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Application of polysaccharide-based biopolymers as supports in photocatalytic treatment of water and wastewater: a review

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Rising health issues of Worldwide pollution by fossil fuel products are Fostering the development of safer materials such as biopolymers in many sectors such as food, pharmaceutical, medical and environmental industries. Indeed, biopolymers are often safe, biodegradable, cheap and easy to modify. Here we review photocatalysts based on polysaccharides for wastewater treatment. Polysaccharides include starch, cellulose, carrageenan, alginate, chitin, chitosan and gum. The main reasons for using biodegradable biopolymers are their ability to adsorb pollutants and to be modified with nanoparticles and semiconductors.

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This work was partially supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Georg Forster research fellowship for experienced researchers program). HE was partially supported by the OPUS 19 grant of National Science Centre, Poland (2020/37/B/ST5/01909), by the MAESTRO 12 project (NCN, Poland) and by Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship (FNP, Poland). This publication has been supported by RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program (R. Luque).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Imam Hossein, Tehran, Iran

    Esmail Sohouli

  2. Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156–83111, Iran

    Neda Irannejad

  3. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 4 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    Abolfazl Ziarati

  4. Institute of Electronic and Sensor Materials, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 09599, Freiberg, Germany

    Hermann Ehrlich & Mehdi Rahimi-Nasrabadi

  5. Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61614, Poznan, Poland

    Hermann Ehrlich

  6. Chemical Injuries Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Rahimi-Nasrabadi

  7. Faculty of Pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Rahimi-Nasrabadi

  8. Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Farhad Ahmadi

  9. Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad de Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Marie Curie, Ctra. Nnal. IV, Km. 396, 14014, Cordoba, Spain

    Rafael Luque

  10. Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

    Rafael Luque

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Sohouli, E., Irannejad, N., Ziarati, A. et al. Application of polysaccharide-based biopolymers as supports in photocatalytic treatment of water and wastewater: a review. Environ Chem Lett 20, 3789–3809 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01456-3

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