Photocatalytic water treatment: solar energy applications

• Published in: Solar energy Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 445 - 459
• Main Author: Bahnemann, Detlef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2004; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Photocatalysis; Solar energy; Water treatment

During the past 20 years research and development in the area of photocatalysis have been tremendous. One of the major applications of this technology is the degradation of organic pollutants in water and air streams which is considered as one of the so-called advanced oxidation processes. This over...