State-of-the-art and perspectives of the catalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of aqueous nitrates

J Martínez, A Ortiz, I Ortiz - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
Nitrate pollution of groundwater, which is mainly caused by the application of nitrogen-
based fertilizers in intensive agriculture, is a widespread problem all over the world and a …

A review of removal of pollutants from water/wastewater using different types of nanomaterials

MT Amin, AA Alazba, U Manzoor - Advances in materials …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The rapidly increasing population, depleting water resources, and climate change resulting
in prolonged droughts and floods have rendered drinking water a competitive resource in …

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

MA Shannon, PW Bohn, M Elimelech, JG Georgiadis… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
One of the most pervasive problems afflicting people throughout the world is inadequate
access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the …

Electrochemical reduction of nitrate with simultaneous ammonia recovery using a flow cathode reactor

J Sun, S Garg, J Xie, C Zhang… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The presence of excessive concentrations of nitrate in industrial wastewaters, agricultural
runoff, and some groundwaters constitutes a serious issue for both environmental and …

Co3O4 anchored on biochar derived from chitosan (Co3O4@ BCC) as a catalyst to efficiently activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for degradation of phenacetin

J Zhou, X Yang, Q Wei, Y Lan, J Guo - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a bio-friendly and abundant biochar precursor, was employed to prepare cobalt-
based catalyst (Co 3 O 4@ BCC) by calcination for activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to …

Critical review of Pd-based catalytic treatment of priority contaminants in water

BP Chaplin, M Reinhard, WF Schneider… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Catalytic reduction of water contaminants using palladium (Pd)-based catalysts and
hydrogen gas as a reductant has been extensively studied at the bench-scale, but due to …

Selective nitrate reduction to dinitrogen by electrocatalysis on nanoscale iron encapsulated in mesoporous carbon

W Teng, N Bai, Y Liu, Y Liu, J Fan… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Excessive nutrients (N and P) are among the most concerned pollutants in surface and
ground waters. Herein, we report nanoscale zero-valent iron supported on ordered …

Activation of peroxymonosulfate with CuCo2O4@ kaolin for the efficient degradation of phenacetin

L Liu, Y Li, Y Pang, Y Lan, L Zhou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
CuCo 2 O 4@ kaolin was successfully synthesized by a sol-gel method and used as a
heterogeneous catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the degradation of …

Insights into performance and mechanism of ZnO/CuCo2O4 composite as heterogeneous photoactivator of peroxymonosulfate for enrofloxacin degradation

J Li, X Cheng, H Zhang, J Gou, X Zhang, D Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we designed a plain strategy for fabrication of the novel composite ZnO/CuCo 2
O 4 and applied it as catalyst for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation to decompose …

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate Using Magnéli Phase TiO2 Reactive Electrochemical Membranes Doped with Pd-Based Catalysts

P Gayen, J Spataro, S Avasarala, AM Ali… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
This research focused on synthesis, characterization, and application of point-of-use
catalytic reactive electrochemical membranes (REMs) for electrocatalytic NO3–reduction …