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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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Recent Developments in Photocatalytic Water Treatment Technology: A Review
TL;DR: For the first time, a multi-variables optimization approach is described to determine the optimum operation parameters so as to enhance process performance and photooxidation efficiency in the photocatalytic water treatment process.
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A review on the visible light active titanium dioxide photocatalysts for environmental applications
Miguel Pelaez,Nicholas T. Nolan,Suresh C. Pillai,Michael K. Seery,Polycarpos Falaras,Athanassios G. Kontos,Psm Dunlop,Jwj Hamilton,John Byrne,Kevin E. O'Shea,Mh. Entezari,Dionysios D. Dionysiou +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the development of different strategies to modify TiO2 for the utilization of visible light, including non metal and/or metal doping, dye sensitization and coupling semiconductors are discussed.
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A review on g-C3N4-based photocatalysts
TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental mechanism of heterogeneous photocatalysis, advantages, challenges and the design considerations of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts are summarized, including their crystal structural, surface phisicochemical, stability, optical, adsorption, electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and electronic properties.
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Advanced Nanoarchitectures for Solar Photocatalytic Applications
TL;DR: UV-Visible ار راد ن .د TiO2 ( تیفرظ راون مان هب نورتکلا یاراد لماش VB و ) رگید اب لاقتنا VB (CO2) .
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Combination of Advanced Oxidation Processes and biological treatments for wastewater decontamination—A review
TL;DR: The main conclusions arrived at from the overall assessment of the literature are that more work needs to be done on degradation kinetics and reactor modeling of the combined process, and also dynamics of the initial attack on primary contaminants and intermediate species generation.
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Photocatalysis in aqueous solution with small TiO2 particles and the dependence of the quantum yield on particle size and light intensity
TL;DR: In this paper, a model for the kinetics of photocatalytic processes on spherical TiO2 particles is developed, and the quantum yield for the photooxidation of organic molecules by oxygen in aqueous solution is derived for two cases.
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Submicromolar hydrogen peroxide disrupts the ability of Fur protein to control free-iron levels in Escherichia coli.
TL;DR: The OxyR H2O2‐response system restored Fur repression in iron‐replete Luria–Bertani medium by upregulating the synthesis of Fur protein in response to dysregulation of iron uptake.
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Low-concentrating CPC collectors for photocatalytic water detoxification: Comparison with a medium concentrating solar collector
TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic oxidation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol (DCP), using TiO 2 suspensions under solar radiation, has been studied at pilot-plant scale at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA).
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Water disinfection using an immobilised titanium dioxide film in a photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement
TL;DR: In this article, an adherent defect TiO2 film was used for water disinfection using an immobilised titanium dioxide film photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement to boost hydroxyl radical production.
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Photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants in water
TL;DR: In this article, the primary photo-oxidation at pollutant level concentration of dodecylbenzene sulfonate (DBS), azynphos-methyl and dimethoate in water has been studied in homogeneous and heterogeneous media by using a 400 W lamp with a solar spectral distribution, and TiO 2 and FeCl 3 as catalysts.