FOTOELETROCATÁLISE EM SEMICONDUTORES: DOS PRINCÍPIOS BÁSICOS ATÉ SUA CONFORMAÇÃO À NANOESCALA

The science of semiconductors, essential in electronics, is pivotal also for the most active research fields of environmental science and engineering today - the development of solar energy conversions and advanced oxidation processes, exemplified by the harvesting of sun daylight to produce electric energy, environmentally friendly fuels and to clean up water from harmful pollutants. The advancement of such fields relies on the fundamentals of the photocatalysis at semiconductors, summarized in this review in language familiar to chemists. The theory and experimental onrush emerged mainly dur...