Advanced Photocatalysts for Environmental Remediation and Contaminant Removal
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 372
Special Issue Editor
2. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Interests: optimal preparation methods for photocatalysts; monocrystal photocatalysts; complex photocatalysts; heterogenous junction catalysts; property characterization of nanocatalysts; photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants; degradative pathway of organic pollutants; research on degradation mechanisms
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Dear Colleagues,
Nonbiodegradable organic contaminants such as antibiotics, dyes, and pesticide pollutants can be removed from industrial wastewater via advanced photocatalysts under visible light or ultraviolet light irradiation. Different preparation methods should be explored to produce novel advanced photocatalysts, and their photophysical and photochemical properties should be characterized. This includes determining the cell parameters and the position coordinates of elements that belong to advanced photocatalysts. Moreover, the intermediate products of nonbiodegradable organic contaminants should be detected via liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, and their degradation pathways should be identified. The energy gap values, which are derived from advanced photocatalysts, should be calculated. Concurrently, the granular appearance and chemical composition of advanced photocatalysts should be ascertained using a transmission electron microscope or a scanning electron microscope. Finally, various oxidic radicals, such as the hydroxyl radicals, superoxide anions, singlet oxygen, and photoinduced holes, should be investigated using trapping agents to reveal the degradation mechanism of nonbiodegradable organic contaminants. We welcome the submission of research papers that focus on environmental remediation and contaminant removal using advanced photocatalysts.
Prof. Dr. Jingfei Luan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nonbiodegradable organic contaminants
- antibiotic contaminants
- dye contaminants
- pesticide pollutants
- photocatalytic degradation
- advanced photocatalysts
- oxidic radicals
- degradation pathways
- degradation mechanism
- photophysical property
- photochemical property
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