Emerging Photoactive Molecule/Polymer for Water Treatment or Degradation of Pollutants
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 2839
Special Issue Editor
Interests: synthesis of photoactive materials; conjugated polymers and its application in photochemical therapy; organic semiconductors for photoelectric devices or sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
More than one-third of the human population are facing limited access to sanitary and safe drinking water. The effective removal of chemical contaminants, including oils/organic solvents, heavy metal ions, and dyes, from water is one of the major challenges we are facing in our efforts to mitigate this. Strategies to develop effective, economical, and robust methods for water purification are still urgently needed. To address such challenges in developing materials for water treatment or degradation of pollutants, this Special Issue aims to discuss state-of- the-art advances in the development of various photoactive molecule/polymer materials with good adsorption capacity, photodegradation ability of pollutants, and so on. Thus, we would like to invite authors to submit their original and high-quality research on theoretical calculation of photoactive molecules/polymers, novel photodegradable molecule/polymer design/synthesis, advanced characterization technologies, development of next-generation reusable and portable water purification appliances, development of water purification appliance products, and strategies toward high-performance photodegradable polymer materials.
Topics to be covered in this Special Issue include:(1) Emerging novel photodegradable molecule/polymer design/synthesis;
(2) Emerging novel photoactive molecule/polymer design/synthesis for effective removal of water pollutes;
(3) Emerging development of next-generation reusable and portable water purification appliances.
Prof. Dr. Dong Gao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photo-degradation
- photoactive molecule/polymer
- water treatment
- degradation of pollutants
- water purification
