Recent advances in floating TiO2-based photocatalysts for environmental application

Z Xing, J Zhang, J Cui, J Yin, T Zhao, J Kuang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
The light-harvesting and recycle of powder photocatalyst in suspended system are
bottlenecks for high-efficient solar photocatalysis. Floating photocatalyst are highly sought …

Water depollution using metal-organic frameworks-catalyzed advanced oxidation processes: A review

VK Sharma, M Feng - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review on the environmental applications of metal-organic
frameworks (MOFs), which are inorganic-organic hybrid highly porous crystalline materials …

Activation mechanism of peroxymonosulfate by biochar for catalytic degradation of 1, 4-dioxane: Important role of biochar defect structures

D Ouyang, Y Chen, J Yan, L Qian, L Han… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous materials have been emerged as promising metal-free catalysts to activate
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the degradation of organic contaminants. In the present study …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, SY Kimura - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
■ BACKGROUND This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging
environmental contaminants over the period of October 2013-October 2015. Analytical …

Toxic cyanobacteria and drinking water: Impacts, detection, and treatment

X He, YL Liu, A Conklin, J Westrick, LK Weavers… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria in water supply systems are a global issue affecting water
supplies on every major continent except Antarctica. The occurrence of toxic cyanobacteria …

Novel fluorinated Bi2MoO6 nanocrystals for efficient photocatalytic removal of water organic pollutants under different light source illumination

C Yu, Z Wu, R Liu, DD Dionysiou, K Yang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of efficient technologies to deal with organic pollutants in wastewater
is an important issue. Photocatalysis, as a “green chemistry” technology, has attracted much …

Degradation kinetics and mechanism of oxytetracycline by hydroxyl radical-based advanced oxidation processes

Y Liu, X He, Y Fu, DD Dionysiou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the degradation kinetics and transformation mechanism of oxytetracycline
(OTC) by UV-254 nm and UV-254 nm/H 2 O 2 were investigated. The removal of OTC …

Chloramphenicol removal by zero valent iron activated peroxymonosulfate system: kinetics and mechanism of radical generation

C Tan, Y Dong, D Fu, N Gao, J Ma, X Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Zero valent iron (Fe 0) was used as a catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for
removal of chloramphenicol (CAP). About 95.2% of 10 mg/L CAP was removed by 0.2 mM …

Significant role of UV and carbonate radical on the degradation of oxytetracycline in UV-AOPs: kinetics and mechanism

Y Liu, X He, X Duan, Y Fu, D Fatta-Kassinos… - Water Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbonate radical (CO 3•−), a selective oxidant, reacts readily with electron-rich
compounds through electron transfer and/or hydrogen abstraction. In this study, the role of …

Effect of UV-LED wavelengths on direct photolytic and TiO2 photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants in water

MR Eskandarian, H Choi, M Fazli… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is known to be effective for chemical oxidation and disinfection of
water and wastewater. Recently, light emitting diode (LED) has been recognized as a cost …