Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A in aqueous media: A review

P Venkata Laxma Reddy; Ki-Hyun Kim; Beluri Kavitha; Vanish Kumar; Nadeem Raza; Sudhakar Kalagara

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.059

Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A in aqueous media: A review

J Environ Manage. 2018 May 1:213:189-205. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.059. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

Authors

P Venkata Laxma Reddy¹, Ki-Hyun Kim², Beluri Kavitha³, Vanish Kumar⁴, Nadeem Raza⁵, Sudhakar Kalagara⁶

Affiliations

¹ Program in Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA 799038.
² Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kkim61@hanyang.ac.kr.
³ Department of Pharmacology, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. NTRUHS, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 520008, India.
⁴ Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea; Department of Applied Sciences, U.I.E.T., Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
⁵ Govt. Emerson College affiliated with Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, 60800 Pakistan; Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.

PMID: 29499555
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.059

Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) is known to be an emerging pollutant in various environmental compartments. Human exposure to BPA occurs widely because it is commonly used as the raw material in a variety of industrial processes (e.g., the preparation of epoxy and polycarbonate resins). In this review, a brief survey was carried out to cover a range of photocatalytic materials (e.g., titania, zinc, silver, carbon, and bismuth) and their modified forms as an effective means to treat water systems contaminated with BPA. The overall efficiency and limitations of these catalysts are described for the photocatalytic treatment of BPA.

Keywords: Bisphenol A degradation; Emerging contaminants; Graphene; Photocatalytic; Pollutant degradation; Solar decontamination.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Benzhydryl Compounds / chemistry*
Catalysis
Humans
Phenols / chemistry*
Photochemical Processes
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry*

Substances

Benzhydryl Compounds
Phenols
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Water
bisphenol A