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A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2020) | Viewed by 13059

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Prof. Dr. Dror Avisar

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Hydro-Chemistry and Water Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Interests: Identifying the fate and transport mechanisms of pharmaceuticals and degradation by-products in domestic, Industrial and hospital wastewater, effluents and biosolids; industrial fish ponds, effluent irrigated fields, river streams and groundwater; Technology development for water treatment and purification via Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater effluent
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Dear Colleagues,

Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) was recently chosen by the EPA as their favorite and most beneficial advanced treatment for micro pollutants degradation in domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastewater. Additionally, the present of natural and artificial nano materials in various water resources is a controversial topic. On one hand, nanomaterials can effectively remove various pollutants in water and thus have been successfully applied in water and wastewater treatment; however, on the other hand, nanomaterials have already been indicated as a toxic, non-degradable persistent group of pollutants.

This Special Issue aims to consider the state-of-the-art manuscripts dealing and discussing these topics, representing cutting-edge results and innovative technologies constructed on basic science studies to applied science, semi and full pilots studies, and projects. Both academic and industrial views will be given for a better understanding of advanced oxidation processes and the fate of nanomaterials in water, to save our aquatic environments and protect human health, globally.

Authors with expertise in these topics are cordially invited to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue of Materials. Significant original papers and review articles are welcome.

Prof. Dror Avisar
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• effluents • oxidation • pollutants • water treatment • purification • micro and nano-materials

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Trace Organic Compound Removal from Wastewater Reverse-Osmosis Concentrate by Advanced Oxidation Processes with UV/O₃/H₂O₂

by Aviv Kaplan, Hadas Mamane, Yaal Lester and Dror Avisar

Materials 2020, 13(12), 2785; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13122785 - 19 Jun 2020

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Advanced technologies, such as reverse osmosis (RO), allow the reuse of treated wastewater for direct or indirect potable use. However, even highly efficient RO systems produce ~10–15% highly contaminated concentrate as a byproduct. This wastewater RO concentrate (WWROC) is very rich in metal ions, nutrients, and hard-to-degrade trace organic compounds (TOrCs), such as pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, flame retardants, and detergents, which must be treated before disposal. WWROC could be up to 10 times more concentrated than secondary effluent. We examined the efficiency of several advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) on TOrC removal from a two-stage WWROC matrix in a pilot wastewater-treatment facility. WWROC ozonation or UV irradiation, with H₂O₂ addition, demonstrated efficient removal of TOrCs, varying between 21% and over 99% degradation, and indicating that radical oxidation (by HO·) is the dominant mechanism. However, AOPs are not sufficient to fully treat the WWROC, and thus, additional procedures are required to decrease metal ion and nutrient concentrations. Further biological treatment post-AOP is also highly important, to eliminate the degradable organic molecules obtained from the AOP. Full article

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TiO₂ Modified with Organic Acids for the Decomposition of Chlorfenvinphos under the Influence of Visible Light: Activity, Performance, Adsorption, and Kinetics

by Piotr Zawadzki

Materials 2020, 13(2), 289; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13020289 - 8 Jan 2020

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Photocatalytic decomposition of chlorfenvinphos (CFVP) in the presence of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) modified with organic acids: pyruvic (PA) and succinic (SA) under the visible light radiation has been studied. The following tests were examined: dose of photocatalysts, adsorption time, pH of the model solution, deactivation of catalysts, the role of oxygen, identification of free radicals for the CFVP decomposition, Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. The synthesized materials were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and UV-Vis. At 10 wt.% of acid (90:10) decomposition of chlorfenvinphos was the most effective in the following conditions: dose of catalyst 50.0 mg/L, time of adsorption = 20 min, pH of model solution = 3.0. Under these conditions the order of photocatalyst efficiency has been proposed: TiO₂/PA/90:10 > TiO₂/SA/90:10 > TiO₂ with the removal degree of 85, 72 and 48%. The mathematically calculated half-life at this conditions was 27.0 min and 39.0 min for TiO₂/PA/90:10 and TiO₂/SA/90:10 respectively, compared to 98 min for pure TiO₂. It has been determined that the O₂^•− radicals and holes (h⁺) are the main reactive species involved in the photodegradation of chlorfenvinphos. The results of this study showed that method may be an interesting alternative for the treatment of chlorfenvinphos contaminated wastewater. Full article

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LP-UV-Nano MgO₂ Pretreated Catalysis Followed by Small Bioreactor Platform Capsules Treatment for Superior Kinetic Degradation Performance of 17α-Ethynylestradiol

by Lakshmi Prasanna Vaddadi, Dror Avisar, Vinod Kumar Vadivel, Ofir Menashe, Eyal Kurzbaum, Vered Cohen-Yaniv and Hadas Mamane

Materials 2020, 13(1), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13010083 - 23 Dec 2019

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A successful attempt to degrade synthetic estrogen 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) is demonstrated via combining photocatalysis employing magnesium peroxide (MgO₂)/low-pressure ultraviolet (LP-UV) treatment followed by biological treatment using small bioreactor platform (SBP) capsules. Reusable MgO₂ was synthesized through wet chemical synthesis and extensively characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) for phase confirmation, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for elemental composition, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) to explain a specific surface area, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging surface morphology, and UV-visible (Vis) spectrophotometry. The degradation mechanism of EE2 by MgO₂/LP-UV consisted of LP-UV photolysis of H₂O₂ in situ (produced by the catalyst under ambient conditions) to generate hydroxyl radicals, and the degradation extent depended on both MgO₂ and UV dose. Moreover, the catalyst was successfully reusable for the removal of EE2. Photocatalytic treatment by MgO₂ alone required 60 min (~1700 mJ/cm²) to remove 99% of the EE2, whereas biodegradation by SBP capsules alone required 24 h to remove 86% of the EE2, and complete removal was not reached. The sequential treatment of photocatalysis and SBP biodegradation to achieve complete removal required only 25 min of UV (~700 mJ/cm²) and 4 h of biodegradation (instead of >24 h). The combination of UV photocatalysis and biodegradation produced a greater level of EE2 degradation at a lower LP-UV dose and at less biodegradation time than either treatment used separately, proving that synergetic photocatalysis and biodegradation are effective treatments for degrading EE2. Full article

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Treatment of Diethyl Phthalate Leached from Plastic Products in Municipal Solid Waste Using an Ozone-Based Advanced Oxidation Process

by Sankaralingam Mohan, Hadas Mamane, Dror Avisar, Igal Gozlan, Aviv Kaplan and Gokul Dayalan

Materials 2019, 12(24), 4119; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12244119 - 9 Dec 2019

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Plastic products in municipal solid waste result in the extraction of phthalates in leachate that also contains large amounts of organic matter, such as humic substances, ammonia, metals, chlorinated organics, phenolic compounds, and pesticide residues. Phthalate esters are endocrine disruptors, categorized as a priority pollutant by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Biological processes are inefficient at degrading phthalates due to their stability and toxic characteristics. In this study, the peroxone (ozone/hydrogen peroxide) process (O₃/H₂O₂), an O₃-based advanced oxidation process (AOP), was demonstrated for the removal of diethyl phthalate (DEP) in synthetic leachate simulating solid-waste leachate from an open dump. The impact of the O₃ dose during DEP degradation; the formation of ozonation intermediate by-products; and the effects of H₂O₂ dose, pH, and ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (UVC) were determined during ozonation. Removal of 99.9% of an initial 20 mg/L DEP was obtained via 120 min of ozonation (transferred O₃ dose = 4971 mg/L) with 40 mg/L H₂O₂ in a semi-batch O₃ system. Degradation mechanisms of DEP along with its intermediate products were also determined for the AOP treatment. Indirect OH radical exposure was determined by using a radical probe compound (pCBA) in the O₃ treatment. Full article

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