| BaWO4 | Barium tungstate |
| BET | Brunner Emmett Teller |
| COF | Covalent organic framework |
| CNTs | Carbon nanotubes |
| CPs | Coordination polymers |
| CQDs | Carbon quantum dots |
| EDCs | Endocrine disrupting compounds |
| GO | Graphene oxide |
| HKUST | Hongkong University of Science and Technology |
| HOMO | Highest occupied molecular orbital |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| LMCT | ligand to metal cluster charge transition |
| LUMO | Lowest occupied molecular orbital |
| MIL | Material institute Lavoisier |
| MIPs | Molecularly impregnated polymers |
| MNPs | Metal-oxide nanoparticles |
| MOFs | Metal-organic frameworks |
| PAHs | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PDI | Pyromellitic diimide |
| PFAS | Perfluoroalkyl substances |
| PFCs | Perfluorinated compounds |
| PFCAs | Perfluoro carboxylic acids |
| PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic acid |
| PFOS | Perfluorooctane sulfonates |
| PPCPs | Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products |
| RGO | Reduced graphene oxide |
| UiO | Universiti i Oslo |
| USEPA | United-states environmental protection agency |
| ZIFs | Zeolite imidazole framework |