RT Journal Article
T1 Study of application of titania catalysts on solar photocatalysis: Influence of type of pollutants and water matrices
A1 Carbajo Olleros, Jaime
A1 Jiménez, Margarita
A1 Miralles, Sara
A1 Malato, Sixto
A1 Faraldos, Marisol
A1 Bahamonde, Ana
AB A comparative analysis of photocatalytic efficiency has been carried out with both TiO2 P25 and a homemade catalyst at a solar radiation pilot plant constituted by Compound Parabolic Collector (CPC) systems. The effect of the chemical nature of three different substrates (phenol, dichloroacetic acid and pyrimethanil) and the impact of inorganic ions in natural waters, on their final photo-efficiencies was also analyzed. Subsequently, this solar photocatalytic process was applied to the photodegradation of a mixture of emerging contaminants considering the separation and recovery of catalysts by sedimentation. Although TiO2 P25 showed better results during phenol and dichloroacetic acid photodegradation, both photocatalysts presented similar photo-efficiencies in pyrimethanil mineralization and, specially, in the treatment of emerging pollutants. The presence of high concentrations of inorganic ions in natural waters constitutes a limiting factor for solar photocatalytic activity, but this process successfully photodegraded the mixture of micropollutants (carbamazepine, ibuprofen, sulfamethoxazole, ofloxacin, flumequine) in natural water matrix using both TiO2 catalysts, at very short irradiation times (t30w < 35 min). Therefore, solar assisted heterogeneous photocatalysis represents a very efficient, promising and competitive AOP to remove emerging contaminants like the pharmaceutical micropollutants studied here and frequently detected in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
PB Elsevier
SN 1385-8947
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94498
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94498
LA eng
NO Carbajo, Jaime, et al. «Study of Application of Titania Catalysts on Solar Photocatalysis: Influence of Type of Pollutants and Water Matrices». Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 291, mayo de 2016, pp. 64-73.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.01.092.
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad  (España)
NO Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 dic 2025