Senthil Kumar P

Department of Digital Communications

School of Information Technology and Engineering

Vellore Campus

Selvam V

Department of Commerce

School of Social Sciences & Languages

Ganesh Babu S

Department of Chemistry

School of Advanced Sciences

Mohamed I Fadlalla

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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Recent Advances in Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Remediation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

A novel sulphur decorated 1-D MoO3 nanorods: Facile synthesis and high performance for photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium

Fenton catalysts, H2O2/Fe2+, have been known for a long time and are employed for environmental remediation through the Fenton mechanism involving reactive oxygen species (ROS). Storage and transportation of H2O2 limits its applications. Semiconductor photocatalysts have also been explored extensively toward environmental remediation involving ROS through irradiation of light. There is a need to develop a single catalyst that combines both Fenton and photocatalytic mechanisms. With this objective, we designed and synthesized a new catalyst based on ZnO2/Fe2+ that is useful for environmental remediation. This single catalyst that exhibits simultaneous Fenton-photocatalytic reactions produces H2O2 in situ from the peroxide of ZnO2 (solid), thus avoiding storage and transportation. This new catalyst works in the dark (Fenton-like), under visible light (photo-Fenton) and UV light (photocatalytic) mechanism. Furthermore, the performance is better than the known Fenton catalyst. © 2017 American Chemical Society.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Simultaneous Fenton–Photocatalytic Reactions through a New Single Catalyst (Nano ZnO2 /Fe2+) for Dye Degradation

Water pollution by various toxic contaminants has become one of the most serious problems worldwide. Various technologies have been used to treat water and waste water including chemical precipitation, ion-exchange, adsorption, membrane filtration, coagulation–flocculation, flotation and electrochemical methods. From past few decades, nanotechnology has gained wide attention and various nanomaterials have been developed for the water remediation. In the present review article, various nanomaterials have been reviewed which have been used for water decontamination. The special emphasis in the review has been given on adsorption, photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of nanomaterials.

Chemical Engineering Journal

Role of nanomaterials in water treatment applications: A review

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

A metal-free visible light active photo-electro-Fenton-like cell for organic pollutants degradation

Antimicrobial activity of photocatalysts: Fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics and recent advances

Journal	Data powered by TypesetEnvironmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Remediation
Publisher	Data powered by TypesetSpringer International Publishing
ISSN	2213-7114
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