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Strategies to improve WO3-based photocatalysts for wastewater treatment: a review

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WO3, a visible light reaction catalyst, absorbs light at a wavelength of 470 nm and has many advantages, such as strong stability, long life, non-toxicity, low cost, and suitable band edges. In this review, the photocatalytic mechanism of WO3 in water pollution treatment is introduced, as well as a systematic summary, and some main strategies for improving the photocatalytic activity of WO3 in water pollution treatment are introduced, for example surface and morphology control, synthetic heterojunctions, and doping element. Finally, the main conclusions and prospects of WO3-based photocatalysts are pointed out. It can be expected that this review can provide guidance for designing low-cost, high-efficiency new WO3-based photocatalysts in the process of water pollution treatment and can meet the application prospects of efficient utilization of solar degradation in the field of environmental purification.

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Abbreviations

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

VB:

Valence band

CB:

Conduction band

RhB:

Rhodamine B

MB:

Methylene blue

MO:

Methyl orange

ER:

Eosin red

CR:

Congo red

GR:

Graphene

GO:

Graphene oxide

RGO:

Reduced graphene oxide

RhB 6G:

Rhodamine B 6G

TC:

Tetracycline

BF:

Basic fuchsin

IC:

Indigo carmine

SMX:

Sulfamethoxazole

CV:

Crystal violet

AO7 :

Acid orange 7

TOC:

Total organic carbon

SAM:

Sulfanilamide

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The study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51909089), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2020JJ5252), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2019M662781), Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 20B304), Science Foundation for Young Scholars of Hunan Agricultural University (19QN35), and Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate (CX20200663).

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Liao, M., Su, L., Deng, Y. et al. Strategies to improve WO3-based photocatalysts for wastewater treatment: a review. J Mater Sci 56, 14416–14447 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06202-8

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