Nanomaterials for Photodegradation of Pollutants

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the indiscriminate use of chemical substances and the inadequate waste management of these substances have generated an unprecedented accumulation of pollutants; at present, different types of pollutants (solids, liquids, and gases) accumulate in the air, soil, and water.

Nanoscale materials present new properties and an endless number of potential applications that allow the removal of pollutants through various processes such as absorption, degradation, and oxidation.

This Special Issue will focus on photodegradation processes of pollutants using natural or artificial light sources, which allow a certain versatility and potential applications in such processes.

We wish to focus this Special Issue on the engineering of nanomaterials applied to the photodegradation of pollutants (traditional and emerging); therefore, it will focus on the correlation and optimization of sizes, geometries, chemical compositions, dispersions of nanomaterials, and their responses to the photodegradation of pollutants.

The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a new perspective by collecting potential articles that connect a new research proposal to the photodegradation of pollutants by the use of nanomaterials. Manuscripts may explore the most promising advances in nanotechnology and nanoscience, with a focus on the use of solar UV light in the photodegradation of traditional and new pollutants. Moreover, this Special Issue accepts manuscripts exploring new routes of synthesis and nanomaterials that involve high-efficiency photodegradation and the use of removable energy sources in synthesis and photodegradation processes.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Miguel Angel Gracia-Pinilla
Guest Editor

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