Progress and challenges in photocatalytic disinfection of waterborne viruses: a review to fill current knowledge gaps

C Zhang, Y Li, D Shuai, Y Shen, D Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Achieving efficient disinfection of waterborne pathogens with minimized harmful disinfection
byproducts demands a facile, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly technology …

Current perspective in metal oxide based photocatalysts for virus disinfection: A review

V Soni, A Khosla, P Singh, VH Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology holds huge potential for the prevention of various viral outbreaks that have
increased at a disquieting rate over the past decades. Metal oxide nanomaterials with …

A review of the potential of conventional and advanced membrane technology in the removal of pathogens from wastewater

AM Nasir, MR Adam, SNEAM Kamal, J Jaafar… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumption of pathogenic contaminated water has claimed the lives of many people.
Hence, this scenario has emphasized the urgent need for research methods to avoid, treat …

Visible-light-induced WO 3/gC 3 N 4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

L Huang, H Xu, Y Li, H Li, X Cheng, J Xia, Y Xu… - Dalton …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel WO3/g-C3N4 composite photocatalysts were prepared by a calcination process with
different mass contents of WO3. The photocatalysts were characterized by thermogravimetric …

Visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of MS2 by metal-free g-C3N4: virucidal performance and mechanism

Y Li, C Zhang, D Shuai, S Naraginti, D Wang, W Zhang - Water Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The challenge to achieve effective water disinfection of pathogens, especially viruses, with
minimized harmful disinfection byproducts calls for a cost-effective and environmentally …

Novel antiviral characteristics of nanosized copper (I) iodide particles showing inactivation activity against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus

Y Fujimori, T Sato, T Hayata, T Nagao… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
We investigated the antiviral activity of nanosized copper (I) iodide (CuI) particles having an
average size of 160 nm. CuI particles showed aqueous stability and generated hydroxyl …

A review of the use of semiconductors as catalysts in the photocatalytic inactivation of microorganisms

EA Elgohary, YMA Mohamed, HA El Nazer, O Baaloudj… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obtaining clean and high-quality water free of pathogenic microorganisms is a worldwide
challenge. Various techniques have been investigated for achieving an effective removal or …

Chemical design principles of next-generation antiviral surface coatings

N Wang, AR Ferhan, BK Yoon, JA Jackman… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated efforts to
develop high-performance antiviral surface coatings while highlighting the need to build a …

Applications of nanostructured semiconductor photocatalysts for the decontamination of assorted pollutants from wastewater

F Khodabandeloo, S Shahsavarifar, B Nayebi… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proliferation of industrial units across the world for a diverse range of applications has
culminated in the production of a massive number of contaminants that have a negative …

Methods of preparation of metal-doped and hybrid tungsten oxide nanoparticles for anticancer, antibacterial, and biosensing applications

A Sharma, AK Saini, N Kumar, N Tejwan, TA Singh… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tungsten oxide (WO x) is one of the most important and commonly used n-type wide band-
gap oxygen-deficient metal oxide semiconductors with several important physicochemical …