In its June edition, the scientific magazine, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, published an article on photocatalytic degradation, a system used in the LIFE-Aquemfree project and which aims to decontaminate waste water containing pesticides from remnants, rinsing and washing using solar photocatalysis and at agricultural farms themselves.

The research work published included research on the photocatalytic degradation of spirodiclofen, spiromesifen and spirotetramat and their main metabolites, in water, using different titanium and zinc semi-conductor oxides (TiO₂ Degussa P25, TiO₂ Kronos vlp 7000, ZnO, ZnTiO₃ and Zn₂TiO₄)..

Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10106030/328