Greener photocatalysts : Hydroxyapatite derived from waste mussel shells for the photocatalytic degradation of a model azo dye wastewater

• Main Authors: Jun Haslinda, Shariffuddin, Jones, Mark Ian, Patterson, Darrell Alec
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33397/1/Greener%20photocatalysts%20_%20Hydroxyapatite%20derived%20from%20waste%20mussel%20shells.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33397/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2013.04.018; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2013.04.018

This paper demonstrates for the first time the feasibility of utilising waste mussel shells for the synthesis of hydroxyapatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 (denoted as HAP) to be used as a greener, renewable photocatalyst for recalcitrant wastewater remediation. HAP was synthesised from Perna canaliculus (gree...