Advances in Heavy Metal Removal from Groundwater and Wastewater
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: waste recovery; circular economy and environmental remediation
Interests: environment; adsorption; biodiesel; catalyst
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the removal of metals from groundwater and wastewater is being addressed through the use of nanomaterials such as carbon-based nanostructures, MOFs, and metal-oxide nanoparticles used directly in processes such as adsorption or embedded in membranes.
These materials mentioned above are normally used in advanced electrochemical methods or by modifying their surfaces physically, chemically, or magnetically, or by using a combination of several of these methods.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest advances in metal removal using both the materials and technologies mentioned above and to conclude with new lines of research related to this topic.
Suitable topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: carbon-based nanostructures, MOFs, metal-oxide nanoparticles, biomasses, biochars & activated carbons modified physically, chemically or magnetically, advanced electrochemical methods, and the combination of several of the above, all focused on the removal of heavy metals from groundwater and wastewater.
Prof. Dr. Ma Rosario Moreno-Virgen
Dr. Hilda Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- heavy metal removal
- adsorption
- Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
- carbon-based nanostructures
- advanced electrochemical methods
- water treatment
- surface modification
- membrane technology
- biochar/activated carbon
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