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Monday, 17 March 2014

High-tech Materials Purify Water with Sunlight

Sunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water. 

Scientists combined several high-tech components to make an easy-to-use water purifier that could work with the world’s most basic form of energy, sunlight, in a boon for water purification in rural areas or developing countries.


Graphene (above), along with sunlight and titanium dioxide, can purify drinking water.
 Credit: Tyndall National Institute

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