Floating photocatalysts as promising materials for environmental detoxification and energy production: A review

F Seifikar, A Habibi-Yangjeh - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxygenation process of the catalyst surface, the incident-light harvesting capability, and
facile recycling of utilized photocatalysts play key role in the outstanding photocatalytic …

Nanomaterials for microplastic remediation from aquatic environment: Why nano matters?

PS Goh, HS Kang, AF Ismail, WH Khor, LK Quen… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of microplastics in aquatic environment is regarded as a serious threat to
ecosystem especially to aquatic environment. Microplastic pollution associated problems …

Immobilization of zinc oxide-based photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation: A review

AT Le, TDH Le, KY Cheong, SY Pung - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immobilization of ZnO-based photocatalyst on supportive substrates has gained attention
expeditiously in the last decade in the field of organic pollutant removal. In this review …

Recent advances in g–C3N4–based photocatalysis for water treatment: Magnetic and floating photocatalysts, and applications of machine-learning techniques

HB Truong, XC Nguyen, J Hur - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in research investigating the
potential of graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) for various environmental remediations …

Graphitic carbon nitride based immobilized and non-immobilized floating photocatalysts for environmental remediation

A Rana, A Sudhaik, P Raizada, VH Nguyen, C Xia… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In solar photocatalysis, light utilization and recycling of powder from reaction solution are the
main obstructions that hinder the photocatalytic efficacy of any photocatalyst. In this respect …

Using floating photocatalyst mpg-C3N4/expanded perlite to treat natural organic matter under visible light

HB Truong, I Rabani, BT Huy, NHT Tran… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In-situ application of powdered photocatalysts in water systems is particularly challenging
owing to intrinsic hurdles, such as submersion in water without stirring, limited light …

Oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene and simultaneous adsorption of products on BiOBr-C3N4/MCM-41 visible-light-driven core–shell nano photocatalyst

F Abedini, S Allahyari, N Rahemi - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, different amounts of BiOBr (x= 0, 5, 10, 15 wt%) and 5% wt. of gC 3 N 4 were
loaded on MCM-41 as core for photo oxidation of DBT and simultaneous adsorption of …

Efficient photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization of liquid petroleum fuels under visible-light irradiation using a novel ternary heterogeneous BiVO4-CuO/modified …

G Dashtpeyma, SR Shabanian - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the enhancement of the public's awareness of environmental protection and the
progressively severe formulation of the regulation on the sulfur contents in fuel, it is crucial …

Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of ZnO multipod-BiOBr heterojunction on recycled PET plastic waste for photocatalytic degradation of oily wastewater

F Nourabi, S Allahyari, N Rahemi, YK Mishra - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heterojunctions based on ZnO multipod and BiOBr were developed on the floating recycled
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and they were used to investigate the photocatalytic …

Photochemistry of oil in marine systems: developments since the Deepwater Horizon spill

M Elsheref, L Messina, MA Tarr - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil spills represent a major source of negative environmental impacts in marine systems.
Despite many decades of research on oil spill behavior, photochemistry was neglected as a …