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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2018, Volume 12, Issue 5 doi: 10.1007/s11783-018-1076-1

Review on design and evaluation of environmental photocatalysts

1. College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Key Laboratory of Energy Plants Resource and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
3. School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation & Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Available online: 2018-09-20

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Abstract

Fundamentals on the photocatalytic degradation were systematically summarized.

Charge carrier dynamics for the photocatalytic degradation were reviewed.

Adsorption and photodegradation kinetics of reactants were highlighted.

The mechanism aspects, including O2 reduction, reactive oxidation species and key intermediates were also addressed.

Selectivity and stability of semiconductors for photodegradation were clarified.

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