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Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends
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In this article, the authors reviewed the use of sunlight to produce the OH radicals by TiO2 photocatalysis and photo-Fenton process and summarized most of the research carried out related to solar photocatalytic degradation of water contaminants and how it could significantly contribute to the treatment of persistent toxic compounds.About:
This article is published in Catalysis Today.The article was published on 2009-09-15. It has received 2541 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis & Water treatment.read more
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Photocatalyst performance in wastewater treatment applications: Towards the role of TiO2 properties
TL;DR: In this article, the photocatalytic activity of twelve TiO2 samples prepared by different sol-gel methods have been evaluated in order to comprehensively understand the role of the different TiO 2 physico-chemical properties on the catalyst performance.
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Rigorous kinetic modelling with explicit radiation absorption effects of the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended titanium dioxide
Javier Marugán,Rafael van Grieken,Cristina Pablos,M. Lucila Satuf,Alberto E. Cassano,Orlando Mario Alfano +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the kinetic modeling of the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria with suspended TiO2 and developed a rigorous model based on a proposed reaction mechanism and accounting explicitly for the rate of photon absorption.
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Characterization of intermediate products of solar photocatalytic degradation of ranitidine at pilot-scale.
TL;DR: The proposed TiO(2) and photo-Fenton degradation routes of RNTD are reported for the first time and kinetic parameters, main intermediate products, release of heteroatoms and formation of carboxylic acids are discussed.
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Wastewater disinfection by neutral pH photo-Fenton: The role of solar radiation intensity
E. Ortega-Gómez,M.M. Ballesteros Martín,M.M. Ballesteros Martín,B. Esteban García,J.A. Sánchez Pérez,P. Fernández Ibáñez +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of two solar energy parameters, solar UVA irradiance (intensity in terms of W −m −2 ) and accumulated solar uVA energy dose per unit of volume of treated water (Q UVA,in terms of kJ L −1 ), on wastewater disinfection by solar photo-Fenton at neutral pH was analyzed.
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A hybrid DFT based investigation of the photocatalytic activity of cation-anion codoped SrTiO3 for water splitting under visible light.
TL;DR: The present study demonstrates the effect of the nature of the dopant elements as well as their proportion to achieve the best outcome of the designed material for practical applications.
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Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxides
TL;DR: Film and powders of TiO2-x Nx have revealed an improvement over titanium dioxide (TiO2) under visible light in optical absorption and photocatalytic activity such as photodegradations of methylene blue and gaseous acetaldehyde and hydrophilicity of the film surface.
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Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades
Mark A. Shannon,Paul W. Bohn,Paul W. Bohn,Menachem Elimelech,Menachem Elimelech,John G. Georgiadis,Benito J. Mariñas,Anne M. Mayes,Anne M. Mayes +8 more
TL;DR: Some of the science and technology being developed to improve the disinfection and decontamination of water, as well as efforts to increase water supplies through the safe re-use of wastewater and efficient desalination of sea and brackish water are highlighted.
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Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
TL;DR: A review of the current progress in the area of TiO 2 photocatalysis, mainly photocatalytic air purification, sterilization and cancer therapy is discussed in this paper.
Titanium dioxide as photocatalysis
A Fujshima,T N Rao,D K Tryk +2 more
TL;DR: A review of the current progress in the area of TiO 2 photocatalysis, mainly photocatalytic air purification, sterilization and cancer therapy is discussed in this article.
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TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena
TL;DR: The field of photocatalysis can be traced back more than 80 years to early observations of the chalking of titania-based paints and to studies of the darkening of metal oxides in contact with organic compounds in sunlight as discussed by the authors.