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Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Films: Synthesis Approaches, Factors Affecting Environmental Activity, and Characterization Features. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2022; 380:51. [PMID: 36180757 PMCID: PMC9525398 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-022-00409-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Solar-powered photocatalysis has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the 1990s, producing more than a thousand research papers per year over the past decade. In this review, immobilized photocatalysts operating under sunlight are highlighted. First, a literature review of solar-driven films is presented, along with some fundamental operational differences in relation to reactions involving suspended nanoparticles. Common strategies for achieving sunlight activity from films are then described, including doping, surface grafting, semiconductor coupling, and defect engineering. Synthetic routes to fabricate photocatalytically active films are briefly reviewed, followed by the important factors that determine solar photocatalysis efficiency, such as film thickness and structure. Finally, some important and specific characterization methods for films are described. This review shows that there are two main challenges in the study of photocatalytic materials in the form of (thin) films. First, the production of stable and efficient solar-driven films is still a challenge that requires an integrated approach from synthesis to characterization. The second is the difficulty in properly characterizing films. In any case, the research community needs to address these, as solar-driven photocatalytic films represent a viable option for sustainable air and water purification.
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Zhou Y, Elchalakani M, Liu H, Briseghella B, Sun C. Photocatalytic concrete for degrading organic dyes in water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:39027-39040. [PMID: 35098464 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18332-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Since the advent of photocatalytic degradation technology, it has brought new vitality to the environmental governance and the response to the energy crisis. Photocatalysts harvest optical energy to drive chemical reactions, which means people can use solar energy to complete some resource-consuming activities by photocatalysts, such as environmental governance. In recent years, researchers have tried to combine photocatalyst TiO2 with building materials to purify urban air and obtained good results. One of the important functions of photocatalysts is to degrade organic pollutants in water through light energy, but this technology has not been reported in the practical application areas. To extend this technology to practical application areas, photocatalytic concrete for degrading pollutants in waters was proposed and demonstrated for the first time in this paper. The photocatalytic concrete proposed based on the K-g-C3N4 shows a strong ability to degrade the organic dyes. According to the experiment results, the angle of light source plays an important role in the process of photocatalytic degradation, while waters with pH value of 6.5-8.5 hardly influenced the degradation of organic dyes. When the angle of light source is advantageous for photocatalytic concrete to absorb more visible light, more organic dyes will be degraded by photocatalytic concrete. The degradation rate of methylene blue could reach about 80% in ½ hour under desirable conditions and is satisfied compared with that of reported works. This study implicates that photocatalytic concrete can effectively degrade organic dyes in water. The influences of changes in the water environment hardly affect the degradation of organic pollutants, which means photocatalytic concrete can be widely used in green infrastructures to achieve urban sewage treatment.
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- Yiming Zhou
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Materials and Clean Energy, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China
- School of Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- College of Population, Resources and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Materials and Clean Energy, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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Verma P, Kondo Y, Kuwahara Y, Kamegawa T, Mori K, Raja R, Yamashita H. Design and application of photocatalysts using porous materials. CATALYSIS REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2021.1948302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Priyanka Verma
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Jst, Presto, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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