Mulay, M.R. and Martsinovich, N. orcid.org/0000-0001-9226-8175 (2021) TiO2 photocatalysts for degradation of micropollutants in water. In: Clean Water and Sanitation : Living Edition. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals . Springer, Cham ISBN 9783319700618
Abstract
Micropollutants are water pollutants with the maximum concentrations as high as few micro- grams/liter and the minimum concentrations as low as few nanograms/liter of water. Micro- pollutants typically enter water streams as a result of human activity. Advanced oxidation processes are water puri- fication technologies which involve generation of strong oxidizing species that destroy pollutants. Photocatalysis is light-activated acceleration of chemical reactions in the presence of a light- absorbing photocatalyst material. Heterogeneous photocatalysis uses a light- absorbing solid photocatalyst to produce oxidiz- ing and reducing species in the presence of light. Heterogeneous photocatalysis is one of the advanced oxidation technologies for water treat- ment, which uses strong oxidizing species to degrade organic pollutants.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Springer Nature. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Clean Water and Sanitation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2021 07:15 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer, Cham |
Series Name: | Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals |
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Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-70061-8_194-1 |
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