Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Pollutants in Water, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 576
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Fenton-like photocatalysis; detection of organic pollutants and degradation products; integration of advanced oxidation technologies and biological processes for industrial wastewater treatment; advanced treatment of water and wastewater
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Interests: photocatalysis; photocatalytic environmental purification; photocatalytic organic synthesis; development of photocatalytic nanomaterials
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Interests: synthesis of nanoporous photocatalysts; photocatalytic hydrogen production; microsphere-nanofiber composites; biomimetic catalytic structure; organic pollutants and wastewater treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is the second edition of the successful Special Issue titled “Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Pollutants in Water”.
Organic pollutants are widely dispersed in industrial wastewater and have caused widespread environmental concerns. Photocatalysis has been a hotspot of research as an environmentally benign, low-cost and highly efficient approach to the decomposition of organic pollutants.
This Special Issue of Catalysts will cover the recent advancements in photocatalyst development, water environmental remediation applications, industrial wastewater treatment, reaction mechanisms, and modeling processes for water decontamination. The Guest Editors encourage submissions in the following areas:
- The development of photocatalytic materials;
- Photocatalytic-based process degradation of emerging contaminants in wastewater;
- Wastewater recycling and repurposing via photocatalysts;
- Disinfection and decontamination via advanced oxidation processes (photocatalysis-, ozone, UV, H2O2 and PMS-based processes);
- Photocatalytic degradation processes and intermediates of emerging contaminants in wastewater.
If you would like to submit papers for publication in this Special Issue or have any questions, please contact the in-house Editor, Mr. Ives Liu (ives.liu@mdpi.com).
Dr. Zhexin Zhu
Dr. Xiufang Chen
Dr. Yinsong Si
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photocatalytic nanomaterial
- advanced oxidation technology
- environmental photocatalysis
- degradation mechanism
- wastewater treatment
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