A survey of photocatalytic materials for environmental remediation

A Di Paola, E García-López, G Marcì… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process which has been the
subject of a huge amount of studies related to air cleaning and water purification. All these …

Preparation, structure and application of g-C3N4/BiOX composite photocatalyst

T Song, X Yu, N Tian, H Huang - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphite-like carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) has attracted great attention for pollutant degradation
and clean energy production. The heterojunctions of bismuth halide (BiOX, X= Cl, Br, I) and …

Two different roles of metallic Ag on Ag/AgX/BiOX (X= Cl, Br) visible light photocatalysts: surface plasmon resonance and Z-scheme bridge

L Ye, J Liu, C Gong, L Tian, T Peng, L Zan - Acs Catalysis, 2012 - ACS Publications
Ag/AgX/BiOX (X= Cl, Br) three-component visible-light-driven (VLD) photocatalysts were
synthesized by a low-temperature chemical bath method and characterized by X-ray …

Efficient adsorption and visible-light photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride using mesoporous BiOI microspheres

R Hao, X Xiao, X Zuo, J Nan, W Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel microsphere-like BiOI hierarchical material was successfully synthesized by a one-
step solution method at room temperature using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as structure …

Cu2O/BiVO4 heterostructures: synthesis and application in simultaneous photocatalytic oxidation of organic dyes and reduction of Cr (VI) under visible light

Q Yuan, L Chen, M Xiong, J He, SL Luo, CT Au… - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract We synthesized Cu 2 O/BiVO 4 composites by growing Cu 2 O nanoparticles on
BiVO 4 under mild condition. The optimized composite shows high photocatalytic efficiency …

Facile ammonium oxidation to nitrogen gas in acid wastewater by in situ photogenerated chlorine radicals

Z Yan, Z Dai, W Zheng, Z Lei, J Qiu, W Kuang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The treatment of low-concentration ammonium (eg,< 50 mg L− 1) in highly acidic
wastewaters through traditional biological nitrification, physical separation, or chemical …

Solvothermal synthesis of novel hierarchical Bi4O5I2 nanoflakes with highly visible light photocatalytic performance for the degradation of 4-tert-butylphenol

X Xiao, C Xing, G He, X Zuo, J Nan, L Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2014 - Elsevier
A facile solvothermal route is successfully developed to synthesize Bi 4 O 5 I 2, a novel I-
poor bismuth oxyiodide, with hierarchical nanoflake structure. The composition, structure …

One-pot solvothermal synthesis of three-dimensional (3D) BiOI/BiOCl composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activities for the degradation of bisphenol …

X Xiao, R Hao, M Liang, X Zuo, J Nan, L Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3D) BiOI/BiOCl composite microspheres with enhanced visible-light
photodegradation activity of bisphenol-A (BPA) are synthesized by a simple, one-pot …

The vital role of surface Brönsted acid/base sites for the photocatalytic formation of free· OH radicals

L Ding, M Li, Y Zhao, H Zhang, J Shang, J Zhong… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydroxyl radicals (· OH) have been considered as one of the most important active species
for many photocatalytic processes. However, the formation mechanism of free· OH radicals …

Bifunctional copper modified graphitic carbon nitride catalysts for efficient tetracycline removal: Synergy of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation

H Wang, J Zhang, P Wang, L Yin, Y Tian, J Li - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to efficiently remove tetracycline in wastewater through the synergistic effect of
adsorption and photocatalytic degradation, a series of novel composite materials (Cu doped …