Advanced redox processes for sustainable water treatment

S Zhang, H Zheng, PG Tratnyek - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Oxidation and reduction reactions govern a wide range of biotic and abiotic processes.
Among these are advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and advanced reduction processes …

Accurate removal of toxic organic pollutants from complex water matrices

J Cai, B Niu, Q Xie, N Lu, S Huang… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Characteristic emerging pollutants at low concentration have raised much attention for
causing a bottleneck in water remediation, especially in complex water matrices where high …

Degradation of reactive red 198 dye from aqueous solutions by combined technology advanced sonofenton with zero valent iron: Characteristics/effect of parameters …

H Kamani, M Hosseinzehi, M Ghayebzadeh, A Azari… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Dyes are one of the most common contaminants in industrial effluents, whose continuous
release into the environment has become an increasing global concern. In this work …

Phosphate Changes Effect of Humic Acids on TiO2 Photocatalysis: From Inhibition to Mitigation of Electron–Hole Recombination

M Long, J Brame, F Qin, J Bao, Q Li… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
A major challenge for photocatalytic water purification with TiO2 is the strong inhibitory effect
of natural organic matter (NOM), which can scavenge photogenerated holes and radicals …

Intraligand charge transfer boosts visible-light-driven generation of singlet oxygen by metal-organic frameworks

W Huang, X Wang, W Zhang, S Zhang, Y Tian… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Generation of singlet oxygen (1 O 2) with metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is limited by
either poor light harvesting ability of type I MOFs or low availability of type II MOFs. Herein …

Bimolecular versus Trimolecular Reaction Pathways for H2O2 with Hypochlorous Species and Implications for Wastewater Reclamation

Z Luo, W Zhou, Y Jiang, D Minakata… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The benchmark advanced oxidation technology (AOT) that uses UV/H2O2 integrated with
hypochlorous species exhibits great potential in removing micropollutants and enhancing …

Key structural features that determine the selectivity of UV/acetylacetone for the degradation of aromatic pollutants when compared to UV/H2O2

G Zhang, M Xie, J Zhao, S Wei, H Zheng, S Zhang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Acetylacetone (AA) has proven to be a potent photo-activator for the decolorization of dyes.
However, there is very limited information on the quantitative structure–activity relationship …

Peroxyl radicals from diketones enhanced the indirect photochemical transformation of carbamazepine: kinetics, mechanisms, and products

M Xie, C Zhang, H Zheng, G Zhang, S Zhang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In surface waters, photogenerated transients (eg, hydroxyl radicals, carbonate radicals,
singlet oxygen and the triplet states of dissolved organic matter) are known to play a role in …

Enhanced decomplexation of Cu (II)-EDTA: The role of acetylacetone in Cu-mediated photo-Fenton reactions

L Zhang, B Wu, G Zhang, Y Gan, S Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Cu (II)-EDTA is a stable metal-organic complex in electroplating wastewater and is hard to
be removed by the conventional precipitation method. UV decomplexation is a useful …

Ligand effects on nitrate reduction by zero-valent iron: Role of surface complexation

X Song, Z Chen, X Wang, S Zhang - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Surface passivation is a key limiting factor in the application of zero-valent iron (ZVI) for
water remediation. Addition of ligands is a useful approach to overcome this issue. In this …