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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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Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of excited state Tris-(2,2′-bipyridyl)-ruthenium (II) complex by peroxomonosulfate, peroxodisulfate, and peroxodiphosphate
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Degradation of industrial waste waters on Fe/C-fabrics. Optimization of the solution parameters during reactor operation.
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Photo-Fenton Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater Applying a Combined Fenton/Flocculation Pretreatment
TL;DR: In this paper, a pretreatment involving a combination of acidification, the Fenton method, and flocculation with polyelectrolytes was successfully applied to remove the suspended solids of Olive mill wastewater (OMW).
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Application of Advanced Oxidation Process Technologies to Extremely High TOC Containing Aqueous Solutions
TL;DR: In this paper, the energy-equivalent per unit mass (EEZM) figure of merit for three advanced oxidation processes (UWH2O2, UVZH 2O2ZO3, and photo-Fenton) was calculated for aqueous-based fluids containing initial total organic carbon (TOC0) levels up to 15,000 ppm.