Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide as visible-light-sensitive photocatalyst: designs, developments, and prospects

R Asahi, T Morikawa, H Irie, T Ohwaki - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

Accurate removal of toxic organic pollutants from complex water matrices

J Cai, B Niu, Q Xie, N Lu, S Huang… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Characteristic emerging pollutants at low concentration have raised much attention for
causing a bottleneck in water remediation, especially in complex water matrices where high …

Photolytic and photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline: Effect of humic acid on degradation kinetics and mechanisms

S Li, J Hu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
The widespread occurrence of tetracycline (TC) in the aquatic environment poses a potential
risk to aquatic ecosystem and human health. In this study, elimination of TC by photolysis …

Degradation of pharmaceuticals in wastewater using immobilized TiO2 photocatalysis under simulated solar irradiation

Y He, NB Sutton, HHH Rijnaarts… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) are not efficiently removed in wastewater
treatment plants and are released into surface waters resulting in toxin accumulation. The …

Nanostructured N-doped TiO2 coated on glass spheres for the photocatalytic removal of organic dyes under UV or visible light irradiation

V Vaiano, O Sacco, D Sannino, P Ciambelli - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
For the applications of photocatalytic processes aimed to the removal of pollutants from
wastewater, slurry reactors that employ aqueous suspension of titanium dioxide …

Insight into enhanced carbamazepine photodegradation over biochar-based magnetic photocatalyst Fe3O4/BiOBr/BC under visible LED light irradiation

S Li, Z Wang, X Zhao, X Yang, G Liang, X Xie - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel, economical and magnetically separable heterojunction photocatalyst Fe 3 O
4/BiOBr stacked on reed straw biochar (Fe 3 O 4/BiOBr/BC) with visible light response was …

[HTML][HTML] Highly efficient ZnO photocatalytic foam reactors for micropollutant degradation

TT Guaraldo, R Vakili, J Wenk, D Mattia - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficient removal of organic micropollutants, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, drugs, and
others, remains an unsolved challenge in water treatment. Although photocatalysis has …

A review on photocatalytic remediation of environmental pollutants and H2 production through water splitting: a sustainable approach

K Ahmad, HR Ghatak, SM Ahuja - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization, industrialization, and economic growth has brought in its wake
environmental degradation and concern for energy security. Recalcitrant organic pollutants …

Nitrogen Doped Titanium Dioxide (N-TiO2): Synopsis of Synthesis Methodologies, Doping Mechanisms, Property Evaluation and Visible Light Photocatalytic …

TS Natarajan, V Mozhiarasi, RJ Tayade - Photochem, 2021 - mdpi.com
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the stable and potential metal oxide semiconductor
nanomaterials with flexible properties which allows them to be used in a variety of …