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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 8026-8053Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17614-z
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Chromium; Photocatalysts; Reduction; Semiconductors; Water treatment; Photoreduction
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This discourse provides insight into strategies for enhancing the photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III), emphasizing the importance of experimental findings for process optimization.
This discourse aimed at providing insight into the strategies that can be adopted to boost the process of photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). Cr(VI) is amongst the highly detestable pollutants; thus, its removal or reduction to an innocuous and more tolerable Cr(III) has been the focus. The high promise of photocatalysis hinged on the sustainability, low cost, simplicity, and zero sludge generation. Consequently, the present dissertation provided a comprehensive review of the process enhancement procedures that have been reported for the photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). Premised on the findings from experimental studies on Cr(VI) reductions, the factors that enhanced the process were identified, dilated, and interrogated. While the salient reaction conditions for the process optimization include the degree of ionization of reacting medium, available photogenerated electrons, reactor ambience, type of semiconductors, surface area of semiconductor, hole scavengers, quantum efficiency, and competing reactions, the relevant process variables are photocatalyst dosage, initial Cr(VI) concentration, interfering ion, and organic load. In addition, the practicability of photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) was explored according to the potential for photocatalyst recovery, reactivation, and reuse reaction conditions and the process variables.
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