Advanced Design and Synthesis of Novel Photocatalyst Materials for Wastewater Remediation
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 627
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Interests: crystal engineering; MOFs; metal oxide nanoparticles; composite materials; polyoxometalate; MXene, photocatalyst, adsorbent; drinking water and wastewater treatment; water splitting
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Dear Colleagues,
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are widely used to degrade organic pollutants in wastewater. In this regard, photocatalysis is a green, low-cost, and efficient technology for wastewater remediation. Petrochemicals, organic dyes, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and various industrial additives are common organic pollutants in wastewater. Some of the common materials, such as metal oxides, chalcogenides, polyoxometalates, carbon quantum dots, graphene oxide, carbon nitride, MXene, bismuth oxybromide, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), have been studied for photocatalytic processes in wastewater remediation. Developing novel nanomaterials, especially heterojunctions with improved photocatalytic efficiency, has been considered an emerging and active research topic.
We invite original research, review articles, and case studies covering a broad range of topics related to the application of novel photocatalyst materials for wastewater remediation including, but not limited to, the following:
- Design and synthesis of novel nanomaterials or composite materials;
- Studies and investigations of the effective parameters in the photodegradation of organic pollutants in wastewater;
- Experimental and theoretical studies regarding the photocatalytic mechanism;
- Photocatalytic process optimization and reuse of the photocatalysts.
Dr. Farzaneh Mahmoudi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- composite material
- photocatalyst
- organic pollutants
- wastewater treatment
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