Assistant Professor Paveena Laokul, a SCIMSU researcher from the Department of Physics, and colleagues discovered wastewater treatment using hollow spherical particle photocatalysts.
At present, chemical and heavy metal contamination in natural water bodies are becoming more and more severe, affecting the livelihoods of living organisms and ecosystems. Developing a system or process for effective water pollution management is urgently needed. Thus, our researchers are committed to developing efficient systems and materials for water purification.
Assistant Professor Paweena Laokul and colleagues conducted research to help decompose organic compounds contaminated in water or air. They have studied water purification by using photocatalytic performance. The study entitled “Size controllable synthesis and photocatalytic performance of mesoporous TiO2 hollow spheres” was published in the Journal of Materials Science & Technology in 2020. Furthermore, another study to discover wastewater treatment was “Preparation and characterization of hollow TiO2 nanospheres: The effect of Fe3+ doping on their microstructure and electronic structure,” which was published in the journal Current Applied Physics in 2020.
Kanjana N, Maiaugree W, Poolcharuansin P, Laokul P. Size controllable synthesis and photocatalytic performance of mesoporous TiO2 hollow spheres. Journal of Materials Science & Technology. 2020; 48:105-113.
Pradubkorn P, Maensiri S, Swatsitang E, Laokul P. Preparation and characterization of hollow TiO2 nanospheres: The effect of Fe3+ doping on their microstructure and electronic structure. Current Applied Physics, 2020; 20: 178-185.
