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Using Post-graphene 2D Materials to Detect and Remove Pesticides: Recent Advances and Future Recommendations

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Detection and removal of pesticides have become increasingly imperative as the widespread production and use of pesticides severely contaminate soil and groundwater and cause serious problems to non-target species such as human and animals. Recently, new two-dimensional materials beyond graphene (e.g., transition metal dichalcogenides, layered double hydroxides), called post-graphene two-dimensional materials (pg-2DMs), have exhibited promising potentials in detecting and removing pesticides due to their unique physiochemical attributes such as high photocatalytic activity and large specific surface area. This review summarizes the recent advances of utilizing pg-2DMs to detect, degrade and adsorb pesticides (e.g., thiobencarb, methyl parathion, paraquat). The current gaps and future prospects of this field are discussed as well.

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Abbreviations

2DMs:

Two-dimensional materials

TMDs:

Transition metal dichalcogenides

LDHs:

Layered double hydroxides

pg-2DMs:

Post-graphene two-dimensional materials

OPs:

Organophosphate

GO:

Graphene oxide

rGO:

Reduced GO

g-C3N4 :

Graphitic carbon nitride

h-BN:

Hexagonal boron nitride

MXene:

Transition metal carbides and nitrides nanosheets

AuNPs:

Gold nanoparticles

AChE:

Acetylcholinesterase

ATCh:

Acetylthiocholine

TBC:

Thiobencarb

QDs:

Quantum dots

SERS:

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

MP:

Methyl parathion

BCBF:

G-C3N4@Bi2O2CO3@CoFe2O4 composites

PQT:

Paraquat

RAPOP:

G-C3N4@amine-rich porous organic polymer

2,4-DCP:

2,4-Dichlorophenol

2,4-D:

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

2, 4-DB:

4-(2, 4-Dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid

4-NP:

4-Nitropheno

MCPA:

4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid

DNP:

2,4-Dinitrophenol

DNOC:

2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrocresol

2,4,5-T:

2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21776136, 21878154), Jiangsu Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Bio-Manufacture (Nos. XTE1848, XTC1810), Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20170988), Program for Innovative Research Team in Universities of Jiangsu Province (2015), Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions PPZY2015B155, TAPP.

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Yang, Q., Lu, L., Xu, Q. et al. Using Post-graphene 2D Materials to Detect and Remove Pesticides: Recent Advances and Future Recommendations. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 107, 185–193 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02868-z

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