Advances in photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewaters: harnessing the power of phthalocyanines and phthalocyanine-containing materials

SRD Gamelas, JPC Tomé, AC Tomé, LMO Lourenço - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Access to clean water is increasingly challenging worldwide due to human activities and
climate change. Wastewater treatment and utilization offer a promising solution by reducing …

Photodegradation of organic pollutants in water by immobilized porphyrins and phthalocyanines

L Fernandez, VI Esteves, A Cunha… - Journal of Porphyrins …, 2016 - World Scientific
New methods for water treatment are required as a result from an increasing awareness in
the reduction of the pollution impact in the environment. In the perspective of the photo …

Highly efficient removal of organic contaminants based on peroxymonosulfate activation by iron phthalocyanine: mechanism and the bicarbonate ion enhancement …

D Dai, Z Yang, Y Yao, L Chen, G Jia… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of catalytic oxidation processes with high efficiency based on
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation is a promising yet challenging research topic in the …

Sulphonated cobalt phthalocyanine–MCM-41: an active photocatalyst for degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenol

MA Zanjanchi, A Ebrahimian, M Arvand - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic activity of sulphonated cobalt phthalocyanine immobilized onto MCM-41
was investigated for decomposition of 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) in aqueous solutions …

Adsorption of 4-nitrophenol onto Amberlite® IRA-900 modified with metallophthalocyanines

E Marais, T Nyokong - Journal of hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
The adsorption of 4-nitrophenol using commercially available Amberlite® IRA-900 modified
with metal phthalocyanines (MPc) was investigated. The metallophthalocyanines …

Generation of singlet oxygen via the composites of water-soluble thiol-capped cdte quantum dots sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanines

J Ma, JY Chen, M Idowu, T Nyokong - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Singlet oxygen (1O2), one of the reactive oxygen species, plays an important role in many
biomedical applications. The various compounds including the phthalocyanines, quantum …

Photocatalysis of 4-nitrophenol using zinc phthalocyanine complexes

E Marais, R Klein, E Antunes, T Nyokong - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A …, 2007 - Elsevier
Photodegradation of 4-nitrophenol (4-Np) in the presence of zinc tetrasulfophthalocyanine
(ZnPcS4), zinc octacarboxyphthalocyanine (ZnPc (COOH) 8) and a sulfonated ZnPc …

Fabrication of iron phthalocyanine/graphene micro/nanocomposite by solvothermally assisted π–π assembling method and its application for oxygen reduction …

L Cui, G Lv, Z Dou, X He - Electrochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are the key barriers in direct methanol fuel
cells (DMFCs). Despite tremendous efforts, developing ORR catalysts with high activity at …

Enhanced oxygen reduction performance by novel pyridine substituent groups of iron (II) phthalocyanine with graphene composite

L Cui, G Lv, X He - Journal of Power Sources, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel iron (II) tetrapyridyloxyphthalocyanine decorated graphene
(FeTPPc/Gr) is synthesized through a simple solvothermal method. The catalytic …

Studies on the heterogeneous electron transport and oxygen reduction reaction at metal (Co, Fe) octabutylsulphonylphthalocyanines supported on multi-walled …

SA Mamuru, KI Ozoemena, T Fukuda, N Kobayashi… - Electrochimica …, 2010 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous electron transfer dynamics and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities
using octabutylsulphonylphthalocyanine complexes of iron (FeOBSPc) and cobalt …