photoactive
membranes

As we are unsure of the effects of pharmaceutical micropollutants in the water, researchers are seeking a way to eradicate these unnatural components. Wetsus researchers have found an effective manner to use photocatalytic ceramic membranes. By irradiating photons on the TiO₂ membrane surface, surrounded by dissolved testing model compounds – diclofenac, iopamidol, methylene blue, and metoprolol – they were able to get rid of up to 97% of unwanted medicine scraps.

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Heredia Deba, Shuyana A. Heredia, Bas A. Wols, Doekle R. Yntema, and Rob G. H. Lammertink. 2022. “Effects of the Water Matrix on the Degradation of Micropollutants by a Photocatalytic Ceramic Membrane.” Membranes 12 (10): 1004. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12101004.