Photocatalytic activity improvement and application of UV-TiO2 photocatalysis in textile wastewater treatment: A review

MR Al-Mamun, S Kader, MS Islam… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of textile wastewater using titanium dioxide (TiO 2) photocatalysis has
been started from the last decade and reached attention to the researchers because of its …

Remediation of pesticides using TiO2 based photocatalytic strategies: A review

M Zeshan, IA Bhatti, M Mohsin, M Iqbal, N Amjed… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, pesticides are regarded as the most dangerous of the various organic pollutants,
posing substantial environmental and human threats worldwide. Pesticide contamination …

Zinc oxide based photocatalytic degradation of persistent pesticides: A comprehensive review

SH Khan, B Pathak - Environmental nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides are the most hazardous among the various organic pollutants and possess a
great human and environmental threat. The pesticide is considered among the top deadly …

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 …

Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: a review

MN Chong, B **, CWK Chow, C Saint - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years, semiconductor photocatalytic process has shown a great potential as a low-
cost, environmental friendly and sustainable treatment technology to align with the “zero” …

Removal of the hazardous dye—Tartrazine by photodegradation on titanium dioxide surface

VK Gupta, R Jain, A Nayak, S Agarwal… - Materials science and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The removal of the dye—tartrazine by photodegradation has been investigated using
titanium dioxide surface as photocatalyst under UV light. The process was carried out at …

Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes in the presence of nanostructured titanium dioxide: Influence of the chemical structure of dyes

AR Khataee, MB Kasiri - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2010 - Elsevier
Synthetic dyes are a major part of our life as they are found in the various products ranging
from clothes to leather accessories to furniture. These carcinogenic compounds are the …

Environmentally friendly UV-C excimer light source with advanced oxidation process for rapid mineralization of azo dye in wastewater

K Ahlawat, R Jangra, R Prakash - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wastewater discharged from the textile industry contains approximately 15% unfixed dyes,
predominantly 60–70% azo dyes. These unfixed dyes are a major environmental concern …

Photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate in water: A critical review

S Wang, Q Yang, F Chen, J Sun, K Luo, F Yao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are persistent organic
pollutants in the environment and have serious health risks, including endocrine disrupting …

Phase control synthesis of α, β and α/β Bi2O3 hetero-junction with enhanced and synergistic photocatalytic activity on degradation of toxic dye, Rhodamine-B under …

KK Bera, R Majumdar, M Chakraborty… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nano particles of a few α/β Bi 2 O 3 hetero-junctions of various compositions synthesized by
one-pot hydrothermal method, exhibit exceptional and synergistic photo-catalytic activity for …