Inorganic nanotubes with permanent wall polarization as dual photo-reactors for wastewater treatment with simultaneous fuel production
Sabyasachi Patra, Delphine Schaming, Pierre Picot, Marie‐Claire Pignié, Jean‐Blaise Brubach, Lorette Sicard, Sophie Le Caër, Antoine Thill
Abstract
Janus methyl imogolite nanotube (Imo-CH 3 ) with a hydrophobic internal cavity and a hydrophilic external surface, and possessing a permanently polarized thin wall, has been shown to act as a dual photo-reactor for wastewater treatment with simultaneous fuel production.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceWastewaterJanusPolarization (electrochemistry)NanotubeChemical engineeringDual (grammatical number)Carbon nanotubeNanotechnologyWaste managementChemistryEngineeringPhysical chemistryArtLiteratureAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesIron oxide chemistry and applicationsTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells