Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

Photoinduced charge separation: Requirements needed for ideal relays and photosensitizers.- Photoinduced charge separation: Towards the design of supermolecular systems based on transition metal complexes.- Fundamental studies into primary events in photocatalysis employing CdS and TiO semiconductors: Photoluminescence, laser flash photolysis and pulse radiolysis.- Dynamics of interfacial electron transfer reactions in colloidal semiconductor systems and water cleavage by visible light.- Electronic Spectroscopy of semiconductor clusters.- Catalysed decay of oxidising radicals in water.- Photocatalysis and light-induced electron transfer reactions of tertiary amines.- Photocatalytic production of ascorbic acid. A secondary photosynthesis in plants.- Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of photochemical electron transfer in linked donor-acceptor molecules.- Bifunctional porphyrins: Redox photochemistry of: meso(tritolyl(pyridyl Ru(III) (NH 3) 4 L')) porphyrin: (L'=NH 3, pyridine, 5-Cl-pyridine).- Linear chain platinum complexes as photocatalysts.- Electron transfer reactions on extremely small semiconductor colloids studied by pulse radiolysis.- Nafion stabilized aqueous solutions of colloidal semiconductors.- In situ generated catalyst-coated colloidal semiconductor CdS particles in surfactant vesicles and polymerized surfactant vesicles.- Development of catalysts for water photoreduction: Improvement, poisoning and catalytic mechanism.- Radiolytic methods of preparation of colloidal and heterogeneous redox catalysts and their application in light-induced H2 generation from water.- The effect of promoters on the photochemical water cleavage in suspensions of Pt-loaded TiO2 with increased light to chemical conversion efficiency.- Metallic catalysts on semiconductors: Transparency and electrical contact properties.- On the nature of the inhibition of electron transfer at illuminated p-type semiconductor electrodes.- The importance of solution kinetics in photoelectrochemical phenomena.- Mechanistic aspects of semiconductor photoelectrochemistry: The behavior of Si and GAAs in nonaqueous solvents.- Charge injection into semiconductor particles - Importance in photocatalysis.- Hydrogen evolution and selective organic photosynthesis catalyzed by zinc sulfide.- Photocatalytic organic synthesis by use of semiconductors or dyes.- A. Hiskia and A. Ioannidis Photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds with heteropoly electrolytes. Aspects on photochemical utilization of solar energy.- Photoformation of hydrogen in liquid water in the presence of Pt/TiO2 catalyst and organic impurities.- Surface properties of catalysts. Iron and its oxides: Surface chemistry, photochemistry and catalysis.- Photocatalysis over clay supports.- Photoreduction and-oxidation of molecular nitrogen on titanium dioxide and titanium containing minerals.- Photoassisted reduction of carbon and nitrogen compounds: with semiconductors.- Adsorption and desorption processes in photocatalysis.- Photo-induced processes at titanium dioxide surfaces.- Photolysis of adsorbed phases: Ethanoic acid-insulators and semiconductors systems. Influence of acid-base properties.- Cadmium sulfide photocatalyzed hydrogen production from aqueous solutions of sulfite.- Environmental photochemistry of chlorinated aromatics in aqueous media. A review of data.- Photodegradation of wastes and pollutants in aquatic environment.- Heterogeneous photocatalysis for water purification: Prospects and problems.- A Gas Research Institute perspective on inorganic synthesis of gaseous fuels.- Putting photocatalysis to work.- Panel discussion on the Selective activation and conversion of molecules.- Panel discussion on Sensitization and immobilization of catalysts on various supports.- Panel discussion on Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.- Final Remarks.- Author Index.