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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 303, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134993
Keywords
Polypyrrole photocatalyst; Organic polymer photocatalyst; Doped polypyrrole; Z-scheme; Bacterial inactivation; Energy production
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- Brain Pool Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2020H1D3A1A04081409]
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Polypyrrole is a conducting organic polymer photocatalyst that has the potential for applications in photocatalysis. It offers advantages such as low cost, stability, and environmental friendliness. However, there are also limitations in its application, which can be addressed through modifications such as doping and heterojunctions to improve its performance.
Aqueous contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, dyes, personal care products, etc., are the common water contaminants that show adverse health effects. Photocatalysis is one of the well-known techniques to treat these water contaminants. Currently, most inorganic photocatalysts show a poor balance between adsorption and photocatalytic activity. In addition, heavy metal pollution and low biosafety are significant concerns in photocatalysis. Thus, environmentally friendly photocatalysts are required to avoid the secondary pollution caused by some inorganic semiconductor-photocatalysts. Organic polymer-based photocatalysts are low-cost, stable, non-toxic, and can utilize visible and NIR light for photocatalysis. In this review, we have discussed polypyrrole as a photocatalyst. Polypyrrole is a conducting organic polymer photocatalyst that is highly stable with high charge mobility and strong binding sites for photocatalytic reactions. Besides these advantages, pol- ypyrrole has limitations, such as high charge recombination due to a small bandgap and poor dispersity. So we have explored the modifications to polypyrrole photocatalysts, such as doping and heterojunctions. Further, we have explained the applications of polypyrrole in photocatalysis as an adsorbent, sensitizer, degradation of pollutants, and energy production. Finally, the future aspects of polypyrrole photocatalysis are also explored to improve the path of future research.
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