The important role of the interaction between manganese minerals and metals in environmental remediation: A review

With illegal discharge of wastewater containing inorganic and organic pollutants, combined pollution is common and need urgent attention. Understanding the migration and transformation laws of pollutants in the environment has important guiding significance for environmental remediation. Due to the characteristics of adsorption, oxidation and catalysis, manganese minerals play important role in the environment fate of pollutants. This review summarizes the forms of interaction between manganese minerals and metals, the environmental importance of the interaction between manganese minerals and metals, and the contribution of this interaction in improving performance of Mn-based composite for environmental remediation. The literatures have indicated that the interactions between manganese minerals and metals involve in surface adsorption, lattice replacement and formation of association minerals. The synergistic or antagonistic effect resulted from the interaction influence the purification of heavy metal and organism pollutant. The synergistic effect benefited from the coordination of adsorption and oxidation, convenient electron transfer, abundant oxygen vacancies and fast migration of lattice oxygen. Based on the synergy, Mn-based composites have been widely used for environmental remediation. This review is helpful to fully understand the migration and transformation process of pollutants in the environment, expand the resource utilization of manganese minerals for environmental remediation.