Recent progress and prospects in catalytic water treatment

VI Parvulescu, F Epron, H Garcia, P Granger - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

A review of the innovations in metal-and carbon-based catalysts explored for heterogeneous peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation, with focus on radical vs. non-radical …

M Kohantorabi, G Moussavi, S Giannakis - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The heterogeneous, sulfate radical-based AOPs (SR-AOPs) have emerged over the last
decade as a highly potent technology for the removal of various organic contaminants from …

MnO2‐Based Materials for Environmental Applications

R Yang, Y Fan, R Ye, Y Tang, X Cao, Z Yin… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manganese dioxide (MnO2) is a promising photo–thermo–electric‐responsive
semiconductor material for environmental applications, owing to its various favorable …

Catalytic ozone decomposition and adsorptive VOCs removal in bimetallic metal-organic frameworks

C Dong, JJ Yang, LH Xie, G Cui, WH Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Atmospheric ozone has long been a threat to human health, however, rational design of
high-performance O3-decomposition catalysts remains challenging. Herein, we demonstrate …

Highly efficient mesoporous MnO2 catalysts for the total toluene oxidation: Oxygen-Vacancy defect engineering and involved intermediates using in situ DRIFTS

S Mo, Q Zhang, J Li, Y Sun, Q Ren, S Zou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
To elucidate the role of oxygen vacancy defects, various Mn-based oxides with oxygen
vacancy defects are employed to the toluene oxidation, which are synthesized by adjusting …

Comparative study of α-, β-, γ-and δ-MnO2 on toluene oxidation: Oxygen vacancies and reaction intermediates

W Yang, Z Su, Z Xu, W Yang, Y Peng, J Li - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The structure-performance relationship of α-, β-, γ-and δ-MnO 2 catalysts were studied. The
four samples exhibited different activities of toluene oxidation in terms of distinct tunnel …

Impact of oxygen vacancy occupancy on piezo-catalytic activity of BaTiO3 nanobelt

P Wang, X Li, S Fan, X Chen, M Qin, D Long… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
BaTiO 3 nanobelt featuring controlled oxygen vacancies, namely BTO-OV-X (X represents
time (h) of vacuum heat-treatment), were prepared to systematically investigate the effect of …

Surface oxygen vacancies prompted the formation of hydrated hydroxyl groups on ZnOx in enhancing interfacial catalytic ozonation

Y Cheng, J Kang, P Yan, J Shen, Z Chen, X Zhu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, a highly dispersed catalyst (ZnO x-500) was synthesized for heterogeneous catalytic
ozonation (HCO), which had a simple ZnO crystal phase but riched in oxygen vacancies …

Encapsulate α-MnO2 nanofiber within graphene layer to tune surface electronic structure for efficient ozone decomposition

G Zhu, W Zhu, Y Lou, J Ma, W Yao, R Zong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Major challenges encountered when developing manganese-based materials for ozone
decomposition are related to the low stability and water inactivation. To solve these …

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 …