Electrospinning, being a versatile and straightforward method to produce nanofiber membranes, has shown significant advancement in recent years. On account of the unique properties such as high surface area, high porosity, mechanical strength, and controllable surface morphologies, electrospun nanofiber membranes have been found to have a great potential in many disciplines. Pure electrospun fiber mats modified with different techniques of surface modification and additive incorporation have exhibited enhanced properties compared to traditional membranes and are even better than the as-prepared electrospun membranes. In this review, we have summarized recently developed electrospun nanohybrids fabricated by the incorporation of functional specific nanosized additives to be used in various water remediation membrane techniques. The adsorption, filtration, photocatalytic, and bactericidal capabilities of the hybrid membranes in removing common major water pollutants such as metal ions, dyes, oils, and biological pollutants have been discussed. Finally, an outlook on the future research pathways to fill the gaps existing in water remediation have been suggested.

Due to growing urbanisation and rising population, the world is approaching a point where there will be insufficient clean water for human consumption. There are still a significant number of...

The unsustainability of the production of catalysts due to limited resources and higher energy demands makes it critical to explore and reengineer new catalytic materials for future applications. Woefully, the unrelenting demand for the metals/metal oxides increases both the financial and environmental cost, particularly in mining and synthesis, rendering consumption unsustainable in its current form. In this context, electrospinning offers a new template for designing sustainable ways of minimizing the higher loading of catalysts and recyclability. In this context, metals/metal oxide doped electrospun membranes have grasped a great scientific interest as sustainable catalysts due to their enhanced catalytic activity and synergistic structure-property relationship of the doped material and the matrix. More specifically, the selectivity arising from the electronic properties and quantum mechanical interactions at the nanoscale of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles coupled with interactions at the electrospun membrane interfaces lead to such enhanced properties. This review article summarizes the applications of metals/metal doped electrospun membranes in different aspects of catalysis, such as thermocatalysis, photocatalysis, organocatalysis and electrocatalysis, with a particular focus on their sustainability. Keywords: Sustainable catalysis, metal/metal oxide doped catalysts, electrospinning, organocatalysis, photocatalysis

Number of nanomaterials have been produced as a result of the growth of nanoscience and nanotechnology, and have found applications in interdisciplinary sectors in which nanotechnology has now become indispensable. Owing to the better properties over individual nanomaterials, the hybrid materials have been broadly studied. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MS Nps) have been employed as a matrix in the synthesis of nanohybrids and as a filler in nanocomposites due to its high porosity, adjustable pore volume, facile functionalization, thermal and chemical stability and less toxicity. So far, versatile MS Nps hybrids and composites have been synthesized as advanced smart materials to be applied across industrial and biological sectors. This review study gives an up‐to‐date viewpoint on the synthesis and uses of mesoporous silica nanohybrids and nanocomposites particularly in biomedical sectors, agricultural and food industries and in environmental remediation followed by future insights and research directions of MS Np hybrids and composites.