Photocatalysts for a sustainable future: Innovations in large-scale environmental and energy applications

Z Kuspanov, B Bakbolat, A Baimenov… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing environmental and energy crises have prompted researchers to seek new
solutions, including large-scale photocatalytic environmental remediation and the …

[HTML][HTML] Why five decades of massive research on heterogeneous photocatalysis, especially on TiO2, has not yet driven to water disinfection and detoxification …

JA Rengifo-Herrera, C Pulgarin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
For fifty years, heterogeneous photocatalysis has been considered as having potential to
remove organic and microbiological pollutants from water under either artificial UV light or …

Solar water disinfection to produce safe drinking water: a review of parameters, enhancements, and modelling approaches to make SODIS faster and safer

Á García-Gil, RA García-Muñoz, KG McGuigan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar water disinfection (SODIS) is one the cheapest and most suitable treatments to
produce safe drinking water at the household level in resource-poor settings. This review …

Development of solar water disinfection systems for large-scale public supply, state of the art, improvements and paths to the future–a systematic review

BJM Chaúque, FG Brandão, MB Rott - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar drinking water treatment technologies are one of the most promising strategies to
increase access to safe drinking water worldwide, as they are effective, affordable and …

Possibilities and limitations of the sono-fenton process using Mid-high-Frequency ultrasound for the degradation of organic pollutants

EA Serna-Galvis, J Silva-Agredo, J Lee… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mid-high-frequency ultrasound (200–1000 kHz) eliminates organic pollutants and also
generates H2O2. To take advantage of H2O2, iron species can be added, generating a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the efficiency of solar water treatment: Photovoltaic-LED vs compound parabolic collector photoreactors

M Martín-Sómer, MD Molina-Ramírez… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work analyses how to optimise efficiency in the use of solar light for different UV-based
photochemical water treatment processes. The direct use of sunlight in state-of-the-art …

Fabrication and application of photocatalytic composites and water treatment facility based on 3d printing technology

Z Mai, D Liu, Z Chen, D Lin, W Zheng, X Dong, Q Gao… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Currently, the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater by photocatalytic technology
has attracted great attention. In this study, a new type of 3D printing material with …

Immobilization of TiO2 Photocatalysts for Water Treatment in Geopolymer Based Coatings

L Dufner, F Ott, N Otto, T Lembcke, F Kern - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents a simple and sustainable coating technology for the deposition of
photocatalytic coatings based on titanium dioxide and geopolymers, which requires no …

On‐site preparation of natural deep eutectic solvents using solar energy

RE Dazat, E Vidal, AS Lorenzetti, CD García… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) are currently one of the greenest solvents
for both academic and industrial purposes. Despite their advantages with respect to …

Processing of molybdenum industrial waste into sustainable and efficient nanocatalysts for water electrolysis reactions

F Ursino, G Mineo, A Scandurra, M Scuderi, A Forestan… - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The increasing need for sustainable energy and the transition from a linear to a circular
economy pose great challenges to the materials science community. In this view, the chance …