Catalytic Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a continuation of the previous Special Issue “Catalytic Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment”, following its great success.

Water and wastewater treatment still face significant challenges today. Due to climate change, water shortages are already noticeable in many regions of the world. To overcome these problems, alternative water sources must be generated and used, for example, treated wastewater, rainwater, surface water, etc. These water sources have to be treated before use since the development of highly sensitive methods reveals the presence of hazardous compounds in low concentrations. These pollutants should be removed, and many processes have been proposed for their degradation/removal, among them catalytic methods. Those where catalysts are in solid form in particular exhibit significant advantages.

Catalytic oxidation or reduction processes are among the most efficient processes. These include photocatalysis, sulfate and hydroxyl-radical-based advanced oxidation processes.

Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to present recent progress and advances in catalytic processes in water and wastewater treatment. This includes but is not limited to the use of catalysts in the oxidation of organic contaminants, preparation of new supported catalysts and applications in electrode construction for electro-catalytic processes. Finally, new catalytic applications and comparison with other similar catalysts are strongly welcomed.

I kindly invite you to submit a high-quality contribution to this Special Issue of Catalysts entitled “Catalytic Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment” and to discuss the recent developments in the field. Review and original research articles are all welcome. Experimental as well as theoretical inquiries will be included.

Dr. John Vakros
Guest Editor

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• photocatalysis
• advanced oxidation processes
• advanced reduction processes
• electrocatalysis
• waste treatment
• pharmaceutical waste
• degradation of organic pollutants
• emerging contaminants
• sulfate radicals
• hydroxyl radicals

• Catalytic Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment in Catalysts (15 articles)