Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

Industrial wastewaters contain hazardous contaminants that pollute the environment and
cause socioeconomic problems, thus demanding the employment of effective remediation …

Photocatalysis has emerged as a valuable approach for microbial disinfection. The
development of visible light-active (VLA) photocatalysts to tackle water contamination is …

Over the past decades, inspired by the outstanding properties of clay minerals such as
abundance, low-cost, environmental benignity, high stability, and regularly arranged silica …

Due to its use of green and renewable energy and negligible bacterial resistance,
photocatalytic bacterial inactivation is to be considered a promising sterilization process …

The present work gives a critical overview of the recent progresses and new perspectives in
the field of photocatalytic membranes (PMs) in photocatalytic membrane reactors (PMRs) …

Microbial contamination has globally represented an extreme health risk to human beings.
Bacteria, fungi, algae and viruses being minuscule possess excessive ecological toxicity …

The composite catalytic materials based on the mineral kaolinite are considered to be a
potential approach for solving global energy scarcity and environmental pollution, which …

Synthetic or natural substances that are emitted from nonpoint and point sources and end up
in aquatic habitats at low concentrations are referred to as emerging micropollutants (EMPs) …

Kaolinite clay mineral with a layered silicate structure is an abundant resource in China. Due
to its advantages of excellent stability, high specific surface area and environmental …