Advancement factors in sludge dewatering technology for wastewater treatment from engineering and economic perspectives: A review
June 2024
The importance of the purifying municipal and industrial wastewater has increased due to a dramatically enhancing flow of sewage sludge in the last decades. There are various types of sludge including...
Microwave-assisted synthesis of bimetallic NiCo-MOF-74 with enhanced open metal site for efficient CO2 capture
September 2022
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...
Hydrogel-based nanocomposites for enhanced environmental remediation
April 2026
Nanocomposites based on hydrogels have garnered significant attention as a class of advanced materials well-suited for environmental remediation applications due to their distinctive architecture, composition,...
Hydrogel-based superadsorbents for efficient removal of heavy metals in industrial wastewater treatment and environmental conservation
August 2023
Superadsorbent hydrogels have become a viable solution to the urgent problem of industrial wastewater contamination. This paper offers a thorough analysis of the most recent advancements in superadsorbent...
Modified Titanium dioxide-based photocatalysts for water treatment: Mini review
March 2024
Titanium dioxide (TiO2), recognized for its affordability, low cost, high chemical stability, and eco-friendliness, has garnered extensive research attention in recent years. But because of the TiO2...
Strategies and technologies for sustainable plastic waste treatment and recycling
April 2025
Discarded plastics in natural environments contribute significantly to “white pollution” due to their high persistence and potential for bioaccumulation. Improperly managed waste plastics further exacerbate...
Advances in nanofiltration membrane pore size adjustment techniques: A review
April 2025
With the rapid advancement of the renewable energy industry, the strategic significance of precise pore size regulation in nanofiltration membranes (NF) has become a central research focus, particularly...
Exciton engineering in organic photocatalysis: mechanisms and applications
April 2026
Organic photocatalysts, with tunable structures, abundant resources, and adjustable bandgaps, serve as versatile platforms for solar energy conversion, synthesis, and environmental remediation. To date,...
Recent advances in semiconductor-based solar evaporator: Mechanisms, designs, and water-energy applications
Available online 4 June 2026
Efficient application of solar energy offers a promising strategy to address water scarcity and the global energy crisis. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) can realize localized photothermal...
UiO-66(Zr)-based functional materials for water purification: An updated review
August 2023
UiO-66, as a kind of classic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), was foreseen as one of the most promising MOF materials for practical water purification, benefiting from its merits of rich pores, super-huge...
Recent progress in dual-atoms catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction
Available online 3 March 2026
The rapid development of industrial civilization has increased the global demand for energy, which is mainly met through the widespread use of fossil fuels, bringing a prosperous lifestyle but also...
Solid-state electrolytes for CO2 electroreduction: From mechanisms to applications
April 2026
Conventional liquid CO2 electroreduction faces carbonate loss, flooding, and product dilution. Separation energy and stability costs remain high. Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) offer an alternative....
Enhanced ibuprofen removal from wastewater using Ni-doped ZIF-67 MOF: Synthesis, characterization, and impact of doping on adsorption performance
August 2025
The purification of wastewater from pharmaceutical contaminants like ibuprofen (IBP) has become a critical issue due to its widespread usage, making the removal of such pollutants essential for the...
Environmental functional metal-organic framework for sensitive detection and removal of pharmaceutical pollutants: Mechanisms and applications
Available online 31 January 2026
Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and hormones, have emerged as contaminants of global concern due to their persistence, bioaccumulation, disruption...
Comparative study on sustainable degradation of sulfamethoxazole via peroxymonosulfate activation by different transition metal-doped biochars
Available online 22 May 2026
Metal-loaded biochars, due to their excellent peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation capabilities, have been widely applied in water remediation. However, the effects of different transition metal loadings...
Tailor-made adsorbent materials on machine learning instructions for efficient purification of heavy metal contaminants in wastewater
April 2026
Heavy metal pollution is becoming an increasingly serious environmental and public health concern. As a result, developing efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable wastewater treatment technologies...
Efficient and stable direct air capture with amine-functionalized MIL-100(Cr) metal-organic framework
December 2025
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising for Direct Air Capture (DAC) due to their tunable pore structures, large surface areas, and chemical functionalization. Amine-functionalized MOFs significantly...
Morphological evaluation of green synthesized, modified TiO2 and ZnO nanomaterials and their photocatalytic behavior in water treatment
December 2025
The emergence of nanotechnology has opened new avenues for various nano-structured materials, especially in wastewater treatment applications. However, the chemical reagents and processes for developing...
Metal-covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic CO2 reduction: Mini review
Available online 30 January 2026
Advancements in global industrialization have led to over-reliance on fossil fuels, which has triggered a drastic surge in CO2 emissions. This renders it imperative to develop renewable energy and efficient...
Agricultural lignocellulose biochar material in wastewater treatment: A critical review and sustainability assessment
August 2025
Globally, roughly 380 trillion liters of wastewater are generated annually, with a significant portion remaining untreated due to expensive treatment and lack of expertise, consequently, leading severe...
Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications
March 2022
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,...
Metal-organic frameworks for sustainable aquatic arsenic remediation: A review
Available online 12 February 2026
Arsenic contamination of aquatic systems poses a serious global threat to environmental safety and public health due to its high toxicity, persistence, and complex aqueous speciation. Conventional arsenic...
Recent advances in the fixed-electrode capacitive deionization (CDI): Innovations in electrode materials and applications
December 2023
Conventional capacitive deionization (CDI), originally developed as a promising desalination technique based on the formation of electric double layers (EDLs) at the surface of porous electrodes, has...
FeCo bimetallic MOF/PVDF mixed matrix membrane coupled with PMS activation for tetracycline degradation: High efficiency and reaction mechanisms
December 2025
To address the tetracycline removal challenge in water treatment, this study developed novel FeCo-metal-organic framework (MOF) material/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs)...
Recent progress on single-atom catalysts in advanced oxidation processes for water treatment
September 2022
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...