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ReviewGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ)2025

Nanocomposites for Water Treatment, Photocatalysis, and Challenges: A Systematic Review.

Swellam W Sharshir, Sabbah Ataya, Heba G El-Attar, Lotfy A Lotfy, Ahmed A El-Naggar, Ahmed El-Harairy, Mohamed M Kedra, Abdulrhman M Alaraj, Ahmed Sowayan, Rashid Khan and 2 more

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Review in Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Swellam W SharshirMechanical Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Sabbah AtayaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9229-1436
Heba G El-AttarChemistry Department Faculty of Science Tanta University Tanta 31527 Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-8003
Lotfy A LotfyPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Ahmed A El-NaggarPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Ahmed El-HarairyDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering College of Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-696X
Mohamed M KedraPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Abdulrhman M AlarajPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Ahmed SowayanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Rashid KhanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud AbdelfatahPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.
Abdelhamid El-ShaerPhysics Department, Nanoscience and Technology program Faculty of Science Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh 33516 Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The finite supply of water on this planet led researchers to investigate nanocomposites, which are unique compounds with great performance and many applications. Many researchers are now interested in photocatalytic degradation methods due to their ability to facilitate both spontaneous and non-spontaneous reactions using light energy. The review's objective is to explain what nanocomposites mean, their types, various preparation procedures, and various characterisation approaches, and to employ nanocomposites in catalytic applications for wastewater treatment. It also seeks to compile some of the research on this topic. Through bibliometric analysis, the lineage and the extent to which countries are interested in publishing research on this issue in various methods of narration are illustrated. Nanocomposites can be used as catalysts to remove more than 90% of Cr (VI) after 120 min, phosphate (99.77%), ammonia (65.65%), Nitrite (99.98%) and remove several dyes such as Direct Blue 14 (94.57%), Congo Red (90.23%), Sunset Yellow (83.56%), brilliant cresol blue (BCB) (98.80%), neutral red (NR) (98.33%), methylene blue (MB) (99.6%) and more. Finally, challenges faced by nanocomposites in wastewater treatment are analyzed and summarized.

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bibliometric analysisnanocompositesphotocatalysisreviewwater treatment

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PMID41098421
PMCPMC12519431

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