Photosensitization and Photocatalysis Using Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds [Paperback]

Evolution of Inorganic and Organometallic Photochemistry. Historical Perspectives and Commentary.- Intermolecular Energy and Electron Transfer Processes.- Photocatalysis: Definitions and Classifications.- Charge Transfer Excitation of Coordination Compounds. Generation of Reactive Intermediates.- Photoredox and Sensitization Processes involving Transition Metal Polypyridine Complexes.- Intramolecular Energy and Electron Transfer in Polynuclear Metal Complexes.- Photocatalysis: Reduction of CO2 and Water-Gas-Shift Reaction Photocatalyzed by 2,2-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline Cr(II), Ru(II), Re(I) and Ir(III) complexes.- Metal Complexes as Photosensitizers in Photoelectrochemical Cells.- Photosensitization by (Metallo)porphyrins: Formation and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin Assemblies.- Photocatalytic and Photoredox Properties of Polyoxometalate Systems.- Photocatalytic Transformations of Organic Substrates Using Inorganic Salts and Complexes.- Photocatalysis Involving Metal Carbonyls.- Photocatalysis in C-H Activation.- Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions and Photo-induced Electron Transfer of Organometallic Compounds.`This is a very valuable book. All topics in the book are treated rigorously and each chapter is presented and extensively referenced. This makes the book very profitable for graduate students and specialists of universities as well as researchers working in photochemistry.'
X. Domenech in applied catalysis, 108:2