Advances and challenges of photocatalytic technology for air purification

Geng Qin; Wang Hong; Chen Ruiming; Chen Lvcun; Li Kanglu; Dong Fan

doi:10.1360/nso/20220025

National Science Open (Sep 2022)

Advances and challenges of photocatalytic technology for air purification

Geng Qin,
Wang Hong,
Chen Ruiming,
Chen Lvcun,
Li Kanglu,
Dong Fan

Affiliations

Geng Qin: ["Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313000, China"]
Wang Hong: ["Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"]
Chen Ruiming: ["Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"]
Chen Lvcun: ["Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313000, China"]
Li Kanglu: ["Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313000, China"]
Dong Fan: ["Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313000, China","Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20220025
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1

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With the acceleration of the urban industrialization process, air pollutant emission has increased sharply, which seriously endangers the ecological environment and human beings. Solar-driven photocatalysis has the broad-spectrum activity for various inorganic to organic pollutants at ambient temperature without harsh reaction conditions, which shows a very broad application prospect in air purification. However, the photocatalysis technology suffers from the unrevealed reaction mechanism and the deactivation of photocatalysts, which severely limits its practical application. Currently, there is still a huge gap between basic research and industrial application in the field of photocatalytic air purification. This review summarizes recent progress on photocatalytic degradation of air pollutants and categorizes them based on the types of photocatalytic materials and air pollutants, with a focus on photocatalytic reaction mechanisms and the application scenarios of photocatalytic air purification to identify this gap. We also critically discussed the major challenges for promoting applications of photocatalytic technology and put forward the development prospect.

Published in National Science Open

ISSN: 2097-1168 (Print); 2097-1400 (Online)
Publisher: Science Press
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Science; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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