Emerging pollutants and their removal using visible-light responsive photocatalysis–a comprehensive review

S Ahmed, FSA Khan, NM Mubarak, M Khalid… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EP) are the group of contaminants newly detected in aquatic
environments around the globe. Conventional water purification systems are less efficient in …

Continuous photocatalytic reactor: Critical review on the design and performance

R Binjhade, R Mondal, S Mondal - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is considered as one of the most promising advanced oxidation processes
due to its ability to completely degrade contaminants to safer end product or intermediate …

Fabricating BiOCl/BiVO4 nanosheets wrapped in a graphene oxide heterojunction composite for detection of an antihistamine in biological samples

B Thirumalraj, DP Jaihindh, SO Alaswad… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are essential medications for human and animal health, as they are used to battle
urinary infections and bacterial diseases. Therefore, the rapid determination of antibiotic …

Bismuth-graphene nanohybrids: synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and photocatalytic applications—a review

M Usman, M Humayun, SS Shah, H Ullah, AA Tahir… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis is a classical solution to energy conversion and environmental pollution
control problems. In photocatalysis, the development and exploration of new visible light …

Enhanced photo-degradation of diclofenac using a new and effective composite (Og-C3N4/TiO2/α-Fe2O3): degradation pathway, toxicity evaluation and application …

N Aghababaei, M Abdouss… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Removing persistent pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater, such as sodium
diclofenac (DCF), has become challenging in recent years. This study aimed to introduce a …

Visible light–driven advanced oxidation processes to remove emerging contaminants from water and wastewater: a review

P Zawadzki - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
The scientific data review shows that advanced oxidation processes based on the hydroxyl
or sulfate radicals are of great interest among the currently conventional water and …

Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using photocatalytic reactor and hybrid system integrated with biofilm based process: Mechanistic insights and degradation …

B Gupta, AK Gupta, A Bhatnagar - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diclofenac and tetracycline, the pharmaceutically active compounds, are ubiquitously found
in water bodies. The inability of conventional processes has mandated the use of advanced …

Bismuth oxyhalide-based materials (BiOX: X= Cl, Br, I) and their application in photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water: a review

GX Castillo-Cabrera, PJ Espinoza-Montero… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
An important target of photoelectrocatalysis (PEC) technology is the development of
semiconductor-based photoelectrodes capable of absorbing solar energy (visible light) and …

Predicting the trend and utility of different photocatalysts for degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds: a special emphasis on photocatalytic materials …

A Majumder, D Saidulu, AK Gupta… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid rise in the healthcare sector has led to an increase in pharmaceutically active
compounds (PhACs) in different aqueous bodies. The toxicity of the PhACs and their ability …

Oxygen vacancies facilitated photocatalytic detoxification of three typical contaminants over graphene oxide surface embellished BiOCl photocatalysts

H Li, C Yang, Y He, J Zhong, J Li, Y Zhu - Advanced Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A conventional solvothermal way was used to synthesize graphene oxide (GO)/BiOCl
photocatalytic nanomaterials with enhanced photocatalytic performance. Due to the …