With the rapid development of industrial,large amounts of different inorganic and organic pollutants are released into the natural environments.The efficient elimination of environmental pollutants,i.e.,photocatalytic...With the rapid development of industrial,large amounts of different inorganic and organic pollutants are released into the natural environments.The efficient elimination of environmental pollutants,i.e.,photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants into nontoxic organic/inorganic chemicals,in-situ solidification or sorption-reduction of heavy metal ions,is crucial to protect the environment.Nanomaterials with large surface area,active sites and abundant functional groups could form strong surface complexes with different kinds of pollutants and thereby could efficiently eliminate the pollutants from the aqueous solutions.In this review,wemainly focused on the recent works about the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in the efficient elimination of different organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater and discussed the interaction mechanism from batch experimental results,the advanced spectroscopy techniques and theoretical calculations.The adsorption and the photocatalytic reduction of organic pollutants and the sorption/reduction of heavy metal ions are generally considered as the mainmethods to decrease the concentration of pollutants in the natural environment.This review highlights anew way for the real applications of novel nanomaterials in environmental pollution management,especially for the undergraduate students to understand the recent works in the elimination of different kinds of inorganic and organic chemicals in the natural environmental pollution management.展开更多
Biochar have received multidisciplinary attention because of their extraordinary physicochemical properties.In this review,the application of biochar and biochar-based materials for the efficient elimination of organi...Biochar have received multidisciplinary attention because of their extraordinary physicochemical properties.In this review,the application of biochar and biochar-based materials for the efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants are summarized.The sorption of organic chemicals and heavy metal ions/radionuclides,degradation/transformation of organic pollutants,and sorption-reduction-solidification of high-valent metal ions are described in detail.The interaction mechanism at molecular level from advanced spectroscopic techniques and theoretical calculations is discussed.Finally,the challenges in the application of biochar and biochar-supported materials in the immobilization of heavy metal ions and photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants in soils or wastewater are pointed out.This review is helpful for the graduate stu-dents to understand the recent works about biochar and biochar-supported materials in environmental pollutants management.展开更多
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR)at King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,under Grant No.KEP-19-130-40The National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFC1900105)was acknowledged.
文摘With the rapid development of industrial,large amounts of different inorganic and organic pollutants are released into the natural environments.The efficient elimination of environmental pollutants,i.e.,photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants into nontoxic organic/inorganic chemicals,in-situ solidification or sorption-reduction of heavy metal ions,is crucial to protect the environment.Nanomaterials with large surface area,active sites and abundant functional groups could form strong surface complexes with different kinds of pollutants and thereby could efficiently eliminate the pollutants from the aqueous solutions.In this review,wemainly focused on the recent works about the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in the efficient elimination of different organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater and discussed the interaction mechanism from batch experimental results,the advanced spectroscopy techniques and theoretical calculations.The adsorption and the photocatalytic reduction of organic pollutants and the sorption/reduction of heavy metal ions are generally considered as the mainmethods to decrease the concentration of pollutants in the natural environment.This review highlights anew way for the real applications of novel nanomaterials in environmental pollution management,especially for the undergraduate students to understand the recent works in the elimination of different kinds of inorganic and organic chemicals in the natural environmental pollution management.
基金Financial supports from National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1900105)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21836001)Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program are acknowledged.
文摘Biochar have received multidisciplinary attention because of their extraordinary physicochemical properties.In this review,the application of biochar and biochar-based materials for the efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants are summarized.The sorption of organic chemicals and heavy metal ions/radionuclides,degradation/transformation of organic pollutants,and sorption-reduction-solidification of high-valent metal ions are described in detail.The interaction mechanism at molecular level from advanced spectroscopic techniques and theoretical calculations is discussed.Finally,the challenges in the application of biochar and biochar-supported materials in the immobilization of heavy metal ions and photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants in soils or wastewater are pointed out.This review is helpful for the graduate stu-dents to understand the recent works about biochar and biochar-supported materials in environmental pollutants management.
