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Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications

Plastic waste has become a serious environmental issue and has attracted increasing attention. Various treatment technologies have been developed for the remediation of this waste, including degradation,...

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Metal sulfide-based catalysts in advanced oxidation processes for water decontamination

Due to its unique physical and chemical properties, metal sulfide has been proven to be a promising ideal candidate for metal oxide catalysts and has been widely used in many catalytic fields. In recent...

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Recent progress on single-atom catalysts in advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

Single-atom catalysts (SACs), consisting of metal single atoms and supporting materials, have shown remarkable potential due to their ultrahigh catalytic performances, maximum atomic utilization and...

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Comprehensive insight into heterogeneous persulfate activation for environmental pollutants degradation: Approaches and mechanism

The heterogeneous activation of persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (persulfate AOPs) has been defined as potential wastewater treatment methods due to their excellent chemical reactivity....

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Recent advances in electrochemical removal and recovery of phosphorus from water: A review

Phosphorus (P) is an essential microelement for biota. Phosphate minerals obtained through subsurface mining are the main sources of P. Phosphate-bearing rocks are nonrenewable and reserves are limited,...

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Microwave-assisted synthesis of bimetallic NiCo-MOF-74 with enhanced open metal site for efficient CO2 capture

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) containing two different inorganic metal nodes (known as bimetallic MOFs) could exhibit enhanced CO2 adsorption compared to their monometallic counterparts. Herein, a...

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Application of COFs in capture/conversion of CO2 and elimination of organic/inorganic pollutants

Large amounts of various (in)organic pollutants and CO2 are released into the environment with the fast development of agriculture and industry, which results in the environmental pollution and climate...

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Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes: The new hope brought by nanocatalyst immobilization

Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (persulfate-AOPs) offer great promise for environmental remediation, with heterogeneous catalysts providing the backbone of many wastewater purification...

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Immobilization of the crude enzyme extracted from Stenotrophomonas sp. GYH within modified zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8-NH2) and its application in trichloromethane removal

Enzyme immobilization, due to its higher effective density in a limited micro space, can effectively improve the removal efficiency for some recalcitrant compounds. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have...

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Incipient wetness impregnation to prepare bismuth-modified all-silica beta zeolite for efficient radioactive iodine capture

The economical and effective capture of radioactive iodine has always been an important field of research in the reprocessing of spent fuel. In this work, we successfully prepared a novel bismuth-modified...

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Light-response adsorption and desorption behaviors of metal–organic frameworks

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are ideal adsorbents because of their porous structure, ultra-large specific surface area, abundant active sites, and specific surface charge. Recently, light-response...

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Bimetallic atomic Fe–Mn metal-nitrogen active sites for synergistic enhancement of CO2 electroreduction efficiency

Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 is important for mitigating global warming and energy crisis, and the key to an economical and promising CO2 conversion technology lies in the development of catalysts...

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Recent advances in molybdenum disulfide-based advanced oxidation processes

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is an emerging class of heterogeneous catalyst in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). Featuring a two-dimensional structure, good conductivity, photo-response, reductive...

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Solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting with a super-hygroscopic composite modified activated carbon fiber for tropical island ecological farm

Atmospheric water harvesting is a promising strategy to address the water scarcity in islands. In this work, an activated carbon fiber (ACF) templated hybrid water adsorbent ACF-cobalt(II)-ethanolamine...

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Single-atom photocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Charge transfer and adsorption-activation mechanism

Photocatalytic CO2 reduction is mainly inspired by natural photosynthesis, which could convert CO2 into high value-added fuels or chemicals through the role of catalysts. However, the photocatalysis...

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Efficient degradation of toluene over ultra-low Pd supported on UiO-66 and its functional materials: Reaction mechanism, water-resistance, and influence of SO2

Herein, Pd supported on UiO-66 as well as its NH2- and NO2-functional materials with ultra-low Pd loadings (0.05 ​wt%) were synthesized for toluene oxidation. Pd–U, using UiO-66 as the support, exhibited...

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Challenging the contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water: advanced oxidation or reduction?

Nowadays, the increasing discharge of persistent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) caused serious environmental issues. In addition to advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), advanced reduction...

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Perspectives on surface chemistry of nanostructured catalysts for heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes

Heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) over nanostructured catalysts have been developed as a potential technique for wastewater treatment with the advantages, including high performance,...

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Photothermal conversion of CO2 to fuel with nickel-based catalysts: A review

Converting CO2 to fuel is a promising strategy to mitigate the greenhouse effect and achieve ‘carbon neutrality’. Photothermal catalysis has been widely used for CO2 reduction because it effectively...

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Developing functional carbon nitride materials for efficient peroxymonosulfate activation: From interface catalysis to irradiation synergy

Peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-based advanced oxidation technologies are among the most promising strategies for degrading refractory organic pollutants in water. Recently, carbon nitride (CN) materials have...

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Enhancing the photocatalytic removal of toluene by modified porous TiO2 with internal hydrophobic interface

The efficiency and stability of photocatalytic oxidation techniques in the treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air are affected by the adsorption performance at the reaction interface...

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A review of biochar functionalized by thermal air oxidation

Biochar, the product of anaerobic pyrolysis of biomass, has attracted immense interest not only as an adsorbent in agricultural and environmental remediation applications but also as a carbonaceous...

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FeOx@FeP heterostructure: Surface phosphorization toward efficient photocatalytic Fenton-like norfloxacin removal

The residues of daily-used antibiotics are difficult to be removed and very harmful to the environment. Herein, FeOx@FeP heterostructure was constructed by surface phosphorization of hematite (α-Fe2O3)...

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Zeolite imidazole framework-8-derived nitrogen-doped nanocarbon boosted Fenton-like oxidation: Another sustainable path for Fe(III)/Fe(II) circulation

Zeolite imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) is a promising template to obtain porous nanocarbons. In this study, microporous nitrogen-doped nanocarbons from the carbonization of ZIF-8 (ZCN) was prepared as...

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Dual-strategy modification on g-C3N4 for highly efficient inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa under visible light

g-C3N4 has great potential in photocatalytic inactivation of algal cells but still faces challenge due to the high recombination rate of electron-hole pairs, negative surface charge and low oxidation...

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