| a-COx | Oxygenated Amorphous Carbon |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| AO | Acid Orange |
| AOP | Advanced Oxidation Process |
| BB | Basic Blue |
| BET | Brunauer–Emmett–Teller |
| BN | Boron Nitride |
| BPB | Bromophenol Blue |
| BR | Basic Red |
| C-PAM | Cationic Polyacrylamide |
| CB | Conduction Band |
| CBB | Coomassie Brilliant Blue |
| CNC | Cellulose Nanocrystal |
| CNT | Carbon Nanotube |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CQD | Carbon Quantum Dot |
| CR | Congo Red |
| CS | Chitosan |
| CSB | Chicago Sky Blue |
| CTAB | Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide |
| CV | Crystal Violet |
| D | Dimension |
| DFT | Density Functional Theory |
| DR | Disperse Red |
| ER | Eosin Red |
| FA | Fuchsin Acid |
| FESEM | Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
| G | Graphite |
| GH | Graphene Hydrogel |
| GO | Graphene Oxide |
| HCP | Hyper-crosslinked-polymer |
| HDA | Hexanediamine |
| HRTEM | High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| IC | Indigo Carmine |
| MB | Methylene Blue |
| MG | Malachite Green |
| MO | Methyl Orange |
| MOF | Metal-Organic Framework |
| MV | Methyl Violet |
| MWCNT | Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube |
| nZVI | Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron |
| NBB | Napthol Blue Black |
| NIR | Near Infrared |
| NR | Neutral Red |
| PAN | Polyacrylonitrile |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PEI | Polyethylenimine |
| PES | Polyethersulfone |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride |
| RAPOP | Rich Amine Porous Organic Polymer |
| RBB | Remazol Brilliant Blue |
| rGO | Reduced Graphene Oxide |
| RhB | Rhodamine B |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SET-LRP | Single-Electron Transfer Living Radical Polymerization |
| TEMPO | (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl |
| TMD | Transition Metal Dichalcogenide |
| TNT | Titanate Nanotubes |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VB | Valence Band |
| ZIF | Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework |