Cu 2 O photocatalyst is synthesized by solvothermal method. Morphology and structure of Cu 2 O photocatalyst are analyzed by SEM, XRD and N 2 sorption technique. The catalytic performances and reaction kinetics of Cu 2 O photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) are investigated. The...

It is well known that chlorine and its compounds, traditionally utilized for water and wastewater disinfection, react with some organic matter to form undesirable by-products, hazardous to human health, known as Disinfection By-Products (DBPs). In many countries very stringent limits for...

Hydrogen peroxide consumption is known to be one of the key parameters of the photo-Fenton process responsible for its high operating costs. The purpose of this study was to find out whether adding dissolved oxygen to the reaction medium in a continuous stream of pure oxygen or air with different H...

Recently, the fate of emerging compounds in environmentally relevant samples has attracted considerable attention. Solar semiconductor photocatalysis may offer an appealing methodology to treat such contaminants. At the same time the use of solar photocatalysis for water and wastewater disinfection...

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have led the way in the treatment of aqueous waste and are rapidly becoming the chosen technology for many applications. In this paper, COD reduction of textile industry wastewater by electro-Fenton (EF) oxidation, was studied at batch experimental conditions. The...

This work is aimed to select the best synthetic polymers available in the market with high transmittance in the TiO 2 activation range that can be coated with the semiconductor and withstand the photocatalytic oxidation conditions. Among eleven commercial organic polymers with different additives...

This paper examines the effect of humic acids (HA) and other solution constituents (Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Na + ), frequently encountered in potable water sources, on the removal of a well-known herbicide, atrazine (ATR), by a laboratory-scale pilot Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor (PMR) system...

Recently, considerable efforts have been devoted to overcome a major limitation in semiconductor photocatalysis, the recombination of photogenerated e - -h + pairs which leads to reduced quantum yields. Considering the impacts of various parameters on the photocatalytic degradation efficiency, our...

The present paper discusses an integrated electrochemical decolorization/degradation treatment procedure of indigo carmine dye, which comprises electrocoagulation, electrooxidation and advanced electrochemical oxidation using the electro-Fenton process. The electrocoagulation process is performed by...

Tubular halloysite clay mineral and nanocrystalline TiO 2 were incorporated in the preparation of nanocomposite films on glass substrates via sol-gel method at 450ºC. The synthesis involves a simple chemical method employing nonionic surfactant molecule as pore directing agent along with the acetic...

Iron oxide materials were synthesized by an easy and rapid hydrothermal method using different iron precursors (FeCl 3 ∙6H 2 O, Fe(NO 3 ) 3 ∙9H 2 O and K 4 Fe(CN) 6 ∙3H 2 O), solution pHs (acid and basic) and reaction times (3 h and 6 h). The synthesized materials were thoroughly characterized by...

The photocatalytic degradation of caffeine has been investigated in aqueous suspensions of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) by monitoring process efficiency at varying TiO 2 (25 - 175 mg l -1 ) and initial drug concentrations (0.5 - 9.5 mg l -1 ). The use of the response surface methodology (RSM) allowed...

Solar simulated heterogeneous photocatalysis (SSHP) with suspended TiO 2 was investigated in the inactivation of tetracycline resistant/sensitive Enterococcus (TRE/TSE) strains in the effluent of an urban wastewater treatment plant (UWTP). The effect of solar simulated disinfection (SSD) on the...

This paper is focused on modelling the degradation of micropollutants by solar photo-Fenton at pilot plan scale. To this aim, a three pesticide mixture (acetamiprid, thiabendazole and imazalil, 100 μg l -1 each) was treated by photo-Fenton in simulated secondary effluent. The model covered a wide...