Metal-oxide nanocatalysts for spontaneous sequestration of endocrine-disrupting compounds from wastewater
The quest for a good life, urbanization, and industrialization have led to the widespread distribution of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in water bodies through anthropogenic activities. This poses an imminent threat to both human and environmental health. In recent years, the utilization of...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chemosphere (Oxford) 2024-11, Vol.367, p.143569, Article 143569 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The quest for a good life, urbanization, and industrialization have led to the widespread distribution of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in water bodies through anthropogenic activities. This poses an imminent threat to both human and environmental health. In recent years, the utilization of advance materials for the removal of EDCs from wastewater has attracted a lot of attention. Metal-oxide nanocatalysts have emerged as promising candidates due to their high surface area, reactivity, and tunable properties, as well as enhanced surface properties such as mesoporous structures and hierarchical morphologies that allow for increased adsorption capacity, improved photocatalytic activity, and enhanced selectivity towards specific EDCs. As a result, they have shown extraordinary efficacy in removing a wide range of EDCs from aqueous solutions, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, personal care items, and industrial chemicals. This study give insight into the unique physicochemical characteristics of metal-oxide nanocatalysts to effectively and efficiently remove harmful EDCs from wastewater. It also discussed the advances in the synthesis, and properties of metal-oxide nanocatalysts, and insight into understanding the fundamental mechanisms underlying the adsorption and degradation of EDCs on metal-oxide nanocatalysts using advanced characterization techniques such as spectroscopic analysis and electron microscopy. The findings of the study present metal-oxide nanocatalysts as a good candidate for the spontaneous sequestration of EDCs from wastewater is an intriguing approach to mitigating water pollution and safeguarding public health and the environment.
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•EDCs in water bodies poses an imminent threat to both human and environmental health.•Metal-oxide nanocatalysts are promising candidates for water/wastewater decontamination.•Spontaneous sequestration processes of EDC molecules onto the surface of metal-oxide nanocatalysts were discussed.•Synthesis, advanced analytical methods, mechanisms and degradation of EDCs on metal-oxide nanocatalysts.•Knowledge gaps, shortcomings and perspectives for improving metal-oxide nanocatalysts. |
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ISSN: | 0045-6535 1879-1298 1879-1298 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143569 |