Recent advancement in conjugated polymers based photocatalytic technology for air pollutants abatement: Cases of CO2, NOx, and VOCs

Ajmal，Zeeshan2,3; Haq，Mahmood ul4; Naciri，Yassine5; Djellabi，Ridha6; Hassan，Noor7; Zaman，Shahid8; Murtaza，Adil9; Kumar，Anuj10; Al-Sehemi，Abdullah G.11,12; Algarni，Hamed11,13; Al-Hartomy，Omar A.14; Dong，R.3; Hayat，Asif15,16; Qadeer，Abdul1

2022-12-01

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136358

CHEMOSPHERE   Impact Factor & Quartile

0045-6535

1879-1298

According to World Health Organization (WHO) survey, air pollution has become the major reason of several fatal diseases, which had led to the death of 7 million peoples around the globe. The 9 people out of 10 breathe air, which exceeds WHO recommendations. Several strategies are in practice to reduce the emission of pollutants into the air, and also strict industrial, scientific, and health recommendations to use sustainable green technologies to reduce the emission of contaminants into the air. Photocatalysis technology recently has been raised as a green technology to be in practice towards the removal of air pollutants. The scientific community has passed a long pathway to develop such technology from the material, and reactor points of view. Many classes of photoactive materials have been suggested to achieve such a target. In this context, the contribution of conjugated polymers (CPs), and their modification with some common inorganic semiconductors as novel photocatalysts, has never been addressed in literature till now for said application, and is critically evaluated in this review. As we know that CPs have unique characteristics compared to inorganic semiconductors, because of their conductivity, excellent light response, good sorption ability, better redox charge generation, and separation along with a delocalized π-electrons system. The advances in photocatalytic removal/reduction of three primary air-polluting compounds such as CO, NO, and VOCs using CPs based photocatalysts are discussed in detail. Furthermore, the synergetic effects, obtained in CPs after combining with inorganic semiconductors are also comprehensively summarized in this review. However, such a combined system, on to better charges generation and separation, may make the Adsorb & Shuttle process into action, wherein, CPs may play the sorbing area. And, we hope that, the critical discussion on the further enhancement of photoactivity and future recommendations will open the doors for up-to-date technology transfer in modern research.

CO2 conversion Conjugated polymers NOx oxidation Photocatalysis VOCs oxidation

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Research Center for Advanced Materials Science, King Khalid University[RCAMS/KKU/007/21];

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Environmental Sciences

WOS:000864021100001

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

20223712734297

Air pollution ; Conjugated polymers ; Industrial emissions ; Nitrogen oxides ; Photocatalysis ; Technology transfer

Air Pollution:451 ; Air Pollution Sources:451.1 ; Light/Optics:741.1 ; Chemical Reactions:802.2 ; Inorganic Compounds:804.2 ; Organic Polymers:815.1.1

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

2-s2.0-85137693572

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1.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment,National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration,Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences,Beijing,100012,China
2.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xian,710072,China
3.MoA Key Laboratory for Clean Production and Utilization of Renewable Energy,MoST National Center for International Research of BioEnergy Science and Technology,College of Engineering,China Agricultural University,Beijing,100083,China
4.Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials,College of Chemistry and Life Sciences,Zhejiang Normal University,Jinhua,321004,China
5.Laboratoire Matériaux et Environnement LME,Faculté des Sciences,Université Ibn Zohr,Agadir,BP, Cité Dakhla,8106,Morocco
6.Department of Chemical Engineering,Universitat Rovira I Virgili,Tarragona,43007,Spain
7.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing,PR,100081,China
8.Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
9.MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter,State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials,Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Mesoscopic Physics of Shaanxi Province,School of Physics,Xian Jiaotong University,Xian,Shaanxi,710049,China
10.Nanotechnology Laboratory,Department of Chemistry,GLA,University,Mathura,Uttar Pradesh,281406,India
11.Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS),King Khalid University,Abha,P.O. Box 9004,61413,Saudi Arabia
12.Department of Chemistry,College of Science,King Khalid University,Abha,P.O. Box 9004,61413,Saudi Arabia
13.Department of Physics,Faculty of Science,King Khalid University,Abha,P.O. Box 9004,61413,Saudi Arabia
14.Department of Physics,Faculty of Science,King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,21589,Saudi Arabia
15.College of Chemistry and Life Sciences,Zhejiang Normal University,Jinhua,Zhejiang,321004,China
16.College of Geography and Environmental Sciences,Zhejiang Normal University,Jinhua,321004,China

Ajmal，Zeeshan,Haq，Mahmood ul,Naciri，Yassine,et al. Recent advancement in conjugated polymers based photocatalytic technology for air pollutants abatement: Cases of CO2, NOx, and VOCs[J]. CHEMOSPHERE,2022,308.

Ajmal，Zeeshan.,Haq，Mahmood ul.,Naciri，Yassine.,Djellabi，Ridha.,Hassan，Noor.,...&Qadeer，Abdul.(2022).Recent advancement in conjugated polymers based photocatalytic technology for air pollutants abatement: Cases of CO2, NOx, and VOCs.CHEMOSPHERE,308.

Ajmal，Zeeshan,et al."Recent advancement in conjugated polymers based photocatalytic technology for air pollutants abatement: Cases of CO2, NOx, and VOCs".CHEMOSPHERE 308(2022).