Separation and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants Using Functional Materials
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials in Separation Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2026) | Viewed by 1318
Editors
Interests: wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes
Interests: MOFs; MOFs-derived carbon; biomass carbon; AOPs; ARPs; water treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The adoption of advanced oxidation–reduction technologies for the separation and removal of pollutants from wastewater has garnered significant attention. While environmental functional materials can effectively achieve the catalytic degradation of contaminants, challenges such as high costs, significant secondary pollution risks, complex reaction mechanisms, low catalyst reusability, and engineering difficulties persist. This Special Issue, titled “Separation and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants Using Functional Materials”, aims to advance research in catalytic oxidation mechanisms, catalytic reduction mechanisms, environmental interference, the catalytic degradation of emerging contaminants, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, non-thermal plasma, persulfate oxidation, Fenton and Fenton-like systems, peracetic acid oxidation, and engineering applications of catalytic materials.
This issue will present cutting-edge research on catalytic redox separation and degradation of environmental pollutants using functional materials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Catalytic oxidation technologies;
- Catalytic reduction technologies;
- Metal oxides;
- Inorganic catalysts;
- Carbon-based catalytic materials;
- Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and derivatives;
- Covalent organic frameworks (COFs);
- Engineering applications.
Prof. Dr. Weichuan Qiao
Dr. Ming Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalytic oxidation
- catalytic reduction
- purification
- degradation
- functional materials
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