Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water

Chapter 19 Heterogeneous Catalytic Reduction for Water Purification: Nanoscale Effects on Catalytic Activity, Selectivity, and Sustainability

Timothy J. Strathmann ^{1 3} , Charles J. Werth ^{1 3} , John R. Shapley ^{2 3}

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

²Department of Chemistry

³Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

1. Introduction 270

2. Catalytic Hydrodehalogenation: Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media 271

3. Selective Catalytic Nitrate Reduction 274

4. Conclusions and Prospects 276

Abstract

Reductive catalysis is a promising water treatment technology that employs heterogeneous metal catalysts (e.g., Pd nanoparticles on a support) ...