BMC Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Oct. 22, 2020
Abstract
The
presence
of
emerging
contaminants
such
as
pharmaceutical
and
personal
care
products
in
many
aqueous
matrices
have
been
reported.
One
matrix
is
streams
wastewater,
including
wastewater
treatment
plants
inflows
outflows
flow
by-passing
plants.
Their
persistence
arises
from
their
resistant
to
breakdown,
hence
they
may
remain
the
environment
over
long
time,
with
a
potential
cause
adverse
effects
endocrine
disruption,
gene
toxicity,
imposition
sex
organs,
antibiotic
resistance
others
some
aquatic
organisms
exposed
arrays
residues
products.
Among
techniques,
advanced
oxidation
processes
reported
be
better
technique
through
which
these
PPCPs
can
degraded
WWTPs.
Heterogeneous
photocatalysis
using
various
photocatalyst
immobilized
on
solid
support
activated
carbon,
graphene
carbon
nanotubes
AOPs
shown
viable
efficient
method
degradation.
This
because,
performance
most
WWTPs
limited
since
were
not
designed
degrade
toxic
recalcitrant
PPCPs.
review
highlight
occurrence,
concentration
removal
efficiency
heterogeneous
TiO
2
supports.
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
9(4), P. 775 - 802
Published: Aug. 9, 2019
Olive
stones
have
been
widely
used
as
a
renewable
energy
biowaste
source.
As
they
are
rich
in
elemental
carbon
(40–45
wt%),
much
research
focussed
on
effectively
converting
olive
stones,
precursors,
into
activated
adsorbents.
However,
only
few
studies
concentrated
summarising
the
various
techniques
to
produce
from
stone.
This
article
reviews
undertaken
production
and
application
of
an
adsorbent
for
wastewater
treatment.
Various
physical,
chemical
physico-chemical
treatments
remove
heavy
metals,
organics
dyes
discussed,
resultant
adsorption
capacities
reported.
In
several
cases,
very
high
recorded.
Finally,
future
prospects
these
materials
adsorbents
after
further
development
work,
stone-derived
carbons
great
potential
especially
area
organic
polluted
wastewaters.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(17), P. 11129 - 11159
Published: Aug. 23, 2021
Advanced
oxidation
processes
(AOPs)
based
on
persulfates
such
as
peroxymonosulfate
and
peroxydisulfate
via
heterogeneous
catalysts
have
been
a
research
hotspot
due
to
their
outstanding
performances
in
removing
emerging
organic
contaminants
(OCs).
In
this
Review,
we
highlight
the
recent
advances
theoretical
simulations
for
persulfate-based
AOPs
(PS-AOPs)
using
density
functional
theory
(DFT),
with
emphasis
catalyst
properties
mechanism
of
persulfate
activation
over
variety
(including
nanocarbons,
metals,
metal
oxides).
Moreover,
OCs
degradation
by
diverse
reactive
oxygen
species
investigated
computations
are
also
summarized.
The
descriptors
computational
studies
related
structure–performance
relationships
discussed.
Finally,
challenges
future
focuses
DFT
PS-AOPs
proposed,
including
evaluation
properties,
elucidation
mechanism,
especially
nonradical
pathway,
rational
design
on-demand
catalysts.
