Recent advances of cold plasma technology for water and soil remediation: A critical review

CA Aggelopoulos - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The intense presence of toxic substances in drinking water and landfills caused by the
growing industrialization and the extensive use of chemicals, established wastewater and …

Solar photo-oxidation of recalcitrant industrial wastewater: a review

A Tawfik, MG Alalm, HM Awad, M Islam… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Conventional methods to clean wastewater actually lead to incomplete treatments, calling
for advanced technologies to degrade recalcitrant pollutants. Herein we review solar photo …

Accelerated degradation of perfluorosulfonates and perfluorocarboxylates by UV/sulfite+ iodide: reaction mechanisms and system efficiencies

Z Liu, Z Chen, J Gao, Y Yu, Y Men… - Environmental science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The addition of iodide (I–) in the UV/sulfite system (UV/S) significantly accelerated the
reductive degradation of perfluorosulfonates (PFSAs, C n F2 n+ 1SO3–) and …

Disposal of products and materials containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A cyclical problem

T Stoiber, S Evans, OV Naidenko - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), highly stable and persistent chemicals used in
numerous industrial applications and consumer goods, pose an exceptionally difficult …

Enhancing interface reactions by introducing microbubbles into a plasma treatment process for efficient decomposition of PFOA

H Zhang, P Li, A Zhang, Z Sun, J Liu… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient destruction of perfluoroalkyl compounds in contaminated waters remains a
challenge because of highly stable C–F bonds. In this study, mineralization of …

Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in landfills: occurrence, transformation and treatment

M Zhang, X Zhao, D Zhao, TY Soong, S Tian - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Landfills have served as the final repository for> 50% municipal solid wastes in the United
States. Because of their widespread uses and persistence in the environment, per-and …

PFAS–CTAB complexation and its role on the removal of PFAS from a lab-prepared water and a reverse osmosis reject water using a plasma reactor

R Li, OF Isowamwen, KC Ross, TM Holsen… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrical discharge plasma reactors with argon bubbling can effectively treat long-chain
perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in contaminated water, and the addition of a cationic surfactant …

[HTML][HTML] Sonolysis of per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A meta-analysis

T Sidnell, RJ Wood, J Hurst, J Lee… - Ultrasonics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human ingestion of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated food and
water is linked to the development of several cancers, birth defects and other illnesses. The …

Reactive nitrogen species generated by gas–liquid dielectric barrier discharge for efficient degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid from water

D Zhu, Z Sun, H Zhang, A Zhang, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) poses a serious threat to the ecological environment and
biological health because of its ubiquitous distribution, extreme persistence, and high …

Structure-specific aerobic defluorination of short-chain fluorinated carboxylic acids by activated sludge communities

S Che, B Jin, Z Liu, Y Yu, J Liu… - Environmental science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of manmade chemicals that
impose emerging environmental concerns. Among them, short-chain per-and …