Critical review on hazardous pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, removal technologies and risk assessment

BS Rathi, PS Kumar, DVN Vo - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is required for the existence of all living things. Water pollution has grown significantly,
over the decades and now it has developed as a serious worldwide problem. The presence …

Advances in organophosphorus pesticides pollution: Current status and challenges in ecotoxicological, sustainable agriculture, and degradation strategies

H Fu, P Tan, R Wang, S Li, H Liu, Y Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) are one of the most widely used types of pesticide
that play an important role in the production process due to their effects on preventing …

Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of pesticides into nanocomposites: a review

FS Bruckmann, C Schnorr, LR Oviedo, S Knani… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture has significantly impacted the environment
and human health, as these pollutants are inadequately disposed of into water bodies. In …

Photocatalytic degradation of chlorpyrifos using Ag nanoparticles-doped g-C3N5 decorated with dendritic CdS

H Teymourinia, HA Alshamsi, A Al-Nayili, M Gholami - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, gC 3 N 5/CdS dendrite/AgNPs nanocomposite was synthesized using a mixed
method consisting of hydrothermal, ultrasonic and chemistry reduction with sodium …

The effect of mineral ions present in tap water on photodegradation of organic pollutants: future perspectives

S Ahmad, M Almehmadi, HT Janjuhah, G Kontakiotis… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodegradation is the chemical conversion of large, toxic, and complex molecules into
non-toxic, simpler, and lower molecular weight species due to light exposure …

In-situ self-assembled flower-like ZnIn2S4/CdIn2S4 composites with enhanced interfacial charge transfer and photocatalytic degradation of atrazine

Y Zeng, S Liu, G Zhu, X Yang, Q Wang, H Yu - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
In heterostructure photocatalysts, interface charge transfer is a crucial step in the
photocatalytic process, so it is crucial to construct photocatalysts with high interface charge …

An updated review on synthetic approaches of green nanomaterials and their application for removal of water pollutants: Current challenges, assessment and future …

M Rani, J Yadav, S Chaudhary, U Shanker - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Green nanotechnology is an emerging multidisciplinary field for the implementation of
sustainable principles employing biosynthesized nanomaterials. Nowadays, because of …

Recent advances in photocatalytic oxidation techniques for decontamination of water

I Saad, N Ralha, MR Abukhadra, W Al Zoubi… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pollutants in water resources (such as heavy metal ions and organic dyes) are presently
causing critical issues for human health and the environment. Among such pollutants …

An updated review on environmental occurrence, scientific assessment and removal of brominated flame retardants by engineered nanomaterials

M Rani, M Sillanpää, U Shanker - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the extensive manufacturing and use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), they are
known to be hazardous, bioaccumulative, and recalcitrant pollutants in various …

Efficient degradation of organic pollutants by novel titanium dioxide coupled bismuth oxide nanocomposite: Green synthesis, kinetics and photoactivity

M Rani, U Shanker - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a green and facile methodology was used for the structural design of semiconductor
nanomaterials and employed as efficient photocatalyst to resolve the environmental issues …