Degradation of toxic agrochemicals and pharmaceutical pollutants: Effective and alternative approaches toward photocatalysis

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging concern regarding the remediation of environmental pollution has expanded
tremendously in recent years. Pharmaceutical industries and agricultural sectors release an …

Solar-energy-mediated methane conversion

H Song, X Meng, Z Wang, H Liu, J Ye - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
The conversion of methane to upgraded fuels and higher-value chemicals such as
hydrogen, methanol, and olefins is a promising technology in the supply of chemicals and …

Semiconductor based photocatalytic degradation of pesticides: An overview

D Vaya, PK Surolia - Environmental technology & innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides are a mixture of substances and widely used for destroying, combating, or
controlling pests Various technologies used to control pesticide concentration in nature …

Active sites and mechanisms in the direct conversion of methane to methanol using Cu in zeolitic hosts: a critical examination

MA Newton, AJ Knorpp, VL Sushkevich… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this critical review we examine the current state of our knowledge in respect of the nature
of the active sites in copper containing zeolites for the selective conversion of methane to …

An efficient time reductive photocatalytic degradation of carcinogenic dyes by TiO2-GO nanocomposite

N Verma, TS Chundawat, H Chandra, D Vaya - Materials Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO 2 NPs) and titanium dioxide-graphene oxide
(T/G) nanocomposites were synthesized by easy and simple chemical routes and …

Direct conversion technologies of methane to methanol: An overview

Z Zakaria, SK Kamarudin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is a major air pollution issue that affects climate
change across the globe. Methane (CH 4), behind carbon dioxide (CO 2), is the second …

Advancements in TiO2-based photocatalysis for environmental remediation: strategies for enhancing visible-light-driven activity

R Rashid, I Shafiq, MRHS Gilani, M Maaz, P Akhter… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have focused on efficient techniques for degrading hazardous organic
pollutants due to their negative impacts on ecological systems, necessitating immediate …

Direct Conversion of Methane to C2 Hydrocarbons in Solid-State Membrane Reactors at High Temperatures

VV Thyssen, VB Vilela, DZ de Florio… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Direct conversion of methane to C2 compounds by oxidative and nonoxidative coupling
reactions has been intensively studied in the past four decades; however, because these …

Sustainable energy resources for driving methane conversion

R Chen, GM Weng - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of methane to value‐added chemicals by traditional reforming processes
suffers from intensive energy consumption due to its particularly strong C─ H bonds. Thus, it …

A review of photochemical approaches for the treatment of a wide range of pesticides

PVL Reddy, KH Kim - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Pesticides are renowned as some of the most pernicious chemicals known to humankind.
Nine out of twelve most hazardous and persistent organic chemicals on planet have been …