| Title: | An Overview of Recent Developments in Improving the Photocatalytic Activity of TiO(2)-Based Materials for the Treatment of Indoor Air and Bacterial Inactivation |
| Author(s): | Assadi AA; Baaloudj O; Khezami L; Ben Hamadi N; Mouni L; Assadi AA; Ghorbal A; |
| Address: | "Center for Research on Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CRMN Sousse Techno Park, Sahloul BP 334, Sousse 4054, Tunisia. Research Unit Advanced Materials, Applied Mechanics, Innovative Processes and Environment, Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Gabes (ISSAT), University of Gabes, Gabes 6029, Tunisia. Laboratory of Reaction Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32, Algiers 16111, Algeria. Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), 3351, Boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivieres, QC G9A 5H7, Canada. Chemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia. Laboratoire de Gestion et Valorisation des Ressources Naturelles et Assurance Qualite, Faculte SNVST, Universite Bouira, Bouira 10000, Algeria. Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), Universite de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, 11 Allee de Beaulieu, 35700 Rennes, France" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1996-1944 (Print) 1996-1944 (Electronic) 1996-1944 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Indoor air quality has become a significant public health concern. The low cost and high efficiency of photocatalytic technology make it a natural choice for achieving deep air purification. Photocatalysis procedures have been widely investigated for environmental remediation, particularly for air treatment. Several semiconductors, such as TiO(2), have been used for photocatalytic purposes as catalysts, and they have earned a lot of interest in the last few years owing to their outstanding features. In this context, this review has collected and discussed recent studies on advances in improving the photocatalytic activity of TiO(2)-based materials for indoor air treatment and bacterial inactivation. In addition, it has elucidated the properties of some widely used TiO(2)-based catalysts and their advantages in the photocatalytic process as well as improved photocatalytic activity using doping and heterojunction techniques. Current publications about various combined catalysts have been summarized and reviewed to emphasize the significance of combining catalysts to increase air treatment efficiency. Besides, this paper summarized works that used these catalysts to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and microorganisms. Moreover, the reaction mechanism has been described and summarized based on literature to comprehend further pollutant elimination and microorganism inactivation using photocatalysis. This review concludes with a general opinion and an outlook on potential future research topics, including viral disinfection and other hazardous gases" |
| Keywords: | indoor air treatment microorganism photocatalysis semiconductor volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEAssadi, Achraf Amir Baaloudj, Oussama Khezami, Lotfi Ben Hamadi, Naoufel Mouni, Lotfi Assadi, Aymen Amine Ghorbal, Achraf eng Review Switzerland 2023/03/30 Materials (Basel). 2023 Mar 10; 16(6):2246. doi: 10.3390/ma16062246" |
