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Piezocatalysis as a Sustainable Solution for Microbial Eradication and Wastewater Treatment: Developments in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes comprehensively elucidates insights into the principles and applications of piezocatalysis. The book explains, in detail, the mechanism of the process and explores various approaches and the latest breakthroughs in material synthesis and designing for piezocatalysis. It explains how piezocatalysis offers a unique advantage by simultaneously degrading pollutants and controlling microbial populations, and that this dual action streamlines the wastewater treatment process and enhances overall efficiency.
Along with providing practical insights into how piezocatalysis is being employed to tackle wastewater issues, this book focuses on the recent developments, outlining their challenges and future opportunities. The book provides versatile solutions that are capable of degrading a wide range of pollutants, including recalcitrant organic compounds and microbial contaminants, and as such, enabling the degradation of various water pollutants and removal of pathogenic microbes. Researchers in academia and industry will find this to be a very important resource for learning about the implementation of piezocatalysis for wastewater remediation.
List of contents
1. Introduction to piezocatalysis
2. Mechanisms of piezocatalysis
3. Design and fabrication of piezo-responsive materials
4. Synthetic polymers for piezocatalysis
5. Biopolymers for piezocatalysis
6. Ultrasonic energy-based piezocatalysis for wastewater treatment
7. Mechanical stirring-based piezocatalysis for wastewater treatment
8. Piezocatalysis for removal of pesticides and pharmaceutical wastes from wastewater
9. Piezocatalytic dye degradation from wastewater
10. Piezocatalytic disinfection of wastewater
11. Synergistic approach piezo-photocatalysis for wastewater treatment
12. Piezocatalytic advances in industrial wastewater
13. Challenges and future prospective
14. Conclusion
