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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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Semiconductor Photocatalysis for Water Purification
TL;DR: In this paper, the application of various nanomaterials (such as metal nanoparticles, metal oxides, carbon compounds, zeolite, filtration membranes, etc.) in the field of wastewater treatment by photocatalysis is discussed.
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Solar Advanced Oxidation Processes as disinfection tertiary treatments for real wastewater: Implications for water reclamation
TL;DR: In this article, the disinfection of a real secondary effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant using added H 2 O 2 (20 and 50 mg L −1 ), TiO 2 (100mg L − 1 ) and photo-Fenton under natural solar radiation in compound parabolic collector photo-reactors was evaluated.
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Recent developments in MnO2-based photocatalysts for organic dye removal: a review.
TL;DR: The effect of various factors that could affect the photocatalytic performance of MnO2 nanostructures are discussed, followed by the future prospects of the development of this semiconductor photoc atalysts towards commercialization.
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Solar photocatalysis: A green technology for E. coli contaminated water disinfection. Effect of concentration and different types of suspended catalyst
Sihem Helali,María Inmaculada Polo-López,Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez,Bunsho Ohtani,Fumiaki Amano,Sixto Malato,Chantal Guillard +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic and photolytic disinfection of Escherichia coli in water was studied under natural sunlight using different types of photocatalyst (TiO 2 P-25, PC500, Ruana and Bi 2 WO 6 ) at different concentrations.
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Synthesis of magnetic core–shell Fe3O4@TiO2 nanoparticles from electric arc furnace dust for photocatalytic degradation of steel mill wastewater
TL;DR: In this paper, a magnetic core-shell Fe3O4@TiO2 nanoparticles from electric arc furnace dust and evaluate its photocatalytic activity on organic pollutant degradation from steel industry wastewater.
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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.