Heterogeneous photocatalytic treatment of pharmaceutical micropollutants: Effects of wastewater effluent matrix and catalyst modifications

Engineering & Materials Science

• Effluents 95%
• Drug products 92%
• Wastewater 89%
• Catalysts 71%
• Organic carbon 42%
• Photocatalysts 42%
• Degradation 39%
• Scavenging 38%
• Biological materials 36%
• Humic Substances 24%
• Caffeine 23%
• Alkalinity 18%
• Charge transfer 17%
• Light sources 15%
• Surface treatment 14%
• Quenching 14%
• Oxidation 12%
• Chemical analysis 9%
• Experiments 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• micropollutant 100%
• catalyst 75%
• drug 68%
• effluent 59%
• wastewater 55%
• matrix 50%
• degradation 36%
• dissolved organic carbon 26%
• effect 19%
• organic matter 18%
• humic acid 14%
• alkalinity 13%
• oxidation 9%
• kinetics 8%
• comparison 5%
• experiment 5%
• rate 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Wastewater 67%
• Pharmaceutical 61%
• Modification 46%
• Catalyst 34%
• Organic Matter 30%
• Cimetidine 20%
• Sulfamethoxazole 18%
• Carbamazepine 17%
• Propranolol 17%
• Caffeine 15%
• Humic Acid 14%
• Surface Modification 12%
• Charge Transfer 9%
• Reduction 6%
• Oxidation Reaction 6%
• Surface 4%