Green Catalysts: Application to Waste and Groundwater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution is one of the most important global problems as a result of population growth, industrial development, and associated resource consumption. This context requires solutions according to sustainability criteria, based on the application of efficient, economic, and low-environmental impact processes. Some of the major advances in the treatment of wastewater by different oxidation and reduction processes over the past decade have been in the area of catalysis, and therefore, interest in the use of green catalysts has greatly increased. Green catalysts are eco-friendly, inexpensive, reusable, and/or recyclable materials that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Therefore, sustainable water management should be focused on the development of materials that combine eco-efficiency and performance, recyclability, and costs. This Special Issue aims to report recent advances and future challenges in the use of green catalysts for the treatment of polluted waters.

Submissions are especially welcome on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• The use of non-expensive or natural occurring catalysts, paying special attention to their durability and reusability in the process;
• The intensification of polluted water treatments by energetically-assisted approaches (temperature, light, microwave, ultrasound, cavitation, etc.);
• The application of catalytic processes to real polluted waters;
• The development of catalysts for industrial-scale applications;
• The determination of kinetic parameters and development of kinetic models for catalytic water treatments;
• Life cycle assessment of the catalytic process.

The Special Issue will preferably include research papers, but critical overviews of the state-of-the-art in this field are also welcome. Authors with expertise in the use of catalysts for wastewater treatments are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to Catalysts.

Prof. Aurora Santos
Dr. Carmen María Domínguez Torre
Guest Editors

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