Introduction to Water Decontamination

Perovskite oxides have been recognized as highly potent catalysts for photocatalytic water decontamination due to their potential to capture solar energy and drive catalytic reaction.

Metallic iron (Fe0) has shown outstanding performances for water decontamination and its efficiency has been improved by the presence of sand (Fe0/sand) and manganese oxide (Fe0/MnOx).

Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation as an in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) process, has been widely explored in water decontamination.

This Review provides data survey, types of treatment and models linked to optimization tools in wastewater decontamination processes from municipal solid waste (MSW).

This chapter provides a systematic and concise overview of the role of carbonaceous nanomaterials toward environmental remediation, in particular for water decontamination, gaseous adsorption, and soil reclamation based on recent progress from the latest reports.

These results emphasise the importance of efficient reactor mixing to enhance interaction capability for ZnO use in water decontamination.

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in using of advanced oxidation processes in water and wastewater decontamination.

Covidence, Embase, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched to identify relevant articles using water-only or soap and water decontamination methods in in vivo animals.

The aim of this review is to conduct an exhaustive analysis and summary of recent progress in the application of TMSs-based AOPs for water decontamination.

This study reports new sustainable approaches for MOF-199 application in air and water decontamination.

The GRGO–TiO2 hybrid was explored as a working electrode for supercapacitors and visible light photocatalyst for water decontamination.

Here, we develop a facile strategy to continuously prepare anisotropic microparticles with their shapes changing from spherical to pear-like, maraca-like and rod-like for enhanced water decontamination.

Since different degradation pathways could lead to different effects on the water environment, such as toxicity, our findings suggest that the oxidizing process induced by S-ZVI during groundwater decontamination should be considered.

The present paper aims to valorize the use of cheap agricultural waste materials for polluted water decontamination.

Accordingly, wastewater decontamination by adsorption over a porous monolithic bed made of alkali-activated hydraulic binders is proposed.

Therefore, this work provides the underlying insights to guide the design of a functional and green biochar converting from Ramie filaments by an environmentally friendly facile protocol to achieve multiple purposes of wastewater decontamination and disinfection.

The MgA composite is more promising for water decontamination applications due to its higher water adsorption properties than the NaA composite.

This review provides an overview on the different synthesis methods of magnetic particles and corresponding polymer nanocomposites, as well as recent advances in the use of these adsorbents in water decontamination.

Performance on industrial wastewater decontamination was evaluated, and anti-fouling property of membranes was measured by flux decline and recovery efficiency.

In particular, fly ash (FA) has stood out as one of the greatest exciting new-found affordable and high efficient materials for water decontamination owing to its high porosity, huge surface area, and exceptional features.

This review pays attention to the use of CDW aggregates for sand, pavements/roads, bricks, ceramics, cementitious materials, and concrete productions, as well its uses as eco-friendly materials for water decontamination.

Attempts were also made to isolate potential bacteriophages from the environmental waters for application as biocontrol agents in water decontamination.

Our study results should provide a significant reference on how to acquire highly efficient biochar-based composites for water decontamination.

Pivotal water decontamination research has pushed carbon materials thriving and flourishing in recent years.

Because of the non-centrosymmetric nature of piezoelectric materials, they demonstrate unique features by creating a built-in electric field via dipole polarization to generate polarized holes, electrons, and reactive oxygen species for water decontamination.

The metal-free graphitic carbon nitride is a promising photocatalyst for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation towards water decontamination, but bearing low efficiency due to its electronic structure and surface chemistry.

The adsorption of dyes is completed within minutes, and near-complete photocatalytic degradation of the adsorbed dye in visible light allowed recycling of these particles for multiple cycles of water decontamination.

Nanotechnology has potent attributes for water decontamination.

Wastewater usually contains various species of heavy metals, thus understanding of competitive adsorption kinetics of metallic ions in a multi-component system is necessary for developing an innovative adsorption process for wastewater decontamination.

A promising approach for water decontamination from REEs is sorption, namely through the use of macroalgae and in particular Ulva lactuca that already proved to be an efficient biosorbent for several chemical elements.

This paper focuses on studying the effect of electrolytic water on wastewater decontamination processes, using model solutions and wastewater from the food-processing plant.

Achieving both effective and sustainable water decontamination technology requires development of a universal filtration solution.

P2 may represent an intriguing candidate for inclusion in bacteriophage cocktails developed for various applications, including water decontamination and clinical bacteriophage therapy.

Peracetic acid (PAA)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have increasingly attracted attention as promising technologies for water decontamination in this regard.

Nanotechnology has provided a new opportunity for water decontamination from trace heavy metals, yet the relatively poor acidic stability remains a major obstacle for the nano-adsorbents, given that acidic treatment is frequently used to regenerate the heavy metal-saturated adsorbents.

The enzymatic properties of HSA can be also exploited by chemical industries as a scaffold to produce libraries of catalysts with improved proficiency and stereoselectivity for water decontamination from poisonous agents and environmental contaminants, in the so called “green chemistry” field.

Herein, we report on the synthesis of engineered biochars using cow dung as raw material, and investigating these biochars as antibacterial agents for water decontamination.

Solar-driven photocatalytic degradation undoubtedly represents a hopeful, sustainable together with effective alternative wastewater decontamination technology, however, exploiting highly efficient visible-light-induced photocatalysts for sewage remediation still exists a great challenge.

This work might provide a deep insight into designing novel homojunction photocatalysts to facilitate the wastewater decontamination, and environmental remediation using photocatalytic technology.

Soapy water decontamination caused a “wash-in” effect of VX with decreased agent amounts within stratum corneum but increased the amount VX penetrated through the skin.

Conventional water decontamination approaches such as membrane separation, ultrafiltration, adsorption, reverse osmosis, coagulation, etc.

Consequently, it is of practical significance but scientifically challenging to achieve selective oxidation of pollutants of interest for water decontamination.

Polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) has been extensively employed in peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for water decontamination.

This paper provides critical insight on various lignocellulosic fibers used for colored and wastewater decontamination.

Due to the distinct characteristics of the COFs, they are currently being explored in a wide range of applications such as water decontamination, energy, gas storage, separation, adsorption, and sensing.

Embase, Covidence®, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched for articles using water-only or soap and water decontamination methods for removal of CWA/CWA simulants in in vitro human skin models.

In the end, we highlight some challenges and future prospects for the efficient application of LDH-based membranes in water decontamination.

This work might provide an implication for an efficient practical route for SO 4 •− activation for wastewater decontamination, particularly for sulfite contaminated wastewaters with recalcitrant organic contaminants.

Suggestions have been made on the prospects of the method of photoelectrocatalytic wastewater decontamination from organic pollutants.

The mechanisms of water decontamination by amending Fe0-based systems with MnO2 is demonstrated by the MB method.

Efficient photocatalysis methods with a production of less number of toxic intermediates are extremely advantageous for water decontamination.

These carbon spheres provide a good platform to explore the structure-performance relationships of porous materials, and demonstrate their pore structure-dependent performance in catalytic water decontamination.

The mechanism of solid-liquid interface reaction and the pathway of cycling of oxygen vacancies were also elaborated, which present a new insight for water decontamination.

As a biocatalytic membrane, this membrane could not only effectively degrade DEHP, but also showed good stability, thus establishing a promising biomaterial for large scale biodegradation of DEHP in water decontamination and liquid food depollution.

Activated carbon obtained within this work appeared to be a potential candidate for a low-cost, chemically stable adsorbent for water decontamination.

Metallic iron (Fe0) has shown outstanding performances for water decontamination and its efficiency has been improved by the presence of sand (Fe0/sand) and manganese oxide (Fe0/MnOx).

This study may provide a novel and significant method for using nano-zero-valent iron to develop for wastewater decontamination.

A complete set of mitigation measures was proposed including: groundwater decontamination treatment, installation of filters for tap water, development of the system for monitoring of BTEX in the groundwater and development of the emergency response capacities at this location.

Intensive progress in the development of this group of materials offers an opportunity to create new systems useful for drinking water decontamination or other biotechnological applications.

Heterogeneous photocatalysis has been considered as a green and sustainable alternative for water decontamination where the key step is the nanomaterials design to enhance the photocatalytic process.

Water decontamination still remains a major challenge to some developing countries not having centralized wastewater systems.

Overall, this study demonstrates the enhanced photocatalytic water decontamination by MNBs and provides the underlying mechanisms for the process.

Soap and water decontamination yielded complete decontamination in 4.

Biochar and biochar composites have been applied widely in wastewater treatment, and have significantly enhanced the treatment performance of Fenton-like processes (activation of hydrogen peroxide and persulfate) as an advanced oxidation process for organics removal and wastewater decontamination.

Tuned properties (optical and surface) were achieved for the fabricated tin oxide/cerium oxide nanostructured photocatalysts and used for visible-light-induced photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic and dyes for wastewater decontamination.

MFe2O4 (M = Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn) nanosized ferrites present good magnetic (high coercivity, high anisotropy, high Curie temperature, moderate saturation magnetization), electrical (high electrical resistance, low eddy current losses), mechanical (significant mechanical hardness), and chemical (chemical stability, rich redox chemistry) properties that make them suitable for potential applications in the field of magnetic and dielectric materials, photoluminescence, catalysis, photocatalysis, water decontamination, pigments, corrosion protection, sensors, antimicrobial agents, and biomedicine.

These results suggest that MOFs film is suitable for water decontamination and food safety control fields.

Semiconductor nanoparticle-mediated photocatalysis is an attractive option for water decontamination, being the semiconductors as SnS2 with a bandgap in the visible region, the most promising materials.

Moreover, ciprofloxacin is hard to be destroyed by conventional water treatment processes; therefore, efficient treatments to destroy it are needed in water decontamination.

Therefore, this work not only demonstrates that ZAC composite is an efficient adsorbent with antifouling and antibacterial ability, but also provides an effective channel for wastewater decontamination and practical application as a promising candidate.

This study proposes a neotype graphene assembly for the fabrication of Janus membrane evaporator, which has potential applications in desalination and wastewater decontamination.

Classical molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to study the exchange of Na + for Hg 2 + in zeolite Na-A, with a Si/Al ratio of 1, and zeolite Na-Y, with Si/Al ratios of 2 and 5, in dry and hydrated conditions within the temperature range 330 – 360 K, to understand factors underpinning the performance of zeolites for water decontamination.

This proof-of-concept approach to develop such high-efficient Co–Sr structures produced Co3+/Co2+ and Sr3+/Sr2+ will open up novel avenues for wastewater decontamination via PMS activation.

A novel [email protected] catalyst with unique structure was prepared through randomly anchoring cobalt on 2D sandwich-like MXenes to activate peracetic acid (PAA) for water decontamination.

Moreover, the physical properties, composition, and structures of the synthesized composites were investigated, and the As removal mechanism involving surface adsorption/oxidation was proposed with the high performance of Fe-Mn oxide-impregnated biochars, suggesting that these materials are well-suited for efficient water decontamination.

The rapid development of photocatalysts for water decontamination benefits from availability of sensitive platforms for screening photocatalytic reactivity.

Millispherical nanocomposites are promising for water decontamination combining the high reactivity of the confined nanoparticles and the excellent hydrodynamic properties of the supporting host.

Thus, utilization of a simple one-step strategy to produce graphenic sand hybrid using date syrup helped in developing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly dye and heavy metal scavenger that can be used as a one-step solution for water decontamination.

Thus, diverse water decontamination approaches using nano-adsorbents and/or photocatalysts based on nanotechnology are being developed.

, P(St-DVB-NVP)-I2) and investigating them as antimicrobial agents for water decontamination.

This advantage endows the cornstalk-based MnO2 NPs superiority and would raise concerns in water decontamination.

In addition, the C/N-TiO2 photocatalyst shows excellent recyclability for water decontamination, making it a promising candidate to purify aquatic contaminants.

This concept of nanoparticles functionalized with dual on-demand cleavable ligands is exploited in ground water decontamination and radionuclides separation.

Recent research on zero-valent iron (ZVI) has evolved from a proof-of-concept stage to an application-focus stage with the goal of enhancing the applicability of ZVI for water decontamination.

Solar energy is effortlessly accessible in most of the weather conditions and can be used for water decontamination.

The majority of the conventional means of water decontamination are either inefficient or expensive.