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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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Photocatalytic degradation of the herbicide terbuthylazine: Preparation, characterization and photoactivity of the immobilized thin layer of TiO2/chitosan
TL;DR: In this paper, a photocatalytic treatment of a triazine herbicide, terbuthylazine as representative agrochemical pollutant in the wastewater was performed in a self-constructed batch mode and annular type of the photoreactor.
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A review on disinfection technologies for controlling the antibiotic resistance spread.
Miguel Herraiz-Carboné,Salvador Cotillas,Engracia Lacasa,Caridad Sainz de Baranda,Eva Riquelme,Pablo Cañizares,Manuel A. Rodrigo,Cristina Sáez +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review on the state of the art of the main disinfection technologies to control the antibiotic resistance spread from natural water, wastewater, and hospital wastewater (including urine matrices) is reported.
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Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Oxidation an Effective Tool for Wastewater Treatment – A Review
TL;DR: Fujishima et al. as mentioned in this paper found that irradiated semiconductors particles could catalyze a lot of interesting and useful reduction-oxidation reactions of organic and inorganic compounds.
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Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Sulfamethoxazole by TiO2 Modified with Noble Metals
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of the rate constants of SMX degradation in various conditions revealed that modification with Pd gave better results than modification with Pt, which was explained by the better optical properties of Pd/TiO2.
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Modeling of photocatalytic degradation of organic components in water by nanoparticle suspension
TL;DR: In this article, a model based on the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism was proposed to simulate the involved kinetic processes of photocatalytic degradation of organic components in water.
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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.