Adsorption and Photocatalysis for Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

With the growing emphasis on enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of water treatment processes using adsorption and photocatalysis techniques, materials and process integration are garnering increasing attention throughout the chemical engineering community. Holistic design approaches, improved material construction, and increased energy efficiency are some characteristics of materials and process integration. The findings will of value within water treatment technology in industrial settings since the new adsorbents and photocatalysts are more reliable at removing contaminants from water streams than traditional adsorption-only or photocatalysis-only methods. It is feasible to conduct a treatment operation continuously for an extended length of time by using the adsorption mode, followed by photocatalytic regeneration processes.

This Special Issue on “Adsorption and Photocatalysis for Water Treatment” aims to cover recent advances in the material construction and integration of adsorption and photocatalysis for water treatment processes. This includes recent efforts made to tailor the underlying problems in the synthesis of adsorbents and photocatalysts. With this new knowledge, technological innovations are expected for the process integration of these two techniques. We encourage the submission of all types of papers, including communications, original research, and review papers, covering all the topics related to innovative adsorbents and photocatalysts and their environmental applications.

Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or applications in the following areas:

1. Advanced oxidation process;
2. Adsorption for water treatment process;
3. Photocatalytic water treatment process;
4. Adsorption–photocatalytic water treatment process;
5. Adsorption–photocatalysis reaction and modelling;
6. Green and sustainable synthesis process;
7. Scale-up synthesis and reaction;
8. Water treatment reactor design;
9. Emerging contaminants;
10. Water recovery process.

Dr. Zul Adlan Mohd Hir
Dr. Hartini Ahmad Rafaie
Dr. Norshahidatul Akmar Mohd Shohaimi
Guest Editors

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