Photocatalytic and Enzymatic Degradation of Water Pollutants
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 4957
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Interests: advanced oxidation processes; catalyst preparation and characterization; water and wastewater treatment technologies
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Interests: advanced oxidation processes; heterogeneous catalysis; wastewater and drinking water treatment; catalytic and photocatalytic ozonation; catalytic wet peroxide oxidation; preparation and characterization of catalysts; kinetics; contaminants of emerging concern; disinfection by-products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The presence of a growing number of pollutants of special concern in water resources has alerted the scientific community to seek sustainable and cost-efficient technologies to deal with these contaminants. Thus, research works to provide in-depth studies of methods such as biological processes, membrane and adsorption technologies or advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to control pollution in water and wastewater are challenging.
Among these methods, photocatalysis using UV-vis radiation (typically solar radiation or from low-cost lamps such as LEDs) and a semiconductor catalyst (e.g., TiO2, WO3, etc.) to produce holes and reactive oxygen species (ROS) with oxidation potential high enough to mineralize recalcitrant pollutants leaving no toxic by-products in water is of paramount interest today. Also, studies about enzymatic degradation of water pollutants due to the selective and efficient catalytic activity of some enzymes such as laccases and peroxidases are in the research spotlight.
This special issue on Photocatalytic and enzymatic degradation of water pollutants invites contributions dealing with the synthesis, characterization and/or applications of photocatalysts in reactions with water pollutants in the presence of UV-vis radiation. Also, it calls for papers on isolation, purification and/or immobilization of enzymes with activity towards the degradation of hazardous water pollutants, including contaminants of emerging concern. Catalyst (photocatalyst and/or enzymes) activity, reaction mechanisms, reusability and the impact of process conditions and reactors on the process efficiency to remove specific water pollutants or surrogate pollution parameters such as TOC or COD are of great interest. The aim is to look for conditions that would make photocatysis and or enzyme degradation of water pollutants promising methods to be scaled-up.Prof. Dr. Pedro Modesto Alvarez Pena
Dr. Ana Rey
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Contaminants of emerging concern
- Enzyme
- Photocatalyst
- Water and wastewater treatment
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