Catalysts and Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanostructured Catalysts".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced treatment of water and wastewater; waste minimization and water reuse; integration of advanced oxidation technologies and biological processes for industrial wastewater treatment; water, soil, and air quality; energy and resource recovery
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Interests: photochemical reaction engineering including photocatalysis, UV/hydrogen peroxide, fenton/photo-fenton, etc.; integration of advanced oxidation technologies and biological processes for wastewater treatment; effects of climate change on the quality and quantity of groundwater
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Interests: biomass catalysis; biofuels; heavy metals removal; environmental toxicology; microalgae and nematodes as bioindicators, phytoremediation; biochar adsorption; bionanocomposites
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Interests: catalyst; photocatalysts; photocatalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; catalyst characterization; catalyst synthesis; oxidation; photodegradation; advanced oxidation processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of the previous Special Issue, Applications and New Trends in Catalysts and Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation”, following its great success.
Environmental remediation is associated with the management and removal of pollution in water resources, air quality intervention, waste minimization, and soil decontamination. The need for remedial action is becoming increasingly demanding, while catalysts and photocatalytic nanomaterials have the potential for procuring effective strategies in the management, treatment, and reuse of water, soil decontamination, and waste repurposing.
This Special Issue of Catalysts will cover the recent advancements in catalyst development, photocatalytic nanomaterials, environmental remediation applications, reaction mechanisms, and modeling processes for water and soil decontamination. The Guest Editors encourage submissions in the following areas:
- Development of catalysts and photocatalytic nanomaterials.
- Disinfection and decontamination via advanced oxidation process (photocatalysis, Ozone, UV, H2O2, and electrochemical-based process).
- Life cycle assessment in catalysis applications.
- Photocatalysis and advanced oxidation process in air quality intervention.
- Photocatalytic-based process degradation of emerging contaminants.
- Process optimization and modeling of catalytic systems for environmental remediation.
- Waste recycling and repurposing via catalysis.
Dr. Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte
Prof. Dr. Mehrab Mehrvar
Prof. Dr. Lesly Tejeda-Benitez
Prof. Dr. Fiderman Machuca-Martínez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- catalytic processes
- degradation
- disinfection
- nanocomposites
- air quality
- wastewater treatment
- emerging contaminants
- photocatalysis
- environmental remediation
- advanced oxidation processes
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