Oilfield produced water (OPW) has become a primary environmental concern due to the
high concentration of dissolved organic pollutants that lead to bioaccumulation with high …

Photocatalysis based technologies have a key role in addressing important challenges of
the ecological transition, such as environment remediation and conversion of renewable …

This article compares the effectiveness of pure and modified TiO 2 for photocatalytic
degradation of different organic matters and clarifies the advantages of the modified TiO 2 …

Photocatalysis is the most viable and significant approach for treating wastewater for several
reasons, including its simplicity, low cost, reproducibility, manageability, and efficiency …

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 …

The last 20 years have witnessed a growing awareness of the fragile state of most of the
planets' drinking water resources. In order to cope with the growing pollution of our …

The absolute energy positions of conduction and valence band edges were compiled for
about 50 each semiconducting metal oxide and metal sulfide minerals. The relationships …

Hydroxyl and other oxygen-containing radicals are known to be present during the
degradation of organic water pollutants in illuminated TiO 2 photocatalyst slurries. It is …

Photochemical processes in heterogeneous systems have gained wide popularity in recent
years because of their wide applicationsin xerography, photography, chemical synthesis …

In this paper, visible light assisted degradation of various pollutants using different methods
has been briefly reviewed. These methods have been broadly divided into two main …