TY - JOUR
T1 - Pollutants degradation and power generation by photocatalytic fuel cells
T2 - A comprehensive review
AU - Vasseghian, Yasser
AU - Khataee, Alireza
AU - Dragoi, Elena Niculina
AU - Moradi, Masoud
AU - Nabavifard, Samaneh
AU - Oliveri Conti, Gea
AU - Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Wastewater contains organic compounds (fatty acids, amino acids, and carbohydrates) that have a significant amount of chemical energy. In this regard, the use of wastewater for recovering energy by some appropriate energy conversion technologies can be considered as an appropriate approach to simultaneously achieve the reduction of environmental contamination and increasing supply of energy. The Photocatalytic Fuel Cell (PFC) can provide a new approach in developing technology for simultaneous organic pollutants removal from wastewaters and power generation, but it also has disadvantages, such as requires higher voltage, more cost and complexity. To present a comprehensive vision of the current state of the art, and progress the treatment efficiency and agitate new studies in these fields, this review discussed the study covering PFC aspects, with a focus on the comparison of pollutant degradation, power generation, different photoanode and photocathode materials as well as the application of the Fenton process in PFCs.
AB - Wastewater contains organic compounds (fatty acids, amino acids, and carbohydrates) that have a significant amount of chemical energy. In this regard, the use of wastewater for recovering energy by some appropriate energy conversion technologies can be considered as an appropriate approach to simultaneously achieve the reduction of environmental contamination and increasing supply of energy. The Photocatalytic Fuel Cell (PFC) can provide a new approach in developing technology for simultaneous organic pollutants removal from wastewaters and power generation, but it also has disadvantages, such as requires higher voltage, more cost and complexity. To present a comprehensive vision of the current state of the art, and progress the treatment efficiency and agitate new studies in these fields, this review discussed the study covering PFC aspects, with a focus on the comparison of pollutant degradation, power generation, different photoanode and photocathode materials as well as the application of the Fenton process in PFCs.
KW - Photocatalysis
KW - Photocatalytic fuel cells
KW - Pollutant degradation
KW - Power generation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089461001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.arabjc.2020.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.arabjc.2020.07.016
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089461001
SN - 1878-5352
VL - 13
SP - 8458
EP - 8480
JO - Arabian Journal of Chemistry
JF - Arabian Journal of Chemistry
IS - 11
ER -
