Catalysis/adsorption

A significant amount of organic pollutants has been generated annually by the dyeing and textile industries. If organic pollutants are discharged without proper treatment, organic pollutants will contaminate and endanger water resources and living creatures. These organic pollutants consist of benzene ring compounds such as Rhodamine B, Rhodamine 6G, methylene blue, methyl orange, and Congo red. Thus, they are seldom biodegraded in nature. Various treatment approaches have been developed, including adsorption and catalytic decomposition etc.

Nano/micromaterials are of interest in environmental remediation because of their high surface-to-volume ratio and uptake capacity, which leads to a higher adsorption or catalytic performance. Although nano/micromaterials possess such fascinating characteristics, they have difficulties being used alone due to issues in mass production, high product cost, and unintended leakage. Thus, we aim to develop a novel catalytic filter that does not have a risk of leakage, has a rapid catalytic reaction, high flux, easy increase/decrease in the amount of catalyst, and excellent reusability.