Solvent-Free Process for the Development of Photocatalytic Membranes.

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.

SUBMITTER: Huertas RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6943574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature