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Advancement of Photocatalytic Water Treatment Technology for Environmental Control

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Semiconductor photocatalytic process has been garnered a great interest in the topic of green technology as it aims at the total elimination or at least the minimization of waste production and the sustainable processes implementation in the water or wastewater industry. The viable of this green technology has been extensively shown to destruct a myriad of toxic organic pollutants and microbes in water. This chapter reviews the recent advancement of engineered-photocatalysts, modification strategy of photocatalysts, process optimization, as well as energy consumption and economy analysis on the photodegradation processes for water treatment. A number of potential photocatalysts are discussed, in particular the bismuth-based photocatalysts. This chapter also describes the utilization of multivariable approach to evaluate the optimum parameters synthesis and process variables so as to enhance the photodegradation efficiencies. The energy consumption and economy analysis that elucidated the light utilization efficiency in the photocatalytic water treatment are presented. A brief discussion on the photocatalytic disinfection of microbes in the water treatment as an alternative waste treatment process is outlined. The water quality that significantly influenced on the photodegradation performances is also detailed. This present chapter will provide a useful scientific and technical information to researchers and engineers who partake in this area.

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This work was supported by the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTARRF/2016–C2/S03 and UTARRF/2017-C1/L02) and Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (FRGS/1/2015/TK02/UTAR/02/2 and FRGS/1/2016/TK02/UTAR/02/1).

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    Jin-Chung Sin

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malayisia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Abdul Rahman Mohamed

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Lam, SM., Sin, JC., Mohamed, A.R. (2018). Advancement of Photocatalytic Water Treatment Technology for Environmental Control. In: Hussain, C. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58538-3_93-1

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