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Nanomaterials in Water Applications
Summary
This special issue editorial summarizes a collection of research papers and reviews addressing nanomaterial applications in environmental water treatment, covering topics including CaCO3 synthesis, cobalt-doped materials for pollutant recovery, manganese dioxide electrochemical applications, nano-chitosan adsorption, and microplastic pollutant adsorption mechanisms. The issue provides a broad overview of recent advances in materials science applied to environmental water quality challenges.
This Special Issue presents achievements in addressing environmental water pollution. It comprises an editorial, discussing the removal of inorganic fluoride ions, and research papers covering topics such as the controlled synthesis of CaCO3 to enhance oil recovery, cobalt-doped CeFe2O5/biomass carbon for recovering pollutants from water, and other carbon-based materials for adsorption and pollutant photocatalytic degradation in water. This Special Issue also includes several high-quality reviews, focusing on the preparation and electrochemical applications of manganese dioxide nanomaterials, the use of nano-chitosan for the adsorption and removal of environmental pollutants, and the influencing factors and mechanisms of microplastics' pollutant adsorption. This Special Issue provides valuable insights into the application of materials in environmental contexts.
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