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9.3 Photocatalyst requirements 189
9.4 Catalytic water photosplitting 193
9.5 Catalytic photoreforming 199
9.6 Operating variables affecting photocatalyst activity 201
9.7 Conclusion 205
References 205

10 Photocatalysts for hydrogen generation and organic contaminants
degradation 215
Rupali Nagar, Eswaraiah Varrla, Bhaghavathi P. Vinayan
10.1 Introduction 215
10.2 Hydrogen economy and photocatalytic splitting of water 224
10.3 Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants 227
10.4 Conclusion 232
Acknowledgments 233
References 233
11 Multidimensional TiO 2 nanostructured catalysts for sustainable H 2
generation 237
Jingsheng Cai, Jianying Huang, Mingzheng Ge, Yuekun Lai
11.1 Introduction 237
11.2 Preparations of multidimensional TiO 2 nanostructures 238
11.3 Solar WS by nanostructured TiO 2 materials 250
11.4 Conclusions and perspectives 265
Acknowledgments 266
References 267
Further reading 288

12 Hybrid Z-scheme nanocomposites for photocatalysis 289
Ryo Kuriki, Kazuhiko Maeda
12.1 Introduction 289
12.2 Powder-based Z-scheme photocatalysts of
metal-complex/semiconductor hybrids 292
12.3 Photoelectrochemical CO 2 reduction using molecular-based
photocathode coupled with a semiconductor photoanode 297
12.4 Photoelectrochemical CO 2 reduction using semiconductor
electrodes modified with a catalytic metal complex 302
12.5 Summary and outlook 304
References 305
13 Ferroelectrics for photocatalysis 307
N.R. Yogamalar, S. Kalpana, V. Senthil, A. Chithambararaj
13.1 Introduction 307
13.2 Ferroelectric fundamentals 307
13.3 Ferroelectric semiconductor photocatalysts 308