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Heavy metal pollution in the aquatic environment: efficient and low-cost removal approaches to eliminate their toxicity: a review

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A review on waste biomass-derived biochar: Production, characterisation, and advanced analytical techniques for pollutants assessment in water and wastewater

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Peroxydisulfate activation by magnetic nanoflakes zero-valent iron/graphitized carbon composites for norfloxacin removal: Synergistic effect of 1O2 with surface Fe(IV)

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Electrophoretic-deposited Fe-doped TiO2 nanofilm via a one-pot, in-situ process with enhanced sonophotocatalytic performance in amoxicillin antibiotic removal

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Advanced Oxidation Treatment of Emerging Pollutants from Pharmaceutical Industrial Wastewaters – A Review

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Oxytetracycline degradation in water by activated H2O2: The effect of iron-loaded attapulgite calcination temperature

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Novel iron free nano-Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable treatment of antibiotics and cyanobacteria

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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using NaBiO₃@TiO₂ nanocomposite under solar light: a statistical analysis and theoretical investigations

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Efficient degradation of chloroquine phosphate by peroxymonosulfate activated using reusable lanthanide cobalt-copper perovskite-cerium dioxide composite catalyst: Performance, mechanism and degradation pathway

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Exploring the Structural Properties of Waste-Derived Carbon Nanomaterials for Enhanced Persulfate-Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes

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Accelerated Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle in Mo2C-based Fe catalyst to promote peroxymonosulfate activation

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Recent advances in water remediation from toxic heavy metals using biochar as a green and efficient adsorbent: A review

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Revealing the synergistic effect of materials composition and pollutants structure on catalytic degradation mechanism in heterogeneous iron-based Fenton-like reactions

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Co3O4/CuO@C catalyst based on cobalt-doped HKUST-1 as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for pendimethalin degradation: Catalysis and mechanism

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Optimized Catalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants with the Ni(II)@SiO2-PDS System

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Biochar as green adsorbents for pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic environments: A review

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Exploring the mechanism of norfloxacin removal and active species evolution by coupling persulfate activation with biochar hybridized Fe3O4 composites

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Activation of periodate by iron-containing sludge from groundwater treatment plants for degradation of methylene blue in wastewater

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An overview of In2S3 and In2S3-based photocatalyst: characteristics, synthesis, modifications, design strategies, and catalytic environmental application

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Synthesis of bimetallic crednerite nanosheet as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst in Fenton-like degradation of bisphenol A

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A novel Magnéli-phase Ti9O17-containing anode by controlled reductive decomposition of calcium copper titanate perovskite under hydrogen atmosphere for paracetamol degradation

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Insights into the efficiencies of different biological treatment systems for pharmaceuticals removal: A review

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CuFeS2/activated carbon heterostructure as a microwave-responsive catalyst for reductive and oxidative degradation of ibuprofen, ketoprofen, and diclofenac

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Advanced oxidation processes for the decontamination of heavy metal complexes in aquatic systems: A review

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Fe-Mo bimetallic-doped mulch-straw based biochar activating peroxodisulfate for efficient degradation of antibiotics in water

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Enhanced persulfate activation via FeS/FeS2 and boron synergized Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycling for trichloroethylene degradation: Experimental and theoretical insights

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Enhanced Selective Degradation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products by β-Cyclodextrin-Decorated ZIF-67 Nanocomposites in Reclaimed Water

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Acceleration of Fenton-like Reaction by Bimetal-Mediated Sludge Biochar for Tetracycline Removal

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A comparative review of Fenton-like processes and advanced oxidation processes for Methylene Blue degradation

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Unveiling the mechanism of enhanced water purification by F-Fe-Zn-MCM-41 in O3/PMS

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Efficient Removal of Acid Orange 7 by Activating Persulfate Using Paper Sludge Biochar: Singlet Oxygen-Dominated Mechanism

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Pharmaceutical removal from aquatic environments using multifunctional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials for adsorption and degradation processes: a review

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Advancements in application of modified biochar as a green and low-cost adsorbent for wastewater remediation from organic dyes

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Green synthesis of magnetic biochar from iron-containing sludge and spent coffee grounds for the removal of lead ions from groundwater

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Novel catalytic activation of periodate by reclaimed asphalt pavement for the efficient degradation of paracetamol from real pharmaceutical wastewater

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Utilizing sequence transformation of selective copper metal as an efficient heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for the degradation of aqueous methylene blue

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Removal of toxic heavy metals from aquatic systems using low-cost and sustainable biochar: A review

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