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Environmentally Benign Photocatalysts
Masakazu Anpo
Prashant V. Kamat
其他書名
Applications of Titanium Oxide-based Materials
出版
Springer Science & Business Media
, 2010-11-10
主題
Science / Chemistry / Organic
Science / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical
Science / Environmental Science
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General
Science / Life Sciences / Biophysics
Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
ISBN
0387484442
9780387484440
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6EveRIwSJxUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.