Hybrid Materials and Their Uses in Water Treatment, Desalination and Reuse

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, water purification, sanitation and reuse of polluted wastewater have become worldwide critical problems according to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. With current levels of industrial and urbanization expansion, avoiding organic pollutants and toxic heavy metals from poisoning water is particularly challenging. As a result, new effective water and wastewater treatment technologies are necessary. There are a variety of effective techniques capable to achieve efficient results regarding treated water quality, treatment time, energy consumption and sustainability requirements. However, aspects like treatment duration and energy usage must be improved. During the last decade, much research has been published on combining processes. For example, the combination of photocatalysis with other techniques using many hybrid materials has shown considerable promise in organic pollutant degradation, inorganic pollutant reduction, and/or microbiological inactivation. The main topic of this Special Issue (SI) will be investigating novel hybrid materials, with a focus on their application in water and wastewater treatment. An essential study track that is urged to be included in this SI is the assessment of the chemical, physical, and morphological properties of hybrid materials and their optimization using various research instruments, as well as the feasibility and efficiency of suggested solutions.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced wastewater technologies.
• Combined processes for water treatment and purification.
• Nanomaterials and catalysts.Adsorbents coupled with catalysts.
• Adsorption and photocatalysis.
• Degradation and reduction of organic and inorganic pollutants.
• Organic/Inorganic materials.
• Coagulation, Flocculation, Fenton, Plasma and Ozonation.
• Water treatment and desalination.

Dr. Oussama Baaloudj
Dr. Ahmed K. Badawi
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Guest Editors

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