Encyclopedia of Membranes

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Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40872-4_2034-1

The increasing emission of refractory organic pollutants has challenged the conventional water treatment. As one of the advanced treatment systems, photocatalytic oxidation has drawn significant attention in water treatment research because of its environmental compatibility and powerful oxidation ability. Photocatalysis is an acceleration of photoinduced reaction by the presence of a photocatalyst. Among the photocatalysts, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been proven to be an attractive and promising semiconductor catalyst in heterogeneous photocatalysis and in advanced oxidation processes own to its unique photocatalytic efficiency. However, a main limitation remains: the separation of the catalyst from treated. Photocatalytic membrane reactor (PMR) with synthesized catalyst is thus a very promising method to overcome photocatalysis drawbacks (Mozia 2010). In such configuration, the membrane plays the role of a barrier for the photocatalyst and a selective barrier for the molecule to be...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut Européen des Membranes, ENSCM-UM-CNRS (UMR 5635)Université de MontpellierMontpellierFrance