Nanozymes in Environmental Protection

Abstract

Until now, environmental pollution has become a global problem and environmental protection is the unshirkable responsibility of everyone. There have been developed a variety of environmental remediation strategies, including physical, chemical and biological et al. methods. However, environmental treatment still faces insurmountable challenges. Recent progress in nanotechnology is leading to new approaches with nanozymes (nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities) in environmental treatment, including detecting toxic pollutants, degrading organic pollutants etc. In this Chapter, we focus on the representative nanozymes for environmental protection ranging from toxic pollutants detection to organic pollutants degradation and biofilm inhibition, and their underlying mechanism of environmental treatment, as well as the challenges of nanozymes in environmental protection. It can deepen researchers’ growing understanding of the developed nanozymes in environmental protection and may accelerate breakthroughs in this field.