Iron Doped TiO₂ Photocatalysts for Environmental Applications: Fundamentals and Progress

Abstract:

One of the most pervasive problems affecting people throughout the world is inadequate access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the coming decades, with water scarcity occurring globally. Many recent studies have been reported on the photodegradation of the organic compounds in industrial wastewater in the presence of TiO₂ semiconductor as photocatalyst. Heterogeneous photocatalysts using iron as a dopant metal, so far, have been reported for various environmental applications. This paper highlights the recent advances and applications of Fe-TiO₂ photocatalysis for the degradation/photodegradation of various pollutants, alkanolamines and other organic pollutants like phenols and dyes.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 925)
• Pages: 689-693
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.925.689
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Nadia Riaz*, Bustam-Khalil Mohamad Azmi, Azmi Mohd Shariff
• Keywords: Dyes, Iron Doped Titanium Dioxide, Photocatalyst, Titanium Dioxide, Wastewater Treatment

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