Advanced Electrocatalysts and Electrodes for Water Treatment and Resource-Positive Energy
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 149
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water treatment; disinfection; carbon nanomaterials; photocatalysis; photoelectrocatalysis; advanced oxidation technologies; water splitting
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: water spliting; hydrogen generation; nanomaterial; elctrocatalysis; electrochemical cell; electrolyzer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Water focuses on emerging advances in electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for pollutant degradation, disinfection and clean‑energy generation from contaminated waters. Rapid progress in nanostructured catalysts, including carbon‑based materials, metal oxides, MOFs and single‑atom architectures, has enabled enhanced charge transfer, surface reactivity, and selective activation of ubiquitous species pivotal to promote advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). These innovations lead to efficient degradation of persistent organic microcontaminants and improved performance in electrochemical disinfection via optimised ROS, RCS and RSS formation.
A complementary theme of this issue is the development of electrochemical platforms that couple water purification with energy recovery, including fuel cells, photoelectrocatalytic hybrids and pollutant‑driven power‑generation systems (hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide, in particular). Emphasis is placed on electrode engineering, electrolyte design, catalyst stability and deep mechanistic insights that enable simultaneous remediation and energy output.
The Special Issue welcomes contributions on material synthesis, fundamental mechanisms, reactor design, and pilot‑scale demonstrations, aiming to advance electrocatalysis as a key technology for sustainable water treatment and resource‑positive environmental engineering.
Dr. André Torres-Pinto
Dr. Hanane Boumeriame
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrocatalysis
- water purification
- pollutant degradation
- advanced oxidation processes (aops)
- energy recovery
- sustainable water treatment
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