Hybrid Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs): Recent Developments and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2024) | Viewed by 2259
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); hybrid processes; synergy; Fenton and Fenton-like processes; photo-Fenton processes; water treatment; wastewater treatment; photocatalysis; ozonation; remediation analytical chemistry; organic compound detection and structure elucidation using HRMS
Interests: pressure-driven membrane processes; electrodialysis; photo- and electro-driven advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); hybrid AOPs with membrane processes; adsorption processes; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse
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Interests: wastewater treatment; carbon nanotubes; nanotechnology; porous materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution is a major area of concern due to its impact on living organisms, both directly and indirectly. Among the various approaches for (waste)water treatment, the ones based on catalytic advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are increasingly being used against persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides, dye chemicals, drugs, etc. These processes are also successfully used as a pre-treatment in order to reduce the concentration of toxic compounds that inhibit biological processes of water purification. AOPs are based on the generation of highly reactive radical species, most commonly hydroxyl radicals (HO•).
Recent advantages in the field of oxidative processes have shown that AOPs can be successfully combined with other conventional or advanced treatment techniques to achieve higher degradation efficiency, less energy consumption and generally better performance, whilst solving major limitations and drawbacks exhibited during the application of individual AOPs through the exploitation of synergistic effects.
This Special Issue aims to cover the most recent developments and applications of hybrid AOPs for the remediation of persistent organic pollutants through sustainable strategies that combine physical, chemical and/or biological treatment processes.
The Special Issue welcomes contributions on one or more of the following topics:
- Synthesis and characterization of innovative (nano)materials;
- Mechanistic investigation of involved reactions;
- Reactor designs, process development and applications.
Dr. Christophoros Christophoridis
Dr. Konstantinos V. Plakas
Dr. Dimitrios Giannakoudakis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water treatment
- wastewater treatment
- advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
- hybrid processes
- synergy
- Fenton and Fenton-like processes
- photo-Fenton and electro-Fenton processes
- photocatalysis
- ozonation
- wet oxidation
- bioremediation
- membrane processes
- adsorption processes
- degradation
- organic pollutants
- transformation products
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