[HTML][HTML] Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications

Z Chen, W Wei, BJ Ni, H Chen - Environmental Functional Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic waste has become a serious environmental issue and has attracted increasing
attention. Various treatment technologies have been developed for the remediation of this …

Conversion of waste plastics into value-added carbon materials

Y Luo, X Lin, E Lichtfouse, H Jiang, C Wang - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue worldwide, calling for advanced methods to
recycle waste plastics in the context of the circular economy. Here we review methods and …

Structure-oriented conversions of plastics to carbon nanomaterials

S Ren, X Xu, K Hu, W Tian, X Duan, J Yi, S Wang - Carbon Research, 2022 - Springer
The accumulation of waste plastics has caused serious environmental issues due to their
unbiodegradable nature and hazardous additives. Converting waste plastics to different …

Effects of functional group loss on biochar activated persulfate in-situ remediation of phenol pollution in groundwater and its countermeasures

C Dai, JB Zhang, M Gao, Y Zhang, J Li, J Hu - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is considered a good activator for use in advanced oxidation technology. However,
dissolved solids (DS) released from biochar cause unstable activation efficiency. Biochar …

Peroxymonosulfate activation by nitrogen-doped herb residue biochar for the degradation of tetracycline

X Li, J Wang, L Xia, R Cheng, J Chen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is an environmentally friendly material with potential applications in water
purification. In this study, herb residue nitrogen-doped biochar (N-BC) was fabricated and …

Application of g-C3N4-PVDF membrane for the photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants in continuous flow mode: Impact of water matrix

J Nieto-Sandoval, A Torres-Pinto, M Pedrosa… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The combination of photocatalysis with membrane separation technology allows to mitigate
potential membrane fouling while degrading the organic micropollutants in water. This work …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printed photopolymer derived carbon catalysts for enhanced wet peroxide oxidation

AS Silva, JLD de Tuesta, A Henrique, FF Roman… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we explore the application of powdered carbon and 3D-printed carbon
monoliths prepared by carbonization of a tailored photopolymer. We demonstrate the …

Sustainability-inspired upcycling of plastic waste into porous carbon nanobulks for water decontamination via peroxymonosulfate activation

K Pang, F Fu, H Wang, S Ding, Y Fang, X Liu - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract “White pollution” is regarded as one of the most serious problems in the natural
environment. Thus greener recycling of plastic waste has attracted significant efforts in …

Biocatalytic degradation of emerging micropollutants

P Sharma, A Bano, S Yadav, SP Singh - Topics in Catalysis, 2023 - Springer
Water pollution caused by micropollutants (MPs) raises significant toxicological concerns,
especially when present in complex mixtures. A major obstacle to producing high-quality …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid multi-core shell magnetic nanoparticles for wet peroxide oxidation of paracetamol: Application in synthetic and real matrices

AS Silva, FF Roman, AV Dias, JLD de Tuesta… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clean water availability is becoming a matter of global concern in the last decades. The
responsible entities for wastewater treatment do not have the proper facilities to deal with a …