalysis, theoretical concepts, and possible nanostructured material to enhance the photocatalytic efficacy is elaborated.

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One of the authors, D. Durgalakshmi, acknowledges Department of Science and Technology, India, for providing DST-INPIRE Faculty Fellowship.

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Dhinasekaran, D., Kishore, M.R.A., Jagannathan, M. (2021). Sunlight-Mediated Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Mechanism and Material Prospects. In: Balakumar, S., Keller, V., Shankar, M. (eds) Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72076-6_5

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