Microwaves and heterogeneous catalysis: A review on selected catalytic processes

V Palma, D Barba, M Cortese, M Martino, S Renda… - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the late 1980s, the scientific community has been attracted to microwave energy as an
alternative method of heating, due to the advantages that this technology offers over …

Current status of microwave application in wastewater treatment—a review

N Remya, JG Lin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Microwave (MW) irradiation has gained a great deal of attention owing to the molecular level
heating. However, the commercialization of MW technology for real-time wastewater (WW) …

Microwave-enhanced advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of dyes in water

P Verma, SK Samanta - Environmental chemistry letters, 2018 - Springer
Contamination of water bodies with dyes has become a serious global concern affecting the
whole biosphere. Microwave irradiation and advanced oxidation processes (AOP) have …

Advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of biorecalcitrant organics in wastewater

HR Ghatak - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Biorecalcitrant organic pollutants pose a threat to the aquatic environment due to their
several detrimental traits. A host of industries as well as municipal facilities are liable to …

Degradation of atrazine by microwave-assisted electrodeless discharge mercury lamp in aqueous solution

N Ta, J Hong, T Liu, C Sun - Journal of hazardous materials, 2006 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the degradation of atrazine (2-chloro-4-(ethyl amino)-6-
isopropyl amino-s-triazine) in aqueous solution by a developed new method, namely by …

[HTML][HTML] Photochemistry with microwaves: Catalysts and environmental applications

S Horikoshi, N Serpone - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2009 - Elsevier
Microwave radiation has recently become an active source of thermal energy in numerous
chemical reactions. As such, the microwave energy is not ordinarily and is not likely to be …

Enhanced photo-degradation of gaseous toluene over MnOx/TiO2/activated carbon under a novel microwave discharge electrodeless lamps system

Q Feng, B Liu, J Ji, K Li, B Zhang, H Huang - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional photocatalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) suffers low
oxidation and mineralization capability, the short lifetime of the lamps, etc. The usage of …

Microwave-assisted photo-Fenton decomposition of chlorfenvinphos and cypermethrin in residual water

CF Gromboni, MY Kamogawa, AG Ferreira… - … of photochemistry and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The coupling of microwave radiation with photo-Fenton reaction for wastewater treatment
was evaluated. This strategy was performed in a focused microwave digestion oven with …

Photocatalytic degradation of hydrogen sulfide using TiO2 film under microwave electrodeless discharge lamp irradiation

Y Yu, T Zhang, L Zheng, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
A titanium dioxide (TiO2) film-coated reactor was prepared through sol–gel and heat
treatment and was characterized by X-ray diffractometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy …

Photo-catalytic destruction of ethylene using microwave discharge electrodeless lamp

DJ Lee, YK Park, SJ Kim, H Lee, SC Jung - Korean Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - Springer
A double tube type microwave discharge electrodeless lamp was employed to investigate
the photo-catalytic decomposition of ethylene gas, an important VOC species. The anatase …