Application of biochar-based photocatalysts for adsorption-(photo) degradation/reduction of environmental contaminants: mechanism, challenges and perspective

Y Lu, Y Cai, S Zhang, L Zhuang, B Hu, S Wang, J Chen… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
The fast increase of population results in the quick development of industry and agriculture.
Large amounts of contaminants such as metal ions and organic contaminants are released …

Degradation of organic pollutants from water by biochar-assisted advanced oxidation processes: Mechanisms and applications

T Jiang, B Wang, B Gao, N Cheng, Q Feng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar has shown large potential in environmental remediation because of its low cost,
large specific surface area, porosity, and high conductivity. Biochar-assisted advanced …

Use and misuse of the Kubelka-Munk function to obtain the band gap energy from diffuse reflectance measurements

S Landi Jr, IR Segundo, E Freitas, M Vasilevskiy… - Solid state …, 2022 - Elsevier
The determination of the optical band gap energy (E g) is important for optimization of the
generation of electron/hole pairs in semiconductor materials under illumination. For this …

Heterogeneous photocatalytic activation of persulfate for the removal of organic contaminants in water: a critical review

S He, Y Chen, X Li, L Zeng, M Zhu - Acs Es&T Engineering, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalytic persulfate (PS) activation technologies are being intensively
studied for water treatment due to their friendly environmental benefits and photosynergistic …

Challenges of organic pollutant photocatalysis by biochar-based catalysts

M Qiu, B Hu, Z Chen, H Yang, L Zhuang, X Wang - Biochar, 2021 - Springer
With the fast development of industrialization and urbanization, large amounts of organic
pollutants are released into the natural environment. The efficient elimination of organic …

Integrated adsorption and photodegradation of tetracycline by bismuth oxycarbonate/biochar nanocomposites

Y Luo, A Zheng, J Li, Y Han, M Xue, L Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adsorption and photodegradation are two widely studied wastewater treatment
technologies. In this work, we have firstly prepared the bismuth oxycarbonate (Bi 2 O 2 CO …

Improved catalytic performance of ZnO via coupling with CoFe2O4 and carbon nanotubes: A new, photocatalysis-mediated peroxymonosulfate activation system …

N Tian, S Giannakis, L Akbarzadeh… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a ternary ZnO@ spinel cobalt ferrite@ carbon nanotube magnetic photocatalyst
(ZSCF@ CNT) was successfully synthesized and used to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) …

Enhanced degradation of tetracycline under natural sunlight through the synergistic effect of Ag3PO4/MIL-101 (Fe) photocatalysis and Fenton catalysis: Mechanism …

X Chen, L Yao, J He, J Li, S Xu, N Li, Y Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we show that the adverse environmental and health effects of tetracycline (TC) can be
efficiently reduced by encapsulating Ag 3 PO 4 into MIL-101 (Fe) to construct a Ag 3 PO …

Recent progress in emerging materials and hybrid nanocomposites for peroxymonosulfate and peroxydisulfate activation towards solar light-driven photocatalytic …

I Khan, W Liu, A Zada, F Raziq, S Ali, MIA Shah… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The uncontrolled introduction of micropollutants to the environment has caused huge
concern globally owing to their hazardous effects. Although conventional advanced …

Catalytic degradation of tetracycline using peroxymonosulfate activated by cobalt and iron co-loaded pomelo peel biochar nanocomposite: Characterization …

S Han, P **ao - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Tetracycline (TC) is a refractory pollutant that widely exists in water environments. Therefore,
effective TC treatment methods must be developed. In this work, a cobalt and iron coloaded …