Innovative Adsorption Technologies for Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water treatment; waste valorization; adsorption; micropollutants; carbonaceous materials; CWPO; clay materials
Interests: water treatment; waste valorization; adsorption; advanced oxidation processes; carbonaceous materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Water is an essential resource for life, yet increasing global demand and rising levels of pollution are placing growing pressure on water resources. Rapid industrialization, urban expansion, and the continuous discharge of contaminants into aquatic environments have intensified the need for efficient wastewater treatment and sustainable water reuse strategies. Protecting water resources and ensuring their responsible and sustainable management have therefore become urgent global priorities.
Among the available treatment technologies, adsorption has emerged as an effective and versatile method for water treatment due to its operational simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency in removing a wide range of contaminants. It has demonstrated strong potential for the removal of dyes, toxic metals, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, micro- and nanoplastics and other micropollutants frequently detected in wastewater.
Recent advances in materials science and environmental engineering have promoted the development of innovative adsorption technologies with improved performance and selectivity. Novel materials such as nanomaterials, MOFs, COFs, engineered biochar, magnetic biosorbents, and hybrid composites, among others, are attracting increasing attention. This Special Issue “Innovative Adsorption Technologies for Wastewater Treatment” aims to highlight recent advances in adsorption materials, mechanisms, and technologies for wastewater remediation, welcoming contributions on the synthesis and characterization of advanced adsorbents, adsorption mechanisms and modeling, regeneration and reuse strategies, hybrid and continuous adsorption systems, and the removal of micropollutants from wastewater. Both research and review articles on this topic are welcome.
Dr. Eva Sanz-Santos
Dr. Pablo Gutiérrez-Sánchez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adsorption
- wastewater treatment
- adsorption modelling
- micropollutants
- innovative adsorbents
- activated carbon
- biochar
- nanomaterials
- MOFs
- waste valorization
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