Iron doped TiO2 photocatalysts for environmental applications: fundamentals and progress
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Many recent studies have been reported on the photodegradation of the organic compounds in industrial wastewater in the presence of TiO2 semiconductor as photocatalyst. Heterogeneous photocatalysts using Iron as a dopant metal, so far, have been reported for various environmental applications. This paper highlights the recent advances and applications of Fe-TiO2 photocatalysis for the degradation of various pollutants, phenols and dyes. Keywords—wastewater; photocatalyst; iron doped titanium
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