Valorization of food waste as adsorbents for toxic dye removal from contaminated waters: A review

A Sridhar, M Ponnuchamy, A Kapoor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Industrial contaminants such as dyes and intermediates are released into water bodies,
making the water unfit for human use. At the same time large amounts of food wastes …

Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation of dyes using TiO2-based photocatalysts: a review

UG Akpan, BH Hameed - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents the review of the effects of operating parameters on the photocatalytic
degradation of textile dyes using TiO2-based photocatalysts. It further examines various …

Influence of excitation wavelength (UV or visible light) on the photocatalytic activity of titania containing gold nanoparticles for the generation of hydrogen or oxygen …

C Gomes Silva, R Juárez, T Marino… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles supported on P25 titania (Au/TiO2) exhibit photocatalytic activity for UV
and visible light (532 nm laser or polychromatic light λ> 400 nm) water splitting. The …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants over titanium dioxide: a review of fundamentals, progress and problems

UI Gaya, AH Abdullah - Journal of photochemistry and photobiology C …, 2008 - Elsevier
Even though heterogeneous photocatalysis appeared in many forms, photodegradation of
organic pollutants has recently been the most widely investigated. By far, titania has played …

Towards advanced aqueous dye removal processes: a short review on the versatile role of activated carbon

G Mezohegyi, FP van der Zee, J Font, A Fortuny… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
During the last decade, several physico-chemical and biological techniques have been
developed to remove colour from textile wastewaters. Some of these techniques rely on and …

Drugs degrading photocatalytically: kinetics and mechanisms of ofloxacin and atenolol removal on titania suspensions

E Hapeshi, A Achilleos, MI Vasquez, C Michael… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
The conversion of the antibiotic ofloxacin and the β-blocker atenolol by means of TiO2
photocatalysis was investigated. Irradiation was provided by a UVA lamp at 3.37× 10 …

Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by combination of electrocoagulation, electro-fenton and photocatalytic oxidation processes

GB Dindaş, Y Çalışkan, EE Celebi, M Tekbaş… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The wastewaters produced in many different operations in the pharmaceutical industry are
considered as an environmental problem because of their hazardous and potential for …

Synthesis of chitosan grafted-polyaniline/Co 3 O 4 nanocube nanocomposites and their photocatalytic activity toward methylene blue dye degradation

S Shahabuddin, NM Sarih, FH Ismail, MM Shahid… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present investigation, chitosan-grafted-polyaniline copolymer (ChGP) and Co3O4
nanocube-doped ChGP nanocomposites have been successfully synthesised via oxidative …

Environmental remediation by photocatalysis

R Vinu, G Madras - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2010 - journal.iisc.ac.in
Photocatalysis refers to the oxidation and reduction reactions on semiconductor surfaces,
mediated by the valence band holes and conduction band electrons, which are generated …

Application of carbon quantum dots to increase the activity of conventional photocatalysts: a systematic review

M Pirsaheb, A Asadi, M Sillanpää… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, a green technique is widely applied in the fields of environmental
remediation for the removal of many pollutant constituents. It is known that major problems …