Nanocatalysts and other nanomaterials for water remediation from organic pollutants

F Lu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
With the industrial development, population increasing and climate change, water pollution
becomes a critical issue around the world. As a result, the remediation of water pollution …

Recent advances in carbon nanomaterial-based adsorbents for water purification

R Gusain, N Kumar, SS Ray - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Deterioration of water quality and the unavailability of drinkable water are pressing
challenges worldwide. Removal of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants from water is …

Mechanisms and product toxicity of activated carbon/peracetic acid for degradation of sulfamethoxazole: implications for groundwater remediation

C Dai, S Li, Y Duan, KH Leong, S Liu, Y Zhang, L Zhou… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-based materials activated peracetic acid (PAA) to repair groundwater is an
environmentally friendly and low-cost technology to overcome secondary pollution …

A review on application of biochar in the removal of pharmaceutical pollutants through adsorption and persulfate-based AOPs

Z Kang, X Jia, Y Zhang, X Kang, M Ge, D Liu, C Wang… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing quantities of pharmaceutical pollutants have been found in aquatic ecosystems.
The treatment of pharmaceutical pollutants has been a major task that people have been …

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in landfills: a review

R Zhang, S Yang, Y An, Y Wang, Y Lei… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Landfill are important reservoirs of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). They
harbor diverse contaminants, such as heavy metals and persistent organic chemicals …

Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater: a review

J Wang, S Wang - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
The pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are emerging pollutants which
might pose potential hazards to environment and health. These pollutants are becoming …

Biochar based removal of antibiotic sulfonamides and tetracyclines in aquatic environments: a critical review

C Peiris, SR Gunatilake, TE Mlsna, D Mohan… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Utilization of biochar (BC) as a low cost adsorbent for water remediation has gained an
immense research interest due to their surface functionality and porosity. Although many …

Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: progress and challenges

MB Ahmed, JL Zhou, HH Ngo, W Guo - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Antibiotics as emerging contaminants are of global concern due to the development of
antibiotic resistant genes potentially causing superbugs. Current wastewater treatment …

Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from aqueous solution using carbon materials

F Yu, Y Li, S Han, J Ma - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, an important type of environmental contamination, have attracted many
researchers to the study of their removal from aqueous solutions. Adsorption technology is a …

Sorption of ionizable and ionic organic compounds to biochar, activated carbon and other carbonaceous materials

M Kah, G Sigmund, F **ao, T Hofmann - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The sorption of ionic and ionizable organic compounds (IOCs)(eg, pharmaceuticals and
pesticides) on carbonaceous materials plays an important role in governing the fate …