Biohazards are widely present in wastewater, and contaminated water can arouse various waterborne diseases. Therefore, effectively removing biohazards from water is a worldwide need. In this study, a novel visible-light-driven (VLD) graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst with high photocatalytic bacterial inactivation activity was successfully synthesized using a facile hyd...

Exposure to the soil-borne pathogens Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia cenocepacia can lead to severe infections and even mortality. These pathogens exhibit a high resistance to antibiotic treatments. In addition, no licensed vaccine is currently available. A nanoscale platinum-containing titania photocatalyst (TiO(2)-Pt) has been shown to have a superior visible light-responsive photo...

The organic-inorganic composite g-C3N4eSrTiO3:Rh was prepared for the first time as a photocatalyst for hydrogen production and the resulting hydrogen evolution rate under visible light irradiation from aqueous methanol solution was measured. A high hydrogen evolution rate of 223.3 mmol h 1 was achieved by using 0.1 g of as-prepared photocatalyst powder comprised of 20 wt.% g-C3N4 80 wt.% SrTiO...

in this study, the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange and congo red dye was investigated inaqueous solution using c,n,s-tridoped sno2 nanoparticles as a nano photocatalyst. the degradationwas carried out under different conditions including the photocatalyst amount, initial concentrationand ph of the solution. the results indicated that the degradation of methyl orange and congo redwas...

in this paper, the photocatalytic degradation of lidocaine hcl, an anesthetic was investigated inaqueous solution using cuo/zno as a photocatalyst. the degradation was studied under differentconditions including the amount of the photocatalyst, irradiation time, initial concentration of drug,ph of the system, initial concentration, addition of oxidant on the reaction rate and anion presence.the...

titanium dioxide (tio2)nanoparticles have been frequently employed in the environmental treatment and purification purposes as a cheap and highly efficient photocatalyst. a photocatalyst can facilitate the breakdown and removal of a variety of environmental pollutants at room temperature. tio2 photocatalyst is the best candidatebecause of its strong oxidized ability, non-toxicity and longtherma...

photocatalytic decolorization of methyl orange (mo) solution has been studied using phosphotungstic acid (hpa) as photocatalyst. the decolorization reaction of mo solution is photocatalysis. the paper reveals that the optimal loading of photocatalyst for decolorization of mo solution (10 mg/l) is 0.6 g/l. the results show that the photocatalytic decolorization reaction of mo with hpa in a homog...

Nickel nanoparticle-decorated phosphorous-doped graphitic carbon nitride (Ni@g-PC₃N₄) was synthesized and used as an efficient photoactive catalyst for the reduction of various nitrobenzenes under visible light irradiation. Hydrazine monohydrate was used as the source of protons and electrons for the intended reaction. The developed photocatalyst was found to be highly active and afforded excel...

Despite a well-developed and growing body of work in copper catalysis, the potential of copper to serve as a photocatalyst remains underexplored. Here we describe a photoinduced copper-catalyzed method for coupling readily available racemic tertiary alkyl chloride electrophiles with amines to generate fully substituted stereocenters with high enantioselectivity. The reaction proceeds at -40°C u...

Rhodamine B (RB) is a toxic dye used extensively in textile industry, which must be remediated before its drainage to environment. In the present study, supported gold nanoparticles on commercially available titania and zincite were successfully prepared and then their activity on the photodegradation of RB under UV A light irradiation were evaluated. The synthesized photocatalysts were charact...