{"title":"The importance of mechanistic studies in the development of cold plasma-based degradation of persistent organic pollutants in water","authors":"Ester Marotta, Cristina Paradisi","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsc.2025.100999","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An overview is given of major recent advancements in cold plasma-based water treatment, with specific focus on the degradation mechanisms of organic pollutants. Mechanistic insight is indeed a powerful tool for process optimization considering the treatment duration, its products, and energy costs as it provides guidelines for the design of optimized reactors and the selection of best experimental conditions. The cases considered emphasize the importance of matching the plasma composition in terms of reactive species with the reactivity of the target pollutant(s), and of identifying and understanding the reciprocal effects of different pollutants as well as those of complex aqueous matrices. Harnessing the chemistry activated by the plasma to achieve the desired goal is the key to treatment success. A general strategy is outlined for designing the best plasma experimental set-up and for predicting possible byproducts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54228,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 100999"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452223625000033","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An overview is given of major recent advancements in cold plasma-based water treatment, with specific focus on the degradation mechanisms of organic pollutants. Mechanistic insight is indeed a powerful tool for process optimization considering the treatment duration, its products, and energy costs as it provides guidelines for the design of optimized reactors and the selection of best experimental conditions. The cases considered emphasize the importance of matching the plasma composition in terms of reactive species with the reactivity of the target pollutant(s), and of identifying and understanding the reciprocal effects of different pollutants as well as those of complex aqueous matrices. Harnessing the chemistry activated by the plasma to achieve the desired goal is the key to treatment success. A general strategy is outlined for designing the best plasma experimental set-up and for predicting possible byproducts.
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The Current Opinion journals address the challenge specialists face in keeping up with the expanding information in their fields. In Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, experts present views on recent advances in a clear and readable form. The journal also provides evaluations of the most noteworthy papers, annotated by experts, from the extensive pool of original publications in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.