A Review of Electrical Assisted Photocatalytic Technologies for the Treatment of Multi-Phase Pollutants

This article reviews the fundamental theories and reaction mechanisms of photocatalytic technologies with assistance electrical field for degrading multi-phase pollutants. Photo(electro)catalysis including oxidation (PCO) photoelectrocatalytic (PECO) have been a potential applied treatment organic inorganic compounds in wastewaters waste gases, which has treated as promising technique by using semiconductors photo(electro)catalysts to convert light or energy chemical energy. Combining processes is an option effectively decompose Although techniques used pollutants, developing efficient advanced (AOTs) combining photocatalysis urgently demanded future. most recent progress advances combined external field, characterization nano-sized photo(electro)catalysts, degradation development assisted application on gases. Innovative regarding photo(electro)catalytic reactions without oxidants are included this review article.