... , comments on those most relevant to the development of the technology and summarizes most of the recent research related to the degradation of water contaminants, and how solar photocatalysis (coupled with biotreatment) could significantly contribute to the treatment of very persistent toxic compounds...

...Julio Chaves; Manuel Collares Pereira The most energetic part of the solar radiation spectrum can be used in the presence of a catalyst (Photo Catalysis) or in Photo Fenton techniques to treat chemically or biologically contaminated water. This process requires an efficient optics to collect...

...Erick R. Bandala; Claudio Estrada A comparative study between four different solar collectors was carried out using oxalic acid and the pesticide carbaryl as model contaminants. The comparison was performed by means of a figure-of-merit developed for solar driven Advanced Oxidation Technology...