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Photothermal-assisted cleaning and reusability of MXene-MWCNT membranes for efficient oil–water separation 光热辅助清洗和MXene-MWCNT膜的可重复使用，用于高效油水分离

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00485-z

Siyoung Byun, Dongjin Sim, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Eui-jong Lee, Jae-Wuk Koo, Tae-Mun Hwang, Sanghyun Jeong

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Review of the emerging technologies in the water sector with a focus on the deployment of Internet of Things solutions 回顾水务行业的新兴技术，重点是物联网解决方案的部署

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00487-x

Patrick Ouma Obunga, Sophia Sudi Rwanga, Megersa Olumana Dinka, Benton Onyango Otieno

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A review of fundamentals, challenges, prospects, and emerging trends in hydrate-based desalination 综述了海水淡化的基本原理、挑战、前景和新兴趋势

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00484-0

Ali Jalili, Georgios Kolliopoulos

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Water hyacinth-inspired self-floating photocatalytic system for efficient and sustainable water purification 水葫芦启发的自浮光催化系统，用于高效和可持续的水净化

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00486-y

Josue Yaedalm Son, Yeseul Jo, Hyeran Lee, Youn Jeong Jang, Hyejeong Kim

{"title":"Water hyacinth-inspired self-floating photocatalytic system for efficient and sustainable water purification","authors":"Josue Yaedalm Son, Yeseul Jo, Hyeran Lee, Youn Jeong Jang, Hyejeong Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00486-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00486-y","url":null,"abstract":"Photocatalytic water remediation is an effective approach for wastewater treatment; however, conventional powdered photocatalysts face challenges, including agglomeration, difficult separation, and inefficient light utilization due to their tendency to sink in water. Inspired by the buoyancy and water purification ability of water hyacinth, a self-floating photocatalytic system, Water Hyacinth-Inspired Purifier (WHIP), was developed by integrating TiO2 photocatalysts onto a porous polydimethylsiloxane substrate, with a central closed-pore structure mimicking the sponge tissue of water hyacinth. This biomimetic design ensures stable flotation under static and dynamic flow conditions, maximizing light exposure for efficient photocatalysis. WHIP effectively degraded various contaminants, including methylene blue (99.5 ± 0.4%), rhodamine 6G (98.6 ± 1.5%), methyl orange (72.6 ± 6.4%), and nanoplastics. To assess its scalability and versatility, a large-scale WHIP incorporating a TiO2/graphdiyne photocatalyst was fabricated, achieving 94.9% methylene blue removal under real ambient conditions. These findings highlight WHIP’s potential as a sustainable environmental remediation technology.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144260176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Needle ZrOx loaded NiFe2O4 catalysts for Photo-Fenton degradation of bisphenol A and 4 nitrophenol ZrOx负载NiFe2O4针状催化剂光fenton降解双酚A和4硝基苯酚

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00483-1

Velu Manikandan, Duraisamy Elango, Velu Subash, Ponnuchamy Kumar, Jeyakumar Saranya Packialakshmi, Palaniyappan Jayanthi, You Jae Sun, Kwang Soup Song

{"title":"Needle ZrOx loaded NiFe2O4 catalysts for Photo-Fenton degradation of bisphenol A and 4 nitrophenol","authors":"Velu Manikandan, Duraisamy Elango, Velu Subash, Ponnuchamy Kumar, Jeyakumar Saranya Packialakshmi, Palaniyappan Jayanthi, You Jae Sun, Kwang Soup Song","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00483-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00483-1","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the synthesis of ZrOx-loaded NiFe2O4 photocatalysts (1, 2, and 3 wt%) through co-precipitation and wet impregnation methods for environmental and health applications. The structural analysis revealed a cubic crystal structure, with ZrOx doping enhancing charge separation and mobility by converting the morphology from fibrous to needle-like. Under visible light (VL) and H2O2 activation, the ZrOx(3 wt%)/NiFe2O4 composite achieved high degradation efficiencies (98.5% for Bisphenol A and 98.2% for 4-Nitrophenol) in 120 min via the Photo-Fenton mechanism. Kinetic analysis showed pseudo-first-order behavior with rate constants of 0.945 min−1 for BPA and 0.904 min−1 for 4-NP. The catalyst demonstrated stability with 91.5% efficiency retention after multiple cycles. DFT calculations indicated favorable HOMO-LUMO alignments and electrostatic potentials. Additionally, ZrOx(3 wt%)/NiFe2O4 exhibited selective cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell lines, while maintaining high viability in HEK-293 cells. The results suggest that ZrOx(3 wt%)/NiFe2O4 composites are promising for environmental and biomedical applications.<figure></figure>","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144202049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Natural and anthropogenic imprints on seasonal river water quality trends across China 自然和人为因素对中国季节性河流水质趋势的影响

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00481-3

Haoran Zhang, Huihang Sun, Jiarong Li, Yuelei Li, Luyu Zhang, Ruikun Zhao, Xiangang Hu, Nanqi Ren, Yu Tian

{"title":"Natural and anthropogenic imprints on seasonal river water quality trends across China","authors":"Haoran Zhang, Huihang Sun, Jiarong Li, Yuelei Li, Luyu Zhang, Ruikun Zhao, Xiangang Hu, Nanqi Ren, Yu Tian","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00481-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00481-3","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change and human activities have redefined seasonal river water quality patterns, yet their respective impacts remain unclear. Here, we propose a novel trend-based metric, the T-NM index, to isolate asymmetric human amplification and suppression effects across 195 natural and 1540 managed watersheds in China (2006–2020). Consistent trends in 52–89% of watersheds suggest climatic dominance, while anthropogenic drivers intensified or attenuated trends by 22–158% and 14–56%, especially in summer. Four independent multivariable models simulated seasonal COD and DO concentrations. Attribution analysis showed that seasonal factors explained 47.08% of the variation, while rainfall (25.37%) and slope (17.40%) accounted for COD and DO changes in natural watersheds; in contrast, Shannon Diversity Index (11.58%) and Largest Patch Index (10.66%) dominated in managed watersheds. This study establishes a generalizable framework for distinguishing natural and anthropogenic influences, offering key insights for adaptive water quality management under future climatic and socio-economic transitions.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144202050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency through surface modification to manipulate internal electron-hole distribution 通过表面修饰控制内部电子空穴分布来提高光催化效率

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00480-4

Hong Tu, Bihong Tian, Shunshun Chen, Jingyi Xu, Jianrong Yang, Zhichao Zhao, Shunhong Chen, Jian Wu

{"title":"Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency through surface modification to manipulate internal electron-hole distribution","authors":"Hong Tu, Bihong Tian, Shunshun Chen, Jingyi Xu, Jianrong Yang, Zhichao Zhao, Shunhong Chen, Jian Wu","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00480-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00480-4","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we synthesized ten g-C3N4-based covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and identified CN-306 as the most effective catalyst for visible-light-driven hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. Systematic optimization revealed that increasing ethanol proportions in the reaction medium significantly enhanced H2O2 yield, achieving a remarkable production rate of 5352 μmol g−1h−1 with a surface quantum efficiency of 7.27% at λ = 420 nm. Intriguingly, mechanistic investigations uncovered that excessive generation of singlet oxygen (1O2) acts as a critical inhibitory factor, impeding H2O2 accumulation. Multimodal characterization techniques combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to unravel the origin of CN-306’s superior performance. Theoretical analyses demonstrated that CN-306 exhibits enhanced electron-hole separation efficiency, attributed to its reduced energy gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), which facilitates photocarrier migration and suppresses detrimental recombination. Furthermore, this work elucidates the structure-function relationships governing site-specific functional group modifications in COFs and their profound influence on photocatalytic activity. These findings provide molecular-level insights into rational catalyst design for optimizing surface structures and advancing solar-driven H2O2 synthesis applications.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144176759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Scalable, high-efficiency porous monolithic polymer foam for solar-driven interfacial water evaporation and lithium extraction 可扩展，高效多孔整体聚合物泡沫，用于太阳能驱动界面水蒸发和锂提取

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00474-2

Chunyang Jiang, Ziyi Yan, Yuefeng Bai, Ruoxin Li, Mingrui Wu, Wen-Hao Yu, Hong-Mei Chen, Ping Hu, Ke-Qin Zhao, Kangmin Niu, Yanbo Liu, Shih-Hsin Ho, Wei Wang, Yen Wei

{"title":"Scalable, high-efficiency porous monolithic polymer foam for solar-driven interfacial water evaporation and lithium extraction","authors":"Chunyang Jiang, Ziyi Yan, Yuefeng Bai, Ruoxin Li, Mingrui Wu, Wen-Hao Yu, Hong-Mei Chen, Ping Hu, Ke-Qin Zhao, Kangmin Niu, Yanbo Liu, Shih-Hsin Ho, Wei Wang, Yen Wei","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00474-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00474-2","url":null,"abstract":"Freshwater scarcity remains a critical global challenge, prompting the development of sustainable solutions like solar-driven interfacial water evaporation technology. Here, we present a scalable fabrication method for porous monolithic polymer evaporators through olefin metathesis polymerization coupled with NaCl templating. The large-area evaporator (800 × 600 mm²) incorporates amine-capped aniline trimer (ACAT) as a photothermal component within a dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)/cyclooctene (COE) polymer matrix, enabling efficient solar energy absorption and water transport. The optimized SDIE PDCPD-25%COE-10%ACAT exhibits notable performance in seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and lithium salt enrichment. Under 1 sun irradiation, it achieves a pure water evaporation rate of 3.64 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ with a solar-thermal conversion efficiency of 96.7%, reflecting high energy utilization efficiency. Outdoor experiments under natural sunlight further confirm its operational feasibility, yielding an evaporation rate of 3.33 kg m⁻² h⁻¹. This work provides a viable route for the large-scale implementation of photothermal water treatment technologies, contributing to sustainable freshwater production and resource recovery.<figure></figure>","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Iron biochar synergy in aquatic systems through surface functionalities electron transfer and reactive species dynamics 铁生物炭通过表面功能、电子转移和反应物种动力学在水生系统中的协同作用

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-05-25 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00471-5

Md Abdullah Al Masud, Hasara Samaraweera, Md. Mahmudul Hassan Mondol, Ardie Septian, Rakesh Kumar, Leigh G. Terry

{"title":"Iron biochar synergy in aquatic systems through surface functionalities electron transfer and reactive species dynamics","authors":"Md Abdullah Al Masud, Hasara Samaraweera, Md. Mahmudul Hassan Mondol, Ardie Septian, Rakesh Kumar, Leigh G. Terry","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00471-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00471-5","url":null,"abstract":"The removal of organic pollutants from water by advanced oxidation has been successfully achieved using iron–biochar (Fe–BC)-based material. By embedding iron particles on the biochar, the resulting Fe–BC composite possesses enhanced surface functionalities that promote electron transfer and generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Characterizations using various analytical techniques confirm the successful formation of the Fe-based biochar and its improved catalytic features. Batch degradation experiments have demonstrated that Fe–BC exhibits significantly higher performance than unmodified biochar in the breakdown of organic contaminants, primarily through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) facilitated by iron-induced radical (SO4•−, •OH, O2•−) formation, non-radical ROS (1O2), and electron transfer pathways. Finally, the advantages of Fe-BC in the catalytic degradation of organic pollutants are summarized, highlighting potential limitations and prompting further research to optimize Fe–BC performance and expand Fe–BC applicability.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144137028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Removal efficiency of ARGs in different wastewater treatment plants and their potential risks in effluent 不同污水处理厂对ARGs的去除率及其在出水中的潜在风险

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-025-00456-4

Chenyu Luo, Tao Zhang, Muhammad Farooq Mustafa, Muyu Li, Sai Xu

{"title":"Removal efficiency of ARGs in different wastewater treatment plants and their potential risks in effluent","authors":"Chenyu Luo, Tao Zhang, Muhammad Farooq Mustafa, Muyu Li, Sai Xu","doi":"10.1038/s41545-025-00456-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00456-4","url":null,"abstract":"Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have shown to be effective in reducing the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), serving as a crucial barrier to the transmission of ARGs through wastewater. However, the risk of those ARGs remaining in the effluent requires further investigation. In this study, influent and effluent samples from WWTPs with different process configurations were collected for metagenomic sequencing. A total of 1331 ARG subtypes were detected in influent, with total abundance ranged from 0.46 to 3.89 copies/cell, which was higher than global level. The total abundance of ARGs was effectively reduced in effluent with removal efficiency 63.2–94.2%, resulting in a relatively low level when compared with other cities worldwide. Despite the effectiveness in reducing the abundance of ARGs, 4.38% ARGs remaining in effluent were identified as Rank I by arg_ranker with APH(3”)-Ib, ere(A), and sul1 as the most abundant subtypes. Further, metagenomic assembly showed that these high-risky ARGs co-occurred with mobile genetic elements (transposase, recombinase, relaxase, and integrase) and were primarily carried by WHO priority pathogens (Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), indicating their high-risky potentials. Taken together, these results indicated that even though WWTPs effectively reduced the abundance of ARGs, the potential risks of remaining ARGs still cannot be neglected. These results might be helpful for controlling the spread of ARGs from WWTPs into neighboring ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144133593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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