Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives

The detrimental effects of environmental pollution on human health, combined with global climate change, make it a critical contemporary problem. Despite the fact that water covers more than 71% of the Earth’s surface, ensuring access to high-quality drinking water for everyone is a major concern th...

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description The detrimental effects of environmental pollution on human health, combined with global climate change, make it a critical contemporary problem. Despite the fact that water covers more than 71% of the Earth’s surface, ensuring access to high-quality drinking water for everyone is a major concern that societies are encountering in the 21st century. Utilizing renewable solar light and a catalyst to mineralize various harmful chemicals present in indoor air and water sources into benign small molecules, such as H2O and CO2, is an attractive approach. In this context, photocatalytic processes have consistently offered smart, green, and eco-friendly scale-up methods for environmental remediation. Numerous photocatalysts have proven to be successful in achieving the mineralization of chlorinated pollutants, organic contaminants, dyes, or antibiotics. An analysis of the existing literature reveals the need for research studies to focus on developing efficient photocatalysts capable of mineralizing contaminants into non-toxic CO2. Only such photocatalytic materials should be envisaged for environmental remediation. This Special Issue, titled “Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives”, is a collection of ten papers, including three reviews and seven research articles. The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent advancements in the photocatalytic removal of pollutants, elucidating the main factors contributing to their mineralization and the implication of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through dedicated experiments.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1125662024-04-11T15:11:17Z Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives Balint, Ioan Pavel, Monica β-NaYF4:Yb,Er,Gd nanorods reduced TiO2 nanoparticles near-infrared light visible light Escherichia coli photocatalytic mild oxidation photocatalytic mineralization phenol oxidation TiO2 modified with noble metals surface photovoltage O2 photo reduction reactive oxygen species charge recombination semiconductors quantum dots doping optical properties sonocatalysis photocatalysis TiO2 Fe2O3 photoelectrochemical BiOCl C3N4 mechanism imidacloprid (IMI) graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) titanium dioxide (TiO2) g-C3N4/TiO2 composite photocatalytic activity hectorite one-pot synthesis degradation of organic dyes olive oil production olive mill wastewater remediation polyphenols conventional photocatalysts magnetic photocatalysts floating devices environmental remediation layered double hydroxides plasmonic metals solar light photocatalysis air cleaning wastewater treatment degradation pathways n/a thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology The detrimental effects of environmental pollution on human health, combined with global climate change, make it a critical contemporary problem. Despite the fact that water covers more than 71% of the Earth’s surface, ensuring access to high-quality drinking water for everyone is a major concern that societies are encountering in the 21st century. Utilizing renewable solar light and a catalyst to mineralize various harmful chemicals present in indoor air and water sources into benign small molecules, such as H2O and CO2, is an attractive approach. In this context, photocatalytic processes have consistently offered smart, green, and eco-friendly scale-up methods for environmental remediation. Numerous photocatalysts have proven to be successful in achieving the mineralization of chlorinated pollutants, organic contaminants, dyes, or antibiotics. An analysis of the existing literature reveals the need for research studies to focus on developing efficient photocatalysts capable of mineralizing contaminants into non-toxic CO2. Only such photocatalytic materials should be envisaged for environmental remediation. This Special Issue, titled “Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives”, is a collection of ten papers, including three reviews and seven research articles. The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent advancements in the photocatalytic removal of pollutants, elucidating the main factors contributing to their mineralization and the implication of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through dedicated experiments. 2023-08-08T15:28:00Z 2023-08-08T15:28:00Z 2023 book ONIX_20230808_9783036583891_72 9783036583891 9783036583884 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112566 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/7692 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/7692 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8388-4 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8388-4 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036583891 9783036583884 236 Basel open access
spellingShingle β-NaYF4:Yb,Er,Gd nanorods
reduced TiO2 nanoparticles
near-infrared light
visible light
Escherichia coli
photocatalytic mild oxidation
photocatalytic mineralization
phenol oxidation
TiO2 modified with noble metals
surface photovoltage
O2 photo reduction
reactive oxygen species
charge recombination
semiconductors
quantum dots
doping
optical properties
sonocatalysis
photocatalysis
TiO2
Fe2O3
photoelectrochemical
BiOCl
C3N4
mechanism
imidacloprid (IMI)
graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)
titanium dioxide (TiO2)
g-C3N4/TiO2 composite
photocatalytic activity
hectorite
one-pot synthesis
degradation of organic dyes
olive oil production
olive mill
wastewater remediation
polyphenols
conventional photocatalysts
magnetic photocatalysts
floating devices
environmental remediation
layered double hydroxides
plasmonic metals
solar light photocatalysis
air cleaning
wastewater treatment
degradation pathways
n/a
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title_full Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title_fullStr Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title_short Light-Assisted Catalysis in Water and Indoor Air Cleaning: Challenges and Perspectives
title_sort light assisted catalysis in water and indoor air cleaning challenges and perspectives
topic β-NaYF4:Yb,Er,Gd nanorods
reduced TiO2 nanoparticles
near-infrared light
visible light
Escherichia coli
photocatalytic mild oxidation
photocatalytic mineralization
phenol oxidation
TiO2 modified with noble metals
surface photovoltage
O2 photo reduction
reactive oxygen species
charge recombination
semiconductors
quantum dots
doping
optical properties
sonocatalysis
photocatalysis
TiO2
Fe2O3
photoelectrochemical
BiOCl
C3N4
mechanism
imidacloprid (IMI)
graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)
titanium dioxide (TiO2)
g-C3N4/TiO2 composite
photocatalytic activity
hectorite
one-pot synthesis
degradation of organic dyes
olive oil production
olive mill
wastewater remediation
polyphenols
conventional photocatalysts
magnetic photocatalysts
floating devices
environmental remediation
layered double hydroxides
plasmonic metals
solar light photocatalysis
air cleaning
wastewater treatment
degradation pathways
n/a
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
topic_facet β-NaYF4:Yb,Er,Gd nanorods
reduced TiO2 nanoparticles
near-infrared light
visible light
Escherichia coli
photocatalytic mild oxidation
photocatalytic mineralization
phenol oxidation
TiO2 modified with noble metals
surface photovoltage
O2 photo reduction
reactive oxygen species
charge recombination
semiconductors
quantum dots
doping
optical properties
sonocatalysis
photocatalysis
TiO2
Fe2O3
photoelectrochemical
BiOCl
C3N4
mechanism
imidacloprid (IMI)
graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)
titanium dioxide (TiO2)
g-C3N4/TiO2 composite
photocatalytic activity
hectorite
one-pot synthesis
degradation of organic dyes
olive oil production
olive mill
wastewater remediation
polyphenols
conventional photocatalysts
magnetic photocatalysts
floating devices
environmental remediation
layered double hydroxides
plasmonic metals
solar light photocatalysis
air cleaning
wastewater treatment
degradation pathways
n/a
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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