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Focusing on the basic principles of semiconductor photocatalysis, this book also gives a brief introduction to photochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, and homogeneous photocatalysis. In addition, the author - one of the leading authorities in the field - presents important environmental and practical aspects.
A valuable, one-stop source for all chemists, material scientists, and physicists working in this area, as well as novice researchers entering semiconductor photocatalysis.

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INTRODUCTION
A Brief History of Photochemistry
Catalysis, Photochemistry, Photocatalysis
MOLECULAR PHOTOCHEMISTRY
Absorption and Emission
Intensity of Electronic Transitions
Excited States Radiative Lifetimes
Energy and Electron Transfer
Proton Transfer and Hydrogen Abstraction
Photosensitization
Rates and Quantum Yields
Quenching of Excited States
Absorption, Emission, and Excitation Spectra
Classification and Reactivity of Excited States
MOLECULAR PHOTOCATALYSIS
Hydrogenation of 1,3-Dienes
Co-Cyclization of Alkynes with Nitriles
Enantioselective Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Catalysis
Reduction and Oxidation of Water
PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY
Electronic Structure and Nature of Excited States
Photocorrosion
Interfacial Electron Transfer
SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS
Mechanisms, Kinetics, Adsorption
Characterization of Photocatalysts
Preparation and Properties of Photocatalysts
Type A Reactions
Type B Reactions
Environmental Aspects
Titania in Food and Personal Care Products
Photoreactors
Index

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Horst Kisch studied chemistry at the University of Vienna, Austria, where he received his Ph.D. in 1969. From 1968 to 1984 he worked at the Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie (now Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion) in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany. In 1977 he completed his "habilitation" in Organic Chemistry at the University of Dortmund, Germany, and became Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 1984. He retired in 2008. His research interests were the catalytic activation of 1,2-diazenes by transition metals and physical consequences of weak charge-transfer interactions in redox active ion pair complexes. Recently he was engaged in new organic syntheses photocatalyed by semiconductor powders and in the photofixation of dinitrogen by nanostructured thin films.

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