Application of metal oxide nanoparticles for photo-catalytic treatment of water environment

Abstract

Various types of nanoparticles active in photochemical processes, the most important of them being oxides of Ti, Zn, Ni, Re, Zr, etc. have been successfully tested and applied in the water environments treatment, in view to provide the decomposition or even complete demineralization of toxic persistent pollutants, especially or organic nature, as well as to destroy the pathogenic bacteria and other microorganisms detrimental for human health.