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Development of Advanced Materials and Technology for Green and Sustainable Environmental Remediation

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2024 | Viewed by 549

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Hao Qiu

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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: sustainable remediation; green technology; trace element; toxicity; model
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Dr. Erkai He

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School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Interests: heavy metal; soil remediation; effect assessment; immobilization; bioavailability
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Dr. Xing Li

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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: bioremediation; nanoplastics; environmental behavior; nano-bio interactions; soil health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental contamination is a global issue that poses a threat to natural resources, ecosystems, and human health. With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, the detected levels of various pollutants such as heavy metals, organic compounds, pesticides, and engineering nanoparticles are gradually proliferating. This necessitates greater attention towards pollution control and environmental governance. While traditional remediation technologies have proven effective, they also raise concerns regarding secondary pollution, high costs and societal acceptance. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of advanced materials and technology that facilitate green and sustainable remediation; these technologies must integrate innovative, efficient, integrative, and cost-effective solutions in order to improve ecological environments while supporting sustainable transitions and enhancing urban ecosystem services.

This Special Issue aims to compile recent research studies on the application of advanced materials and technologies to remediate or restore soil, water, and air environments contaminated with heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, as well as other emerging pollutants. The articles presented in this Special Issue may also cover topics such as the optimization of sustainable and green remediation tools; key factors (e.g., environmental matrix, global climate change) affecting the effect of remediation; risk assessment; etc. Authors are invited to submit original research papers and reviews that address the following topics:

  1. The development of advanced, green, and eco-friendly materials for the decontamination of pollutants;
  2. Application of chemical, biological, and physical technologies to reduce the bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants;
  3. The potential synergistic effects of combining functional materials (e.g., carbon-, phosphorus-, and iron-based materials) with other remediation methods for ecosystem restoration;
  4. Construction of remediation technology systems based on environmental characteristics or site-specific conditions;
  5. The remediation mechanism involving immobilized materials, functional microbes, hyperaccumulators, and oxidizing agents in pollutant removal;
  6. The transformation, degradation, and occurrence characteristics exhibited by environmental pollutants during the process of remediation;
  7. Screening low pollutant accumulation crops to mitigate the adverse effects caused by soil contaminations on human health.
  8. Employment of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework for assessing the environmental impacts associated with different remediation strategies.

The topic at hand is expected to capture your interest, and we look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.

Dr. Hao Qiu
Dr. Erkai He
Dr. Xing Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable environmental remediation
  • heavy metal
  • emerging pollutants
  • bioavailability
  • toxic effect
  • ecological health
  • numerical model
  • risk assessment

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Role of Woody Biomass Ash Material in Immobilization of Cadmium, Lead and Zinc in Soil
by Elżbieta Rolka, Mirosław Wyszkowski, Andrzej Cezary Żołnowski and Anna Skorwider-Namiotko
Materials 2024, 17(10), 2206; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102206 - 8 May 2024
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Nowadays, we have observed the dynamic development of bio-heating plants that use wood biomass for heating or energy purposes. The result of this process is a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as well as in the production of biomass ash (BA). Despite the [...] Read more.
Nowadays, we have observed the dynamic development of bio-heating plants that use wood biomass for heating or energy purposes. The result of this process is a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as well as in the production of biomass ash (BA). Despite the waste nature of BA, it should be carefully analyzed and assessed for various applications, including environmental ones. Due to the features attributed to BA, including its alkaline reaction, the high capacity of its sorption complex, relatively low salinity, and significant content of macro- and microelements, a hypothesis was put forward in this work undertaken about the positive role of BA as an immobilizing factor for Cd-, Pb-, and Zn-contaminated soils. This research was based on a pot experiment in which four series were considered: (1) BA; (2) BA + Cd; (3) BA + Pb; and (4) BA + Zn. BA was used at doses of 30, 60, and 90 mg pot−1, and metals at doses of 2 mg Cd, 100 mg Pb, and 300 mg Zn kg−1 of soil. The test plant was corn grown for green mass. The study took into account the influence of BA on the content of the total forms of heavy metals (Metot) and their available forms (Meav). In the soil without the addition of metals, a significant increase in the content of Cdtot and Cdav, and a decrease in the content of Zntot were observed due to the application of BA. The addition of metals against the background of the BA used resulted in a significant increase in Cdtot, Pbtot, and Zntot, as well as an increase in the available forms of Pbav but a decrease in Znav. However, there was no significant increase in the Cdav content. The obtained results may indicate the potentially immobilizing role of BA only in the case of zinc. They may constitute the basis for further, more detailed research aimed at determining the role of BA in the immobilization of various metals in soil. Full article
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