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ClearThe Future Is Bright for Polyoxometalates
This review explores the diverse applications of polyoxometalates, which are inorganic metal-oxide clusters with uses in catalysis, biomedicine, and environmental remediation. Researchers highlight their potential for degrading environmental pollutants and their emerging applications in materials science and energy storage. While not directly focused on microplastics, the study discusses catalytic approaches relevant to breaking down persistent environmental contaminants.
Hybrid Semiconductor Photocatalyst Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications: Fundamentals, Designing, and Prospects
This review covers the development of hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials that use light energy to drive useful chemical reactions, including breaking down pollutants and producing clean fuels. Researchers found that combining semiconductors with metals or carbon-based materials creates surfaces that absorb light and transfer electrical charge more efficiently. The study suggests these hybrid photocatalysts hold strong promise for addressing both energy and environmental challenges.
Hierarchy of hybrid materials. Part-II: The place of organics-on-inorganics in it, their composition and applications
This review classifies and examines organic-on-inorganic hybrid materials, covering their structure, properties, and wide-ranging applications from catalysis to biomedicine, highlighting how combining organic molecules with metallic and non-metallic inorganic substrates creates synergistic material properties.
Efficiency of Hybrid Materials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastics
Researchers reviewed how hybrid materials — combinations of multiple substances engineered at the nanoscale — can serve as highly effective photocatalysts to break down microplastics and nanoplastics using light energy. These multi-functional materials improve electron separation and reaction efficiency compared to single-component catalysts, representing a promising technological pathway for removing persistent plastic particles from the environment.
Carbon-based Composite Materials as Photocatalyst for Photo-Reforming of Organics to Obtain H2
Researchers investigated carbon-based composite photocatalysts — including Nb2O5 and TiO2 combined with graphene or graphene oxide — for photo-reforming of plastics (PET and PLA) and organic compounds into hydrogen under both UV and natural solar light, finding that composite materials produced significantly more hydrogen than bare semiconductors.
Special Issue “Functional Nanomaterials: Structures, Compositions and Various Applications”
Researchers presented a special issue overview connecting fundamental structure-property relationships of functional nanomaterials to their performance in real-world technological devices and processes across a range of application domains.
Porphyrin-Conjugated Hybrid Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Wastewater Remediation
Researchers reviewed the use of porphyrin-conjugated hybrid nanomaterials for photocatalytic wastewater treatment, including the degradation of microplastics. The study found that these materials show strong visible-light absorption and enhanced electron properties that make them effective at breaking down hazardous pollutants, offering a promising approach for environmental remediation.
Metal–Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Coupled with Selective Oxidation Reactions
This review examines metal-organic framework (MOF) photocatalysts for hydrogen production coupled with selective organic oxidation reactions, covering design principles, active site engineering, and performance benchmarks. It discusses how MOF structural tunability enables optimisation of both hydrogen evolution and valuable co-product generation.
Compact Disc-Derived Nanocarbon-Supported Catalysts with Extreme Catalytic Activity
Scientists engineered nanocarbon-metal hybrid catalysts from recycled compact discs, producing silver nanocatalysts with controllable electronic and optical properties that demonstrated extreme catalytic activity for environmental and energy applications at reduced cost.
Impact of Interfaces, and Nanostructure on the Performance of Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production from Water
This review examines how interfaces and nanostructure influence the performance of conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting and CO2 reduction, surveying the field since early reports of carbon nitride and organic semiconductor photocatalysts and analyzing structure-property relationships governing efficiency.
Advanced perspectives on MXene composite nanomaterials: Types synthetic methods, thermal energy utilization and 3D-printed techniques
Researchers reviewed MXene, a family of ultra-thin 2D nanomaterials, and their composites for applications in heat storage, solar energy conversion, and 3D printing inks, finding photo-to-thermal and electro-to-thermal conversion efficiencies of 80–90%. The review also explores future uses in hydrogen storage, carbon capture, and environmental pollution cleanup.
Nanoarchitectonics of molybdenum rich crown shaped polyoxometalates based ionic liquids reinforced on magnetic nanoparticles for the removal of microplastics and heavy metals from water
This study developed mesoporous composite adsorbents consisting of polyoxometalate-based ionic liquids on magnetic silica-coated nanoparticles for simultaneous removal of heavy metals and microplastics from water. The composites achieved high removal efficiency for both contaminant classes and could be magnetically separated for reuse, offering a dual-function water treatment material.
Functional Nanohybrids and Nanocomposites Development for the Removal of Environmental Pollutants and Bioremediation
This review examined functional nanohybrid and nanocomposite materials developed for removing environmental pollutants including heavy metals, dyes, and microplastics from water, assessing synthesis approaches and removal mechanisms. Multifunctional nanomaterials combining adsorptive, photocatalytic, and magnetic properties were identified as the most promising candidates for sustainable water treatment.
Photodegradation of microplastics through nanomaterials: Insights into photocatalysts modification and detailed mechanisms
This review explores how nanomaterial-enhanced photocatalysts can break down microplastics that conventional water treatment fails to remove. The paper details key strategies like element doping and heterojunction construction that improve degradation efficiency, and explains the underlying mechanisms involving free radical formation and singlet oxygen oxidation.
Visible-light photocatalysts: Prospects and challenges
This research update reviews the state of visible-light photocatalysis, discussing material types including metal oxides, organic semiconductors, and composites, their applications for environmental remediation and solar fuel generation, and the major challenge of scaling up photocatalytic processes to industrial viability. The authors identify cost-competitiveness with existing technologies as the primary barrier to practical deployment.
Next-generation nanomaterials for environmental remediation: smart design, hybrid materials and sustainable use
Researchers reviewed advances in eco-engineered nanomaterials for remediating persistent environmental contaminants — including PFAS, microplastics, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals — covering adsorption, photocatalytic, and magnetic recovery systems, while discussing sustainability challenges around lifecycle, toxicity, and real-world deployment.
Design and environmental applications of polyoxometalate-ionic liquid (POM-IL)-based molecular and composite materials
This chemistry thesis developed polyoxometalate-ionic liquid materials for applications in corrosion protection and water purification. It is a materials chemistry study with no direct connection to environmental microplastic pollution.
Rhombohedral/Cubic In2O3 Phase Junction Hybridized with Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Photodegradation of Organic Pollutants
Researchers developed a phase junction photocatalyst combining two forms of indium oxide with carbon nitride, achieving effective degradation of organic water pollutants under visible light without requiring precious metals.
Pd:In-Doped TiO2 as a Bifunctional Catalyst for the Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Paracetamol and Simultaneous Green Hydrogen Production
Researchers synthesized Pd:In-doped TiO2 as a bifunctional photoelectrochemical catalyst that simultaneously degrades the pharmaceutical paracetamol in wastewater and generates green hydrogen, demonstrating an integrated approach to clean energy production and water treatment.
Pd:In-Doped TiO2 as a Bifunctional Catalyst for the Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Paracetamol and Simultaneous Green Hydrogen Production
This paper is not about microplastics — it introduces PdIn/TiO2 photocatalysts for simultaneously degrading the pharmaceutical paracetamol in wastewater and generating hydrogen as a clean fuel.
Preparation of heterojunction C3N4/WO3 photocatalyst for degradation of microplastics in water
Researchers synthesized a carbon nitride/tungsten oxide heterojunction photocatalyst that effectively degrades PET microplastics in water while simultaneously generating hydrogen, offering a dual-benefit approach to addressing plastic pollution through photocatalysis.
State of the art in the photochemical degradation of (micro)plastics: from fundamental principles to catalysts and applications
This review summarizes research on the photochemical degradation of plastics and microplastics into value-added products and intermediates via photocatalysis. The study covers fundamental principles and catalytic approaches for breaking down plastic pollutants that are otherwise difficult to degrade in the environment.
Chemo‐Biological Cascade Catalysis Assisted Semi‐Artificial Photosynthetic Systems for Improving the Synthesis of High‐Valued Chemicals
Researchers developed chemo-biological cascade catalysis systems for semi-artificial photosynthesis by integrating photosensitizers with biocatalysts, enabling efficient solar energy conversion to high-value chemicals through photogenerated charge transfer between the abiotic and biological components under illumination.
Nanomaterials for Advanced Photocatalytic Plastic Conversion
This review examines the use of nanomaterials for photocatalytic conversion of waste plastics into useful chemicals and fuels, highlighting approaches that use sunlight as an energy source under ambient conditions. Photocatalytic upcycling of plastic waste offers a potentially sustainable alternative to conventional thermal and chemical recycling methods.