Challenges in photocatalytic reduction of nitrate as a water treatment technology

HON Tugaoen, S Garcia-Segura, K Hristovski… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Management of ubiquitous nitrate contamination in drinking water sources is a major
engineering challenge due to its negative impacts from eutrophication to immediate risk to …

Reaction mechanism and selectivity regulation of photocatalytic nitrate reduction for wastewater purification: progress and challenges

W Yang, J Wang, R Chen, L Xiao, S Shen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The excess emission of nitrate into wastewater is inevitable by the abundant use of fertilizers
and other chemicals, which poses a huge threat to the environment and human health …

Selective reduction of nitrate into N2 by novel Z-scheme NH2-MIL-101 (Fe)/BiVO4 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity

H Shi, C Li, L Wang, W Wang, X Meng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrate and its metabolites as common pollutants in water had attracted widespread
attentions. Converting nitrate to nontoxic and harmless nitrogen via photocatalysis was a …

[HTML][HTML] TiO2-based catalysts for photocatalytic reduction of aqueous oxyanions: State-of-the-art and future prospects

X Zhao, G Zhang, Z Zhang - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, an increasing discharge of oxyanions to the natural environment has been
attracting worldwide attention. TiO 2-based photocatalysis is regarded as one of the most …

Photocatalytic materials for reduction of nitroarenes and nitrates

S Roy - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Mini-Review Article is a critical compendium of recent advances in the photocatalytic
reduction of the priority pollutants nitroarenes and aqueous nitrate over various …

Photocatalytic reduction of nitrate pollutants by novel Z-scheme ZnSe/BiVO4 heterostructures with high N2 selectivity

H Shi, C Li, L Wang, W Wang, J Bian, X Meng - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
Eliminating nitrate pollutants in water efficiently and environmentally friendly has attracted
widespread attention. As a promising technology to solve problems of environmental …

All that Glitters Is Not Gold: A Probe into Photocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Mechanism over Noble Metal Doped and Undoped TiO2

S Challagulla, K Tarafder, R Ganesan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic reduction of aqueous nitrate has been thoroughly studied over noble metals
doped and pristine TiO2 synthesized by a customized single step microwave assisted …

ZnCr2S4: Highly effective photocatalyst converting nitrate into N2 without over-reduction under both UV and pure visible light

M Yue, R Wang, N Cheng, R Cong, W Gao, T Yang - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
We propose several superiorities of applying some particular metal sulfides to the
photocatalytic nitrate reduction in aqueous solution, including the high density of …

Selective reduction of nitrate to N2 using ilmenite as a low cost photo-catalyst

JA Zazo, P García-Muñoz, G Pliego, JE Silveira… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work assesses the feasibility of using natural ilmenite as catalyst in NO 3− photo-
reduction with oxalic acid as reducing agent. The experimental set-up includes a …

Sulfide-Based Photocatalysts Using Visible Light, with Special Focus on In2S3, SnS2 and ZnIn2S4

JC Conesa - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sulfides are frequently used as photocatalysts, since they absorb visible light better than
many oxides. They have the disadvantage of being more easily photocorroded. This occurs …