Progress on mechanism and efficacy of heterogeneous photocatalysis coupled oxidant activation as an advanced oxidation process for water decontamination

R Su, Y Zhu, B Gao, Q Li - Water research, 2024 - Elsevier
The rising debate on the dilemma of photocatalytic water treatment technologies has driven
researchers to revisit its prospects in water decontamination. Nowadays, heterogeneous …

Emerging nanosemiconductors for photocatalytic degradation of mono-aromatic volatile organic compounds (BTEX): A pragmatic review

SS Emmanuel, CO Olawoyin, ID Ayodele… - Journal of Organometallic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and environmental pollution are unequivocally real and poses an
instantaneous, direct, grievous and inescapable existential menace to all terrestrial and …

Hollow Nanoboxes Cu2‐xS@ZnIn2S4 Core‐Shell S‐Scheme Heterojunction with Broad‐Spectrum Response and Enhanced Photothermal‐Photocatalytic …

Y Wang, M Liu, C Wu, J Gao, M Li, Z Xing, Z Li, W Zhou - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Major issues in photocatalysis include improving charge carrier separation efficiency at the
interface of semiconductor photocatalysts and rationally developing efficient hierarchical …

Highlight the plasma-generated reactive oxygen species (ROSs) dominant to degradation of emerging contaminants based on experiment and density functional …

WX Jiang, JG Han, H Guo - Separation and Purification Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to deeply analyze the degradation mechanism of emerging contaminants
by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma through experiments and simulations. It was …

High‐Surface Area Mesoporous Sc2O3 with Abundant Oxygen Vacancies as New and Advanced Electrocatalyst for Electrochemical Biomass Valorization

Y Wu, L Ma, J Wu, M Song, C Wang, J Lu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Scandium oxide (Sc2O3) is considered as omnipotent “Industrial Ajinomoto” and
holds promise in catalytic applications. However, rarely little attention is paid to its …

Reevaluation of radical-induced differentiation in UV-based advanced oxidation processes (UV/hydrogen peroxide, UV/peroxydisulfate, and UV/chlorine) for …

J Wang, J Deng, E Du, H Guo - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Metronidazole (MNZ) is widely employed as an antibiotic, but it is recalcitrant in the water
environment. The residual of MNZ has sparked significant concern because to its …

Breaking rate-limiting steps in a red mud-sewage sludge carbon catalyst activated peroxymonosulfate system: Effect of pyrolysis temperature

L Liang, Y Wang, N Li, B Yan, G Chen - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
The active sites on biochar surface could be increased via pyrolysis of sewage sludge (SS)
with mixing red mud (RM), improving its catalytic activity effectively. Pyrolysis temperature …

Hydraulic-driven piezo-activation of peroxymonosulfate for carbamazepine degradation with ultralow energy consumption

Y Zheng, J Yang, B Gong, X Zhang, J Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although peroxymonosulfate (PMS) coupling with ultrasonic piezo-catalysis (PE) or
electrolysis (E) exhibited satisfactory efficiency of organics degradation by generating more …

The multiple roles of rare earth elements in the field of photocatalysis

J An, Y Qu, G Wang - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
When illuminated by light, different electron transitions occur within the energy levels due to
the unique 4f energy level structure of rare earth elements. If rare earth elements are …

Synergistic combination of Mn/Fe bimetal-doped carbon nitride and peroxymonosulfate for efficient photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics

M Zhou, X Huang, Y Zhang, N Zhou, J Deng… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread of antibiotics has resulted in potential threats to the aquatic environment
and human health. The visible light-assisted peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation method is …