“…This makes it easier to separate the photocatalysts from the reaction mixture for reuse. The different substances used for immobilizing photocatalysts are, for example, pumice (Shao et al 2019), stainless steel wire-mesh (Chang et al 2019), glass (Pickering et al 2017;Xing et al 2018;Pirinejad et al 2019), cellulose acetate film (Boruah et al 2019), cellulosic fibres (Jouali et al 2019), polyethersulfone matrix (Hir et al 2017), activated charcoal, zeolite, polymers, cement and clay (Hofstadler et al 1994;Ao and Lee 2005;Mohamed and Mohamed 2008;Meng et al 2008;Jafari et al 2016;Pan et al 2019) (Table 8). The physiochemical properties of the support being used play a major role in modulating the rate of photocatalysis, and they are (Pozzo et al 1997): high porosity, low manufacturing cost, high stability, nontoxicity, high transparency, chemical inertness, strong surface binding with the photocatalyst and separability.…”