Engineering and modeling perspectives on photocatalytic reactors for water treatment

D Wang, MA Mueses, JAC Márquez… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The debate on whether photocatalysis can reach full maturity at commercial level as an
effective and economical process for treatment and purification of water and wastewater has …

A review of hydrogen production processes by photocatalytic water splitting–From atomistic catalysis design to optimal reactor engineering

A Gupta, B Likozar, R Jana, WC Chanu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Renewable energy is an essential part of our strategy of decarbonization,
decentralization, as well as digitalization of energy.'–Isabelle Kocher. Current climate, health …

Solar photocatalysis: Materials, reactors, some commercial, and pre-industrialized applications. A comprehensive approach

D Spasiano, R Marotta, S Malato… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the future, solar energy, along with other renewable resources, could play a key role in
mass production of fine chemicals. It could also potentially solve environmental problems, as …

Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: recent overview and trends

S Malato, P Fernández-Ibáñez, MI Maldonado… - Catalysis today, 2009 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of research and development in the
area of photocatalysis (heterogeneous and homogeneous), a process included in a special …

Photoinduced reactivity of titanium dioxide

O Carp, CL Huisman, A Reller - Progress in solid state chemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The utilization of solar irradiation to supply energy or to initiate chemical reactions is already
an established idea. If a wide-band gap semiconductor like titanium dioxide (TiO2) is …

Degradation of chlorophenols by means of advanced oxidation processes: a general review

M Pera-Titus, V Garcı́a-Molina, MA Baños… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2004 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) constitute a promising technology for the treatment of
wastewaters containing non-easily removable organic compounds. Chlorophenols (CPs) …

Solar photochemical synthesis: from the beginnings of organic photochemistry to the solar manufacturing of commodity chemicals

M Oelgemoller - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Natural sunlight offers a cost-efficient and sustainable energy source for photochemical
reactions. In contrast to the lengthy and small-scale “flask in the sun” procedures of the past …

Treatment of hazardous organic and inorganic compounds through aqueous-phase photocatalysis: a review

K Kabra, R Chaudhary… - Industrial & engineering …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis has been a widely studied technology since the 1970s. Many investigations
have been carried out with the aim of understanding the fundamental processes and …

Photocatalysis with solar energy at a pilot-plant scale: an overview

S Malato, J Blanco, A Vidal, C Richter - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2002 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are characterized by a common chemical feature: the
capability of exploiting the high reactivity of OH radicals in driving oxidation processes which …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis: state of the art and present applications In honor of Pr. RL Burwell Jr.(1912–2003), Former Head of Ipatieff Laboratories, Northwestern …

JM Herrmann - Topics in catalysis, 2005 - Springer
In the present paper, the basic fundamentals of photocatalysis are explained with the
influence of the five main parameters which govern the kinetics:(i) mass of catalyst,(ii) …