I&EC 55 |
| The white paint pigment, titanium dioxide, has been widely studied for photocatalytic applications in water treatment and decontamination, air purification, and self-cleaning windows and walls. While only 24 papers in photocatalysis appeared worldwide in 1978, more than 2,000 were published in 2007. We survey our contributions over this interval to the photocatalysis application areas noted above, as well as the more fundamental considerations of catalyst definitions, reaction kinetics and mechanisms, and catalyst deactivation and regeneration. While the range of proposed commercial applications for the ambient temperature photocatalysis is remarkably broad, the fierce remaining challenges of optimal photoreactor design, efficient photon capture and utilization, and catalyst deactivation and regeneration all indicate that progress in photocatalysis has "miles to go" before it can rest on commercial successes. |
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Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Divisional Fellow Award Symposium - Dr. Ruben Carbonell
8:30 AM-11:25 AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 231, Oral
Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry |