An overview on limitations of TiO2-based particles for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and the corresponding countermeasures

H Dong, G Zeng, L Tang, C Fan, C Zhang, X He, Y He - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
The pollutants classified as “persistent organic pollutants (POPs)”, are being subject to high
concern among the scientific community due to their persistence in the environment. TiO 2 …

Photocatalytic membrane in water purification: is it step** closer to be driven by visible light?

Y Shi, J Huang, G Zeng, W Cheng, J Hu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic membranes (PMs), coupling of membrane filtration and photocatalysis in a
single unit, have exhibited a great potential for use in energy-efficient water purification and …

New insights into the mechanism of visible light photocatalysis

S Banerjee, SC Pillai, P Falaras… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the area of develo** visible-light-active photocatalysts based on titanium
dioxide has been enormously investigated due to its wide range of applications in energy …

Solution combustion synthesis of metal oxide nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion

F Li, J Ran, M Jaroniec, SZ Qiao - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and synthesis of metal oxide nanomaterials is one of the key steps for achieving
highly efficient energy conversion and storage on an industrial scale. Solution combustion …

Use of selected scavengers for the determination of NF-TiO2 reactive oxygen species during the degradation of microcystin-LR under visible light irradiation

M Pelaez, P Falaras, V Likodimos, K O'Shea… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although UV-induced TiO 2 photocatalysis involves the generation of several reactive
oxygen species (ROS), the formation of hydroxyl radicals is generally associated with the …

Inorganic–organic core/shell nanoparticles: progress and applications

V Chiozzi, F Rossi - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades a great deal of research has been dedicated to the development of core–
shell nanoparticles (NPs). We decided to focus our attention on NPs with inorganic cores …

Magnetically separable TiO2/CoFe2O4/Ag nanocomposites for the photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium pollutant under UV and artificial solar light

I Ibrahim, A Kaltzoglou, C Athanasekou… - Chemical engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, novel ternary catalysts Ag/TiO 2/CoFe 2 O 4 were synthesized with variable
ferrite content for the photocatalytic reduction of Cr+ 6 pollutant, under UV and solar light …

Ceramic photocatalytic membranes for water filtration under UV and visible light

CP Athanasekou, NG Moustakas… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates the efficiency of a hybrid photocatalysis/ultrafiltration process to
eliminate or reduce the contents of synthetic dyes in water. The process involves highly …

Solar light and metal-doped TiO2 to eliminate water-transmitted bacterial pathogens: Photocatalyst characterization and disinfection performance

D Venieri, A Fraggedaki, M Kostadima… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the inactivation of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
in water by means of heterogeneous photocatalysis under simulated solar irradiation. For …