Catalytic Materials and Processes for Water Pollution Control
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: environmental chemistry; water pollution control; catalytic water remediation; water pollution monitoring; persistent organic pollutants; environmental functional materials; advanced oxidation and reduction processes
Interests: environmental electrochemistry; environmental catalysis; redox reaction; water pollution control; perfluorinated compounds; quantum chemical calculation; finite element simulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of modern urbanization and industrialization has resulted in severe water pollution. Conventional and emerging water contaminants have attracted increasing concern due to their associated health and ecological risks, making the development of effective control strategies an urgent goal. Catalytic water treatment processes, such as advanced oxidation and reduction, exhibit high efficiency in the degradation, mineralization, and detoxification of water contaminants under mild conditions, primarily through the generation of highly reactive species driven by various catalysts.
This Special Issue is dedicated to presenting cutting-edge advances in catalytic materials and processes for water pollution control, including (1) design of high-performance catalytic materials (e.g., functionalized nanomaterials, single-atom catalysts, carbon-based materials, defect-engineered oxides, and hybrid materials) for enhanced decontamination; (2) development of efficient catalytic processes (e.g., Fenton and Fenton-like reactions, activated persulfate oxidation, mediated permanganate oxidation, reductive dehalogenation, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis); (3) mechanistic insights into reactive species formation, reaction pathways, and interfacial catalytic chemistry; (4) performance evaluation of the broad-spectrum efficacy and practical applicability of catalytic technologies in complex water matrices. We welcome original research and reviews bridging material science, reaction engineering, and environmental chemistry, contributing to knowledge at the forefront of catalytic water purification.
Dr. Xiaoyan Chen
Dr. Hehe Qin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental catalytic materials
- environmental catalytic processes
- catalytic water decontamination
- advanced oxidation processes
- advanced reduction processes
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
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