Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: a review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

A review of wastewater treatment technologies for the degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds: Carbamazepine as a case study

S Feijoo, M Kamali, R Dewil - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential toxicological effects of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in natural
water bodies have received considerable critical attention over the past years, encouraging …

Electrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate with ACF cathode: Kinetics, influencing factors, mechanism, and application potential

Z Liu, H Ding, C Zhao, T Wang, P Wang, DD Dionysiou - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The combination of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and electrolysis with an activated carbon fiber
(ACF) as cathode (E-ACF-PMS) was systematically investigated. A synergistic effect was …

Synergistic effect between UV and chlorine (UV/chlorine) on the degradation of carbamazepine: influence factors and radical species

WL Wang, QY Wu, N Huang, T Wang, HY Hu - Water Research, 2016 - Elsevier
For successful wastewater reclamation, advanced oxidation processes have attracted
attention for elimination of emerging contaminants. In this study, the synergistic treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic, electrocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals in aqueous media: Analytical methods, mechanisms, simulations …

BA Marinho, L Suhadolnik, B Likozar, M Huš… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are used every day in most parts of the world and great proportions of
these substances are excreted unaltered or as active sub-products, posing a threat of …

Visible-LED-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin by magnetic biochar modified flower-like Bi2WO6: The synergistic effects …

Z Wang, X Cai, X Xie, S Li, X Zhang, Z Wang - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bi 2 WO 6 possesses good stability but poor photocatalytic activity under visible light.
Herein, the coupling of Bi 2 WO 6, Fe 3 O 4 and biochar (Bi 2 WO 6/Fe 3 O 4/BC) was …

Seasonal changes in antibiotics, antidepressants/psychiatric drugs, antihistamines and lipid regulators in a wastewater treatment plant

O Golovko, V Kumar, G Fedorova, T Randak, R Grabic - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Seasonal changes in the concentration of 21 pharmaceuticals in a wastewater treatment
plant (WWTP) in České Budějovice were investigated over 12 months. The target …

TiO2 based Photocatalysis membranes: An efficient strategy for pharmaceutical mineralization

S Kumar, R Sharma, A Gupta, KK Dubey… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the various emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals (PhACs) seem to have
adverse effects on the quality of water. Even the smallest concentration of PhACs in ground …

Construction of Ag/g-C3N4 photocatalysts with visible-light photocatalytic activity for sulfamethoxazole degradation

Y Song, J Qi, J Tian, S Gao, F Cui - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Ag/gC 3 N 4 was successfully synthesized by a photo-reduction method. By using PVP as a
protecting agent, Ag nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed on gC 3 N 4 sheets and the …

Electrochemical carbamazepine degradation: effect of the generated active chlorine, transformation pathways and toxicity

JD García-Espinoza, P Mijaylova-Nacheva… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbamazepine (CBZ) is a biorecalcitrant pharmaceutical compound frequently detected in
wastewater and water bodies which has numerous negative effects on living organisms. In …