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Journal
Description: 
In order to achieve a selective removal of specific pesticides from water, we synthesized, through the sol-gel technique, molecularly imprinted TiO2 photocatalysts with the only use of the standard reactants of the TiO2 sol-gel synthesis together with the pesticide molecules, without any addition of further reactants supports or matrices. It is a new, easy, smart and scalable method that avoid the multistep and solvent-consuming procedures, typical of the molecular imprinting. Two widely-used pesticides, i.e. the herbicide 2,4D, and the insecticide imidacloprid, were chosen as template for the molecular imprinting and as contaminants target for the photocatalytic tests. A remarkable enhancement of the photocatalytic activity was verified with the TiO2 imprinted with the corresponding pesticide-target. The selectivity of the photodegradation process was verified thanks to the comparison with the degradation of pesticides …
Publisher: 
Elsevier
Publication date: 
1 Jan 2020
Authors: 

Roberto Fiorenza, Alessandro Di Mauro, Maria Cantarella, Carmelo Iaria, Elena Maria Scalisi, Maria Violetta Brundo, Antonino Gulino, Luca Spitaleri, Giuseppe Nicotra, Sandro Dattilo, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Vittorio Privitera, Giuliana Impellizzeri

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Volume: 379 Pages: 122309
Origin: 
Chemical Engineering Journal