Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Deep Removal of Emerging Pollutants, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 105
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced oxidation processes; water treatment technologies; heterogeneous catalysis; emerging pollutants/microorganisms removal; catalytic ozonation/ozonation; fenton-like/photo/photothermo/piezo/electro catalytic technologies in water treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous occurrence of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment has become a worldwide issue that has received increasing attention. Emerging pollutants consist of a vast and expanding array of anthropogenic and natural substances, including pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), odor compounds (OCs), engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), halogenated flame retardants (HFRs), microplastics (MPs), antibiotics resistance gene (ARGs), and many other undetected compounds. Emerging pollutants are usually present in water at trace concentration ranging from a few ng/L to several μg/L. Though the concentration is low, the emerging pollutants are biotoxic, cumulative and persistent, which will bring potential risks to ecosystem and human health. However, the current water and wastewater treatment processes cannot deeply remove the emerging pollutants. Technological innovations need to be made to address this concern.
This Special Issue aims to collect papers regarding the innovative advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including (but not limited to) photocatalysis, catalytic ozonation or ozonation, Fenton-like catalysis, piezocatalysis, electrochemical-catalysis, etc. for the deep removal of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment. In addition, a particular focus on new achievements in the field will be appreciated.
Dr. Qiyu Lian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging pollutants
- advanced oxidation processes
- photocatalysis
- catalytic ozonation or ozonation
- fenton-like catalysis
- piezo-catalysis
- electrochemical-catalysis
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