Micropollutant Removal via Electricity-Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 228
Editors
Interests: advanced oxidation processes; micropollutants degradation; nonthermal plasma; waste-stream resource recovery; wastewater treatment
Interests: electrocatalysis; electrochemical advanced oxidation; emerging contaminants; industrial wastewater treatment; nano materials
Interests: life cycle assessment; nature-based solutions; resources recovery; sustainability; techno-economic analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The proliferation of micropollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides and endocrine disruptors, poses a growing challenge to global water security. Conventional wastewater treatment processes often struggle to achieve complete removal of these persistent and potentially toxic compounds. This Special Issue focuses on electricity-driven advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs), a rapidly evolving class of technologies that uses electrical energy to generate powerful oxidizing agents (e.g., hydroxyl radicals, sulfate radicals, 1O2) for the efficient degradation of recalcitrant micropollutants.
This Special Issue aims to stimulate interest and highlight the latest innovations in EAOPs for water purification. We invite original research and review articles that explore fundamental mechanisms, novel materials (e.g., electrodes, catalysts), process optimization, reactor design and real-world applications. Specific technologies of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Electro-Fenton and related processes
- Plasma-based advanced oxidation
- Electrochemical oxidation
- Electro-activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate processes
- Hybrid systems combining electricity with photocatalysis, sonolysis or other AOPs
Topics covering degradation pathways, by-product formation, toxicity assessment, energy efficiency, scale-up studies and the treatment of complex matrices are particularly welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Changtao Chen
Dr. Xueyang Zhao
Dr. Rui Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electricity-driven advanced oxidation
- micropollutant removal
- electro-Fenton
- plasma water treatment
- wastewater remediation
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