Application of polysaccharide-based biopolymers as supports in photocatalytic treatment of water and wastewater: a review

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. He...

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Published in:Environmental chemistry letters 2022-12, Vol.20 (6), p.3789-3809
Main Authors: Sohouli, Esmail, Irannejad, Neda, Ziarati, Abolfazl, Ehrlich, Hermann, Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Mehdi, Ahmadi, Farhad, Luque, Rafael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alginates
Alginic acid
Analytical Chemistry
Biodegradability
Biodegradation
Biopolymers
Carrageenan
Carrageenans
Cellulose
Chemical oxygen demand
Chemistry
Chitin
Chitosan
Drinking water
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Electronics industry
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Fossil fuels
Geochemistry
Nanoparticles
Photocatalysis
Pollutants
Pollution
Polysaccharides
Radiation
Review
Saccharides
Seaweed meal
Semiconductors
Starch
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-022-01456-3