Affiliation:
1. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Petru Poni, Romania
Abstract
Herein, the authors summarize the performance of the innovative semiconducting materials produced by the electrospinning-calcination method and applied in photocatalytic systems for advanced oxidation. Specific details regarding the synthesis, characterization, application, and mechanism of action of these semiconducting catalysts are highlighted. A special emphasis was placed on analyzing the kinetics of the processes related to advanced oxidation. In this regard, the application of the pseudo-first-order kinetic (PFO) model and the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) model was presented and discussed. Likewise, the advantages of adopting the design of experiments methodology are highlighted to build the empirical models which can be used for process optimization.