Preparation of Functionalized Adsorption Materials and Its Application in the Field of Micropollutant Removal
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adsorption engineering; water treatment
Interests: adsorption engineering; water treatment
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Dear Colleagues,
The presence of micro-pollutants such as drugs, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, herbicides, microplastics, nanoplastics, geogenic contaminants, and trace metals in water bodies represents one of the main environmental problems today, because they are persistent in the environment, bioaccumulate, and biomagnify. Functionalized materials are a promising strategy for the selective and effective adsorption of microcontaminants from water. However, several technoeconomic challenges must be resolved to achieve large-scale application of low-cost and sustainable functionalized materials in wastewater and groundwater purification. The objective of this Special Issue is to present the latest advances and developments in the sustainable preparation of functionalized materials and their application for the removal of microcontaminants from water.
Suitable topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the sustainable synthesis, characterization, and application of functionalized materials (e.g., activated carbons, hydrochars, graphene and graphene oxide, mesoporous silicas functionalized with metals or nanoparticles, metal oxides, doped nanocomposites, polymers, MOF’s, COF’s, functionalized biomaterials, and nanoparticles) for the removal of micropollutants from urban, agricultural, and industrial sources. The aim is to highlight advances in removal performance and mechanisms, regeneration and recycling of functionalized materials, their applications, life cycle assessment, and technoeconomic evaluation.
Prof. Dr. Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet
Prof. Dr. Ma Rosario Moreno-Virgen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functionalized materials
- micropollutants removal
- sustainable water depollution
- circular economy
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