Phototreatment of Water by Organic Photosensitizers and Comparison with Inorganic Semiconductors

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Semiconductors </td><td align="center">TiO<sub>2</sub> (anatase)</td><td align="center">TiO<sub>2</sub> (rutile)</td><td align="center">ZnO</td><td align="center">SnO<sub>2</sub></td><td align="center">WO<sub>3</sub></td><td align="center">ZnS</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Eg (eV)</td><td align="center">3.2</td><td align="center">3.0</td><td align="center">3.2</td><td align="center">3.9</td><td align="center">2.8</td><td align="center">3.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Band-gap of some inorganic semiconductors [<a href="/journals/ijp/2015/521367/#B13">13</a>, <a href="/journals/ijp/2015/521367/#B14">14</a>].

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 1: Phototreatment of Water by Organic Photosensitizers and Comparison with Inorganic Semiconductors 