Solar Processes for the Removal of Contaminants from Water

Dear Colleagues,

The global issue of water contamination poses significant challenges to human health and environmental sustainability. Various pollutants, ranging from industrial chemicals to human waste, continually compromise the quality of water sources worldwide. Addressing this challenge requires innovative and sustainable solutions. Solar processes offer a promising avenue for the removal of contaminants from water. Leveraging solar energy, these processes utilize photovoltaic, thermal, or photochemical mechanisms to drive purification processes efficiently and with minimal environmental impact.

This Special Issue on “Solar Processes for the Removal of Contaminants from Water” aims to bring together cutting-edge research and advancements in this critical area. By focusing on harnessing solar energy for water purification, this issue seeks to explore novel methodologies, technologies, and applications that can significantly contribute to mitigating water pollution and ensuring access to clean water resources globally.

This Special Issue invites contributions of high-quality research papers and reviews that delve into various aspects of utilizing solar processes for water decontamination. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water using solar energy.
• Design and optimization of solar-assisted advanced oxidation processes for contaminant removal.
• Application of solar disinfection techniques for microbial inactivation in water.
• Integration of solar energy with emerging nanomaterials for enhanced water treatment.
• Assessment of the environmental sustainability and economic viability of solar-driven water purification technologies.
• Exploration of scalable and decentralized solar-powered systems for community-level water treatment.
• Advances in the monitoring, control, and automation of solar-driven water purification processes.

By compiling a diverse array of research contributions, this Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of solar-driven water treatment technologies and their potential to address pressing environmental and public health challenges associated with water contamination. Additionally, authors are encouraged to provide supplementary materials, such as experimental data or simulation models, to facilitate the dissemination and reproducibility of their findings within the scientific community.

Dr. Miguel Martín Sómer
Prof. Dr. José Ángel Moreno San Segundo
Dr. Maria Jose Martin de Vidales
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• solar processes
• water purification
• contaminant removal
• photocatalysis
• advanced oxidation
• solar collectors
• SODIS