several methods, such as impregnation, coprecipitation, ion implantation, and in situ
synthesis methods (e.g., sol–gel, hydrothermal, and solvothermal).
Table 1.8 Photocatalytic removal of persistent organic pollutants in water using modified
photocatalysts
Modification
strategy
Photocatalyst
Organic pollutant
Reference
Doping
Cu-doped TiO 2
Organophosphorus
pesticide
Manga Raju et al.
(2019)
Fe-doped TiO 2
Diazinon pesticide
Phuong et al.
(2019)
C-doped TiO 2
Paraoxon pesticides Rasoulnezhad
et al. (2017)
Parathion
pesticides
Fe-doped TiO 2
Diazinon
Tabasideh et al.
(2017)
Pd-doped In 2 O 3
Atrazine
Aazam et al.
(2018)
Br-doped diamond
Methomyl pesticide Costa et al.
(2017)
Br-doped diamond
Insecticide
propoxur
Guelfi et al.
(2017)
Composite
Polyaniline/FeZSM-5
Herbicide
glyphosate
Milojević-Rakić
et al. (2018)
MIL(Fe)/Fe-SPC composite
Thiamethoxam
Wei et al. (2018)
Pd/ZnWO 4 nanocomposite
Methylene blue
Chen et al.
(2019a)
TiO 2 /Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposite
Diazinon
Mirmasoomi
et al. (2017)
ZnO nanorod/carboxylic graphene/
polyaniline composite
Diuron
Anirudhan et al.
(2018)
Fe 3 O 4 /metal–organic framework
nanocomposite
Diazinon
Sajjadi et al.
(2019)
TiO 2 /ZrO 2 nanocomposite
Herbicide
chloridazon
Mbiri et al.
(2018)
Ag-ZnO composite
Imidacloprid
Kanwal et al.
(2018)
In, S-TiO2/reduced graphene oxide
nanocomposite
Pesticide atrazine
Khavar et al.
(2018)
Photoelectrode TiO 2 /Ni photoelectrode
Dipterex pesticide
Fang et al. (2012)
Porous coral-like WO 3 /W
photoelectrode
Perfluorooctanoic
acid
Pan et al. (2019)
Fluorine-doped tin oxide/WO 3 /
BiVO 4 photoelectrodes
Phenol
Chatchai et al.
(2009)
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