An Overview of Nanomaterials for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Due to the exceptional characteristics which resulted from nanoscale size, such as improved catalysis and adsorption properties as well as high reactivity, nanomaterials have been the subject of active research and development worldwide in recent years. Numerous studies have shown that nanomaterials...

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Published inAdvances in materials science and engineering Vol. 2016; no. 2016; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors Bao, Ying, Wang, Ting, Stoller, Marco, Wang, Jingkang, Lu, Haijiao, Hao, Hongxun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2016
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Adsorbents
Antimicrobial agents
Bacteria
Catalysis
E coli
Efficiency
Membranes
Microorganisms
Nanocomposites
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
R&D
Research & development
Silver
Toxicity
Water pollution
Water treatment
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Summary:Due to the exceptional characteristics which resulted from nanoscale size, such as improved catalysis and adsorption properties as well as high reactivity, nanomaterials have been the subject of active research and development worldwide in recent years. Numerous studies have shown that nanomaterials can effectively remove various pollutants in water and thus have been successfully applied in water and wastewater treatment. In this paper, the most extensively studied nanomaterials, zero-valent metal nanoparticles (Ag, Fe, and Zn), metal oxide nanoparticles (TiO2, ZnO, and iron oxides), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and nanocomposites are discussed and highlighted in detail. Besides, future aspects of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment are discussed.
ISSN:1687-8434
1687-8442
DOI:10.1155/2016/4964828