Materials Design for Environmental Technologies
Advancing Water and Air Purification Through Functional Materials Innovation
Abstract
Environmental pollution issues, such as water and air pollution, are major challenges facing modern society. These issues not only pose serious threats to human health but also hinder sustainable development. The development of advanced functional materials that can efficiently remove various pollutants, convert harmful substances into benign products, and enable sustainable resource recovery lies at the heart of next-generation environmental technologies. This special issue of Advanced Functional Materials, entitled “Materials Design for Environmental Technologies,” was conceived to consolidate the most recent breakthroughs at this exciting intersection of materials science and environmental engineering. Over forty cutting-edge research articles and reviews were contributed by leading groups worldwide, collectively painting a vivid picture of how the deliberate design of material structures-spanning heterogeneous catalysts, photocatalysts, membrane architectures, and electrocatalytic platforms-is reshaping our ability to tackle water contamination and gaseous pollutants at once.
The contributions assembled here span four major thematic pillars: (i) advanced catalytic materials for water purification; (ii) advanced catalytic materials for air purification; (iii) advanced membrane materials for water treatment and gas purification; and (iv) advanced functional materials for clean energy. Together, these works demonstrate that functional material innovation-guided by atomic-scale understanding, high-throughput screening, and machine-learning-assisted design-is ushering in a new era of environmental technology.
Details
- Organisationseinheit(en)
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Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie
- Externe Organisation(en)
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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Adelaide
Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH)
- Typ
- Editorial in Fachzeitschrift
- Journal
- Advanced functional materials
- Band
- 36
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
- Publikationsdatum
- 10.07.2026
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeine Chemie, Allgemeine Materialwissenschaften, Physik der kondensierten Materie
- Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
- SDG 3 - Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen, SDG 12 - Verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202600082 (Zugang:
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