Photoelectrochemistry, Photocatalysis and Photoreactors Fundamentals and Developments

Electronic states in ionic solids.- Semiconductor electrodes and their interaction with light.- Kinetic aspects in photoelectrochemical solar cells.- Choosing a photoelectrode.- Materials engineering: General considerations.- Concluding remarks on: Photoelectrochemistry.- Fundamental aspects of photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal complexes.- Photostorage of solar energy in colloidal semiconductor systems.- Redox catalysis in photochemical and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems.- Effect of organized assemblies on electron transfer reactions and charge separation processes.- Photoassisted cleavage of hydrogen sulfide with semiconductor particles. The thiosulfate cycle.- Photocatalytic reactions of organic compounds. Hydrogen generation from organics and degradation of wastes.- Prospectives of exploitation of photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical processes for solar energy conversion.- Applications of picosecond absorption and emission spectroscopy. The mapping of primary events in photochemistry and photocatalysis.- Concluding remarks on: Homogeneous photocatalysis.- Fundamental aspects of the adsorption and the desorption of gases at solid surfaces under illumination.- Adsorption of energy in photocatalytic reactors.- Photocatalytic reactions.- Heterogeneous photocatalysis.- Some experimental investigations of photosorption phenomena at the gas-solid interface.- Photocatalytic reactions: an overview on the water splitting and on the dinitrogen reduction.- Concluding remarks on: Heterogeneous photocatalysis at the gas/solid interface.- to the modelling and design of photoreactors.- Radiative transfer in photochemical processes.- Studies of photoreactions in homogeneous photoreactors.- Studies of photoreactions in heterogeneous photoreactors.- Absorption of light energy in photoreactors.- Current problems in the modelling of photochemical reactors.- Guidelines for photoreactor research.