Advances in Nanotechnology for Pollutant Degradation
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 January 2026) | Viewed by 2002
Special Issue Editor
Interests: physical and chemical control technology; water pollution control; new environmental functional materials; environmental functional materials development; application of new materials; pollution control application
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Adsorption and catalytic oxidation processes have emerged as a promising technology for water and wastewater treatment. Adsorption technology efficiently removes pollutants from water through materials and is an economical and environmentally friendly purification method in water treatment. Additionally, catalytic oxidation processes generate highly reactive radicals—such as hydroxyl (·OH), sulfate (SO4·⁻), chlorine (Cl·), and nitrogen (·NO2) radicals—which efficiently degrade a wide spectrum of refractory organic pollutants (including emerging contaminants) and certain inorganic compounds.
Although adsorption technology can effectively remove pollutants in water treatment, it has limitations such as the need for the regeneration or replacement of adsorbents when they become saturated, high treatment costs, and poor selectivity for some dissolved pollutants. Additionally, the efficacy of catalytic oxidation hinges on the controlled production and utilization of these reactive radicals. However, practical implementation faces challenges, including reaction mechanism, the formation of harmful byproducts, and scalability issues.
This Special Issue aims to advance the understanding and application of adsorption and catalytic oxidation processes by focusing on the following topics:
- Development of adsorbent;
- Catalytic materials and mechanistic studies;
- Large-scale or potential large-scale deployment for water/wastewater/groudwatwer/soil treatment;
- Advanced catalytic systems, including ozone-, UV-, H2O2-, Cl2-, and persulfate-based oxidation; membrane-assisted catalysis; electrocatalysis; and photocatalysis.
We invite submissions of original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and short communications on these topics.
Dr. Shangyi Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water and wastewater treatment
- adsorption technology
- advanced catalytic oxidation
- catalytic materials
- groudwatwer treatment
- large-scale deployment
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