Degrading Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from Wastewater by TiO_𝟐 Photocatalysis: A Review

Table 3

Effect of solution pH on the photocatalytic degradation of various EDCs.

Organic pollutant	Light source	Photocatalyst	Range of solution pH	Optimum solution pH	Reference
Dimethyl phthalate	UV	TiO2	3.0–11.0	5.0	Liao and Wang [101]
Bisphenol A	Visible	C-N/TiO2	3.0–11.0	7.0	Wang and Lim [133]
2,4-Dichlorophenol	UV	TiO2	3.5–10.6	10.6	Trillas et al. [134]
Bisphenol A	UV	TiO2	4.0–10.0	4.0	Kuo and Lin [120]
Diethyl phthalate	Solar	PW12/TiO2	3.4–11.2	11.2	Xu et al. [64]
Pentachlorophenol	UV	TiO2	7.0–11.0	7.0	Hanna et al. [135]
2,4-Dichlorophenol	UV	Porphyrin/TiO2	4.0–10.0	10.0	Chang et al. [109]
n-Butyl benzyl phthalate	UV	TiO2	3.0–11.0	7.0	Xu et al. [69]
Bisphenol A	Solar	N/TiO2/AC	3.0–11.0	3.0	Yap et al. [136]
Bisphenol A	Visible	N/TiO2	3.0–10.0	10.0	Subagio et al. [137]
1,2-Diethyl phthalate	UV	TiO2	3.0–9.0	6.0	Muneer et al. [53]
Bisphenol A	Solar	TiO2/Ti	3.0–10.0	8.0	Daskalaki et al. [107]
Bisphenol A	Visible	TiO2	4.0 – 10.0	4.0	Kuo et al. [138]
2,4-dichlorophenol	UV	Fe^o/TiO2/ACF	2.0–10.0	6.0	Liu et al. [139]
Bisphenol A	UV	Zr/TiO2	2.0–11.0	9.0	Gao et al. [108]
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	UV	TiO2	2.0–12.0	12.0	Chan et al. [140]