Solvent-Free Process for the Development of Photocatalytic Membranes

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Dec 11

PMID 31817756

Citations 6

Authors

Rosa M Huertas

Maria C Fraga

Joao G Crespo

Vanessa J Pereira

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Abstract

This work described a new sustainable method for the fabrication of ceramic membranes with high photocatalytic activity, through a simple sol-gel route. The photocatalytic surfaces, prepared at low temperature and under solvent-free conditions, exhibited a narrow pore size distribution and homogeneity without cracks. These surfaces have shown a highly efficient and reproducible behavior for the degradation of methylene blue. Given their characterization results, the microfiltration photocatalytic membranes produced in this study using solvent-free conditions are expected to effectively retain microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi that could then be inactivated by photocatalysis.

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