Photocatalysis is termed by researchers (or green chemist) to eliminate secondary pollutant by mineralization of organic pollutants.
AOP usually are used for minarization of organic pollutants. So, if you have a metal-dye complex, only the dye will be converted to less hazardous materials by AOP treatment and the metal remains unchanged.
Thank you sir Mohammad Kooti,
should it then be said that the use of semiconductors for wastewater treatment is selective and has it own limitation too in that aspect?
Many articles are published about AOP. You may check this one and references therein
Article Heterogeneous Catalytic Degradation of Phenol by a Fenton-Ty...
Most AOP's are used for the degradation of organic micro-pollutant, which can be converted to water and carbon dioxide. Most study on metals are majorly adsorption or corrosion.
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