Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

MA Shannon, PW Bohn, M Elimelech, JG Georgiadis… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
One of the most pervasive problems afflicting people throughout the world is inadequate
access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the …

Recent developments in environmental photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants: the case of titanium dioxide nanoparticles—a review

MM Mahlambi, CJ Ngila… - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of both organic and inorganic pollutants in water due to industrial, agricultural,
and domestic activities has led to the global need for the development of new, improved …

Nanotechnology-based water treatment strategies

S Kumar, W Ahlawat, G Bhanjana… - … of nanoscience and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The most important component for living beings on the earth is access to clean and safe
drinking water. Globally, water scarcity is pervasive even in water-rich areas as immense …

Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic performance of methyl orange in aqueous TiO2 suspension under UV and solar light irradiation

MR Al-Mamun, KT Hossain, S Mondal… - South African Journal …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Nano-crystalline titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst has been extensively utilized in the
last few decades because of its strong oxidizing power, redox selectivity, and higher …

Solar-TiO2 immobilized photocatalytic reactors performance assessment in the degradation of methyl orange dye in aqueous solution

MR Al-Mamun, S Kader, MS Islam - … Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photocatalysis with titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanoparticles (NPs) has been
demonstrated an emerging semiconductor material and widely been used in the treatment of …

Photocatalytic activities of TiO2 layers immobilized on glass substrates by dip-coating technique toward the decolorization of methyl orange as a model organic …

A Bouarioua, M Zerdaoui - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this article is to evaluate the photocatalytic activities of the immobilized catalyst
layers of titanium dioxide for the decolorization of methyl orange aqueous solution (MO) as a …

Inorganic materials for photocatalytic water disinfection

D Zhang, G Li, CY Jimmy - Journal of materials chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Traditional water disinfection methods such as chlorination and ozonation inevitably form
harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs). UV irradiation is a safe alternative but it is very …

Photocatalytic degradation of furfural by titania nanoparticles in a floating-bed photoreactor

M Faramarzpour, M Vossoughi, M Borghei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
In this research, an attempt was made to investigate the potential of nanophotocatalysts for
treatment of hazardous wastewater streams. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (as …

Li sensitized CdS/TiO2 nanocomposite photoanode for solar water splitting, hydrogen generation and photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance

AN Ghoti, AB Patil, SK Pardeshi - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Li–CdS/TiO 2 nanocomposite with different composition 10Li–CdS/TiO 2, 20Li–
CdS/TiO 2, 30Li–CdS/TiO 2, 40Li–CdS/TiO 2, 50Li–CdS/TiO 2 were coated on FTO surface …

Interface actions between TiO2 and porous diatomite on the structure and photocatalytic activity of TiO2-diatomite

Y Xia, F Li, Y Jiang, M Xia, B Xue, Y Li - Applied surface science, 2014 - Elsevier
TiO 2-diatomite photocatalysts were prepared by sol–gel process with various pre-modified
diatomite. In order to obtain diatomite with different surface characteristics, two modification …