Wastewater Treatments Based on Adsorption, Catalysis, Biodegradation, and Beyond, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 38
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Interests: biochar; wastewater treatment; environmental chemistry; photocatalysis; groundwater pollution remediation; biomass utilization; lignin and cellulose; nanoscale zero-valent iron (n-ZVI); graphite oxide; molecularly imprinted polymers; soil pollution prevention and remediation
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Interests: wastewater treatment; carbon nanotubes; nanotechnology; porous materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous widespread technological progress and industrial expansion over the last few decades has been accompanied by the serious environmental problem of water and soil pollution. Water pollution is related to the uncontrollable contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater by a plethora of substances/pollutants that can be harmful for humans, as well as for flora and fauna, even at very low concentrations. The utilization of pesticides, fertilizer, and industrial chemicals causes soil pollution, even groundwater pollution. Pollutants such as heavy metals, organics, NAPLs, microplastics, emerging contaminants, nitrate, etc., can accumulate in living organisms, causing permanent cell damage and disorders, leading to disease and even death; cause serious ecotoxicological problems; and pose extraordinary threats to ecosystems or organisms. Soil and groundwater remediation can be broadly classified according to the place of remediation: ex situ or in situ. Reducing pollution to a desirable and safe level is the main target of soil and groundwater remediation processes. Physical, chemical, and biological technologies have been used to achieve this goal for soil and groundwater remediation. Therefore, the research and development of novel and efficient materials and technologies for applications in water and soil environmental remediation, especially for the removal of pollutants from water and soil bodies, remains an active field of research.
This Special Issue aims to contribute to the search for new methods beyond sorption, biodegradation, and catalytic degradation and to present new materials and methods for effective (waste)water/groundwater/soil treatment and purification.
We especially welcome works that address pollutants or compounds in wastewater, groundwater, and soil. We encourage the publication of scientific articles and critical review relevant to the context outlined above, and which generally fall within the field of modern environmental remediation applications.
Prof. Dr. Yongchang Sun
Dr. Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- groundwater
- wastewater
- soil
- environment chemistry
- nanoscale zero-valent iron
- photocatalysis
- heavy metal
- biosorbent
- mechanism
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