Recent advances on TiO2-based photocatalysts toward the degradation of pesticides and major organic pollutants from water bodies

S Kanan, MA Moyet, RB Arthur, HH Patterson - Catalysis Reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Pesticides and organic waste constitute a group of environmental pollutants that are widely
distributed in our environment due to various human activities. Adsorptive removal and …

Nanomaterials-enabled water and wastewater treatment

Y Zhang, B Wu, H Xu, H Liu, M Wang, Y He, B Pan - NanoImpact, 2016 - Elsevier
With the fast development of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, environmental
nanotechnology has attracted increasing concerns in the past decades. In the field of water …

Preparation of activated carbon from black wattle bark waste and its application for phenol adsorption

SF Lütke, AV Igansi, L Pegoraro, GL Dotto… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Black wattle bark waste is generated in large amounts by tannin extraction industries, which
leads to an environmental problem. In literature there are few reports about reusing this …

Confined construction of COF@ Cu-nanozyme with high activity and stability as laccase biomimetic catalyst for the efficient degradation of phenolic pollutants

Y Tang, S Jiang, W Li, SJ Shah, Z Zhao, L Pan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Construction of highly-active nanozymes featuring merits of enzymes and nanomaterials is
challenging for biomimetic catalysis. Herein,“confined coordination” strategy was proposed …

Role of nanotechnology in photocatalysis

MB Tahir, M Sohaib, M Sagir… - Encyclopedia of smart …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
World is facing two major problems, day by day demand of energy and pollution on the
planet increasing with the advancement of human activities. These are real problems not …

The photocatalytic phenol degradation mechanism of Ag-modified ZnO nanorods

C Feng, Z Chen, J **g, J Hou - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, as a potential green technology, can effectively degrade organic pollutants.
The changes of the intermediate products in the photocatalytic degradation process of …

Modelling and optimization of photocatalytic degradation of phenol via TiO2 nanoparticles: An insight into response surface methodology and artificial neural network

M Zulfiqar, MFR Samsudin, S Sufian - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The epidemic growth of the pharmaceuticals industries over the years in order to meet the
human demands had exerted substantial pressure on the global environment, particularly …

Wastewater treatment with the advent of TiO2 endowed photocatalysts and their reaction kinetics with scavenger effect

A Das, MK Adak, N Mahata, B Biswas - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
In the view of long-term water sustainability and worldwide problems of environmental
pollution, new and novel scientific studies on modern technologies and advance scientific …

KOH activated carbons from Brazil nut shell: Preparation, characterization, and their application in phenol adsorption

MCF da Silva, C Schnorr, SF Lütke, S Knani… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Activated carbons named AC105 and AC11 were prepared from Brazil nut shells using the
weight ratios of Brazil nut shells: KOH of 1: 0.5 and 1: 1, respectively. The prepared materials …

Recent development of double chamber microbial fuel cell for hexavalent chromium waste removal

ARP Hidayat, AR Widyanto, A Asranudin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI) is a highly toxic and carcinogenic form of chromium (Cr) metal
and can enter the environment through improper treatment of industrial wastewater …