Research progress in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by photocatalytic oxidation
The current status of employing photocatalytic oxidation techniques for the purification of phar-maceutical wastewater is comprehensively reviewed.Emphasis is particularly placed on the application of semiconductor photocatalysts and photocatalytic composite membranes.Additionally,the integration of as-sociated technologies with photocatalytic oxidation for the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater is pro-foundly discussed.The article elaborates on the efficiency of various techniques towards the purification of pharmaceutical wastewater,highlighting their respective advantages and disadvantages.The potential re-search directions and future prospects for the application of photocatalytic oxidation in pharmaceutical wastewater treatment are envisaged.