SolarOxy-3C, exciting new Super Advanced Oxidation material uses solar energy to remove human-made organic and inorganic pollutants from water.

A novel oxidation material has been developed by Watch Water^® Germany, which uses a catalyst for the degradation of environmentally harmful pollutants, which are released at a rate of 9600000 billion tonnes a year into the world water. A novel non-hazardous photocatalytic material effectively removes chemicals, plastic waste, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, fertilizers, sewage water, agricultural runoff of nitrates and phosphates including TOC, and heavy metals, SolarOxy-3C can adsorb 100% of the dye and enhancing the rate of dye breakdown rapidly using (VISIBLE LIGHT) from the sun.

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By mixing crystalline Titanium dioxide (Watch TiO₂) and Oxydes-P (Oxidant) the mixture provides a huge surface area for organics and inorganics capture. The SolarOxy-3C in the water or wastewater proceeds to adsorb heavy metals and break down organics into small and harmless molecules using the energy provided by sunlight, in a process known as

“PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION”.

Having removed the harmful organics, the catalyst may simply be filtered from the clean water by CRYSTOLITE filtration media.

Both of the materials used in the SolarOxy-3C have been manufactured by Watch Water^® Mannheim. Titansorb-P is considered as one of the most promising materials for a range of Photocatalytic application’s, owing to its high electrical conductivity, chemical stability, and surface activity, in addition to its strong light absorbance. As a low band-gap-semiconductor, Watch TiO₂ is white in color due to its ability to adsorb almost the entire spectrum of VISIBLE-LIGHT and therefore extracts a high amount of energy from sunlight to generate Hydroxyl radicals and sulphate radicals to power the degradation processes.

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However, the true potential of the Watch TiO₂ and Oxydes-P was only realized, once they were combined into a single SolarOxy-3C . Due to the exchange of electrons between the two materials, the organic and inorganic’s were broken down by the SolarOxy-3C at around double the rate achieved by Oxydes-P on its own, while Oxydes-P alone is incapable to degrade heavy metals. In contrast to all other leading catalytic materials, many of which are toxic to both humans and aquatic life, both our Watch Water^®, products are classified as Non-Hazardous-Materials.

The Watch Water^® GmbH, believes that their SolarOxy-3C has a huge potential. Now that we’ve introduced and we know the Capabilities of our SolarOxy-3C , our aim is not only to market the product but we’re also exploring its viability in other areas, such as the photocatalyzed adsorption of CO₂ to generate Carbonates.