The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Highly efficient activation of peracetic acid by nano-CuO for carbamazepine degradation in wastewater: The significant role of H2O2 and evidence of acetylperoxy …

L Zhang, J Chen, Y Zhang, Y Xu, T Zheng, X Zhou - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Peracetic acid (PAA)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) has attracted increasing
attentions towards contaminant degradation in the wastewater treatment. Herein, we report …

Reactive oxygen species and catalytic active sites in heterogeneous catalytic ozonation for water purification

G Yu, Y Wang, H Cao, H Zhao… - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalytic ozonation (HCO) processes have been widely studied for water
purification. The reaction mechanisms of these processes are very complicated because of …

Enhanced adsorption of tetracycline by an iron and manganese oxides loaded biochar: Kinetics, mechanism and column adsorption

X Zhang, Y Li, M Wu, Y Pang, Z Hao, M Hu, R Qiu… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
A Fe/Mn oxides loaded biochar (FeMn-BC) was prepared to enhance the adsorption of
tetracycline (TC). γ-Fe 2 O 3 and MnO 2 were assigned to the Fe and Mn oxides …

Natural organic matter-cations complexation and its impact on water treatment: A critical review

J Adusei-Gyamfi, B Ouddane, L Rietveld, JP Cornard… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The quality and quantity of natural organic matter (NOM) has been observed to evolve which
poses challenges to water treatment facilities. Even though NOM may not be toxic itself, its …

Removal of heavy metals and metalloids from water using drinking water treatment residuals as adsorbents: A review

M Wołowiec, M Komorowska-Kaufman, A Pruss… - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal contamination is one of the most important environmental issues. Therefore,
appropriate steps need to be taken to reduce heavy metals and metalloids in water to …

The relevance of phosphorus and iron chemistry to the recovery of phosphorus from wastewater: a review

P Wilfert, PS Kumar, L Korving… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The addition of iron is a convenient way for removing phosphorus from wastewater, but this
is often considered to limit phosphorus recovery. Struvite precipitation is currently used to …

Efficient peroxydisulfate activation process not relying on sulfate radical generation for water pollutant degradation

T Zhang, Y Chen, Y Wang, J Le Roux… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Peroxydisulfate (PDS) is an appealing oxidant for contaminated groundwater and toxic
industrial wastewaters. Activation of PDS is necessary for application because of its low …

Production of Sulfate Radical from Peroxymonosulfate Induced by a Magnetically Separable CuFe2O4 Spinel in Water: Efficiency, Stability, and Mechanism

T Zhang, H Zhu, JP Croue - Environmental science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
A simple, nonhazardous, efficient and low energy-consuming process is desirable to
generate powerful radicals from peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for recalcitrant pollutant removal …