Advances in the Synthesis of Nanostructured High-Porosity-Based Adsorbents and Catalysts for Water Purification
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
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Interests: energy storage; water electrolysis; environmental chemistry; polymer chemistry; materials chemistry; nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is a crucial to the survival of humans and other aquatic animals. However, modern industrialization has contaminated the world's freshwater supplies with various contaminants, including organic wastes, oils, pharmaceutical wastes, heavy metals, dyes, fluoride, agricultural wastes, and more. This contamination could seriously threaten the environment. Due to its toxicity in concentrations beyond the permissible limit, the issue of elevated water contamination caused by these contaminants is a well-known global environmental concern. Therefore, wastes from the relevant industry should be removed in order to ensure that they do not enter natural surface waterways. The application of porous structured materials can considerably remove the quantities of these contaminants. Novel materials and feasible techniques must be developed in order to remove contaminants from water. As a result, due to their high porosity and high surface areas, the synthesis of high-porosity nanostructured materials over the past decade has advanced numerous disciplines, including water purification. The processes employed include the sol–gel method, extraction, co-precipitation, solvothermal, hydrothermal and sono-chemical methods, and chemical vapor deposition. High-porosity nanostructured materials can be produced easily and effectively for water treatment. Additionally, more effective hybrid nanostructured materials that can be employed in low-cost processes might be created, which would be useful for water purification. This Special Issue aims to present the latest research into various effective nanostructured materials that can be utilized to inexpensively clean water.
- Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Nanocomposites for dye removal;
- Synthesis of high-porosity materials;
- Modification of materials for water purification;
- Photocatalysts for degradation of organic pollutants;
- Mechanism of adsorption;
- Mechanism of photodegradation;
- High-adsorption-capacity-based adsorbents;
- Effective removal of organic dyes;
- Universal water purification.
Dr. Sriram Ganesan
Dr. Karuppaiah Selvakumar
Dr. Muthuraj Arunpandian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pollutants
- removal
- adsorbents
- nanomaterials
- adsorption
- photocatalyst
- advanced oxidation process
- nanostructured materials
- high porous materials
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