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- Title
Application of polysaccharide-based biopolymers as supports in photocatalytic treatment of water and wastewater: a review.
- Authors
Sohouli, Esmail; Irannejad, Neda; Ziarati, Abolfazl; Ehrlich, Hermann; Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Mehdi; Ahmadi, Farhad; Luque, Rafael
- Abstract
Rising health issues of Worldwide pollution by fossil fuel products are Fostering the development of safer materials such as biopolymers in many sectors such as food, pharmaceutical, medical and environmental industries. Indeed, biopolymers are often safe, biodegradable, cheap and easy to modify. Here we review photocatalysts based on polysaccharides for wastewater treatment. Polysaccharides include starch, cellulose, carrageenan, alginate, chitin, chitosan and gum. The main reasons for using biodegradable biopolymers are their ability to adsorb pollutants and to be modified with nanoparticles and semiconductors.
- Subjects
WATER purification; WASTEWATER treatment; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; CARRAGEENANS; POLYSACCHARIDES
- Publication
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 6, p3789
- ISSN
1610-3653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10311-022-01456-3