[HTML][HTML] Environmental implications of superoxide radicals: From natural processes to engineering applications

Z Luo, Y Yan, R Spinney, DD Dionysiou, FA Villamena… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The roles of superoxide radical (O 2•−) in the domains of physiological, physical, and
material chemistry are becoming increasingly recognized. Although extensive efforts have …

Thermal regeneration of spent granular activated carbon presents an opportunity to break the forever PFAS cycle

B Sonmez Baghirzade, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Extensive use of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has caused their ubiquitous
presence in natural waters. One of the standard practices for PFAS removal from water is …

Critical review of UV-advanced reduction processes for the treatment of chemical contaminants in water

BD Fennell, SP Mezyk, G McKay - ACS Environmental Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
UV-advanced reduction processes (UV-ARP) are an advanced water treatment technology
characterized by the reductive transformation of chemical contaminants. Contaminant …

Photocatalysts for chemical-free PFOA degradation–What we know and where we go from here?

JMA Juve, JAD Reece, MS Wong, Z Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a toxic and recalcitrant perfluoroalkyl substance commonly
detected in the environment. Its low concentration challenges the development of effective …

Titanium oxide improves boron nitride photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid

L Duan, B Wang, KN Heck, CA Clark, J Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Boron nitride (BN) has the newly-found property of degrading recalcitrant polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) under ultraviolet C (UV-C, 254 nm) irradiation. It is ineffective at longer …

Persistent free radicals in biochar enhance superoxide-mediated Fe (III)/Fe (II) cycling and the efficacy of CaO2 Fenton-like treatment

S Zhang, Y Wei, J Metz, S He, PJJ Alvarez… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Superoxide radicals (O 2•-) produced by the reaction of Fe (III) with H 2 O 2 can
regenerate Fe (II) in Fenton-like reactions, and conditions that facilitate this function enhance …

Degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid with hydrated electron by a heterogeneous catalytic system

G Liu, C Feng, P Shao - Environmental Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrated electron (eaq–)-induced reduction protocols have bright prospects for the
decomposition of recalcitrant organic pollutants. However, traditional eaq–production …

Electrochemical degradation of PFOA and its common alternatives: Assessment of key parameters, roles of active species, and transformation pathway

FA Zeidabadi, EB Esfahani, ST McBeath, KL Dubrawski… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates an electrochemical approach for the treatment of water polluted with
per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), looking at the impact of different variables …

[HTML][HTML] Complete defluorination of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances—dream or reality?

JMA Juve, B Wang, MS Wong, M Ateia, Z Wei - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The consensus of removing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the
environment is widely recognized and enlightened by the near-zero standards released …

Production of extracellular superoxide radical in microorganisms and its environmental implications: A review

Z He, Q Li, Y Xu, D Zhang, X Pan - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular superoxide radical (O 2•−) is ubiquitous in microbial environments and has
significant implications for pollutant transformation. Microbial extracellular O 2•− can be …