Detoxification of water and wastewater by advanced oxidation processes

DS Babu, V Srivastava, PV Nidheesh… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays there is a continuously increasing attention for the treatment of recalcitrant
compounds present in water and wastewater due to their toxicity on both human health and …

Recent advances on TiO2-based photocatalysts toward the degradation of pesticides and major organic pollutants from water bodies

S Kanan, MA Moyet, RB Arthur, HH Patterson - Catalysis Reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Pesticides and organic waste constitute a group of environmental pollutants that are widely
distributed in our environment due to various human activities. Adsorptive removal and …

Recent advances in biological removal of nitroaromatics from wastewater

C Zhu, H Huang, Y Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Various nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) released into the environment cause potential
threats to humans and animals. Biological treatment is valued for cost-effectiveness …

New insights for enhancing the performance of constructed wetlands at low temperatures

M Ji, Z Hu, C Hou, H Liu, HH Ngo, W Guo, S Lu… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) have been widely utilized for various types of wastewater
treatment due to their merits, including high cost-effectiveness and easy operation. However …

Bacterial degradation of nitrophenols and their derivatives

PK Arora, A Srivastava, VP Singh - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
This review intends to provide an overview of bacterial degradation of nitrophenols (NPs)
and their derivatives. The main scientific focus is on biochemical and genetic …

[HTML][HTML] A review of bark-extract-mediated green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles and their applications

E Burlacu, C Tanase, NA Coman, L Berta - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles are intensely studied because of their importance in diverse fields of
biotechnology, especially in medicine. This paper highlights that waste bark can be a cheap …

Superior performance of FeVO4@ CeO2 uniform core-shell nanostructures in heterogeneous Fenton-sonophotocatalytic degradation of 4-nitrophenol

G Eshaq, S Wang, H Sun, M Sillanpaa - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Porous FeVO 4 nanorods decorated on CeO 2 nanocubes (FeVO 4@ CeO 2) were
successfully prepared via a facile hydrothermal route and tested in the degradation of 4 …

Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by silver nanoparticles stabilized on environmentally benign macroscopic biopolymer hydrogel

L Ai, J Jiang - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The direct use of macroscopic biopolymer alginate hydrogels (AHs) as a green and effective
carrier to stabilize silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) is presented. The Ag@ AHs were …

A review of incorporation of constructed wetland with other treatment processes

R Liu, Y Zhao, L Doherty, Y Hu, X Hao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Given their advantages in terms of low-cost and easy-operation, constructed wetlands (CWs)
have been thoroughly studied and widely utilized in the treatment of various wastewaters …

Preparation of high-quality activated carbon from polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) bottle waste. Its use in the removal of pollutants in aqueous solution

R Mendoza-Carrasco, EM Cuerda-Correa… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
A waste-treats-waste approach has been used for the removal of two common pollutants,
namely p-nitrophenol and/or Fe (III) from aqueous solution. Polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) …