Antimicrobial activity of photocatalysts: fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics and recent advances

P Ganguly, C Byrne, A Breen, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has recently been emerged as an effective green solution for antimicrobial
disinfection applications. Photocatalytic disinfection has been observed to be efficient in …

Engineering BiOX (X= Cl, Br, I) nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic applications

H Cheng, B Huang, Y Dai - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous photocatalysis that employs photo-excited semiconductor materials to
reduce water and oxidize toxic pollutants upon solar light irradiation holds great prospects …

Recent advances of bismuth titanate based photocatalysts engineering for enhanced organic contaminates oxidation in water: A review

Y Naciri, A Hsini, A Ahdour, B Akhsassi, Z Ajmal… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Over more than three decades, the scientific community has been contentiously interested in
structuring varying photocatalytic materials with unique properties for appropriate …

Environmental application of perovskite material for organic pollutant-enriched wastewater treatment

I Nabi, Y Chen, Z Li, A Iqbal, W Liu, MN Afridi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis is considered a most promising method for the exploitation of solar energy
and it has been examined broadly owing to its unique characteristics such as low cost …

Bismuth titanate based photocatalysts for degradation of persistent organic compounds in wastewater: A comprehensive review on synthesis methods, performance …

GA Kallawar, DP Barai, BA Bhanvase - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Bismuth-based nanocomposites have tremendous applications in wastewater treatment and
air purification. Various bismuth-based nanocomposites have been developed and …

Visible-Light-Induced Degradation of Rhodamine B by Nanosized Bi2WO6

H Fu, C Pan, W Yao, Y Zhu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-induced photodegradation of rhodamine B over nanosized Bi2WO6 has been
observed. Bi2WO6 exhibited a high photoactivity to photodegrade rhodamine B in the …

An overview of nanomaterials applied for removing dyes from wastewater

Z Cai, Y Sun, W Liu, F Pan, P Sun, J Fu - Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Springer
Organic dyes are one of the most commonly discharged pollutants in wastewaters; however,
many conventional treatment methods cannot treat them effectively. Over the past few …

Bismuth oxybromide with reasonable photocatalytic reduction activity under visible light

J Shang, W Hao, X Lv, T Wang, X Wang, Y Du… - Acs …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The original bismuth-based oxyhalide, known as the Sillén family, is an important
photocatalyst due to its high photocatalytic oxidation activity. Here, we report a bismuth …

One-step synthesis of the nanostructured AgI/BiOI composites with highly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performances

H Cheng, B Huang, Y Dai, X Qin, X Zhang - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
The nanostructured AgI/BiOI composites were prepared by a facile, one-step, and low
temperature chemical bath method with Bi (NO3) 3, AgNO3, and KI. Several characterization …

Bismuth in radical chemistry and catalysis

M Mato, J Cornella - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Whereas indications of radical reactivity in bismuth compounds can be traced back to the
19th century, the preparation and characterization of both transient and persistent bismuth …