Catalyst Materials for Waste Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

The release of industrial wastewater containing various pollutants into the environment without effective degradation (e.g., dyes, pesticides, antibiotics, phenol) can harm aquatic life and human health. Further, solid waste like plastic is generated in large volumes and poses a significant risk to the environment. Traditional treatment approaches cannot efficiently remove these wastes. Recently, catalyst materials have been widely employed in different advanced oxidation processes such as photocatalysis, periodate activation, Fenton-like reactions, and persulfate activation for the effective remediation of industrial effluents and plastic waste before their discharge into water streams. Further, researchers have focused on converting waste material into nanomaterials and their application in treatment systems as catalysts. This Special Issue will cover topics related to waste treatment issues including different techniques used for the preparation of nano-catalysts, the application of catalysts for the purification of different pollutants and depolymerization of plastic waste, and the conversion of wastes to value-added products for application in waste treatment. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to develop catalysts for treating waste materials, optimize degradation systems to efficiently degrade emerging pollutants using catalyst-based advanced oxidation processes, and manage waste materials by converting them into valuable products and employing them in waste treatment. The achievement of these objectives can reduce the hazards related to the presence of these wastes in the environment and enable participation in the sustainable management of solid waste.

Prof. Dr. Hassan Shokry
Prof. Dr. Marwa Elkady
Dr. Mahmoud Samy
Guest Editors

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• advanced oxidation processes
• degradation of emerging pollutants
• industrial waste treatment
• nanomaterials
• plastic waste
• photo-degradation
• photo-catalysis