Activated carbon (AC) is widely used in water treatment, however, it has some technical
disadvantages, such as its high cost and difficulty to recover. To overcome these drawbacks …

Owing to environmental pollution and increasingly strict regulations, heavy metals have
attracted the attention of many researchers in various disciplines. Alginate and chitosan …

Chitosan and its derivatives have been widely used as the adsorbents for different types of
water pollutants. This review paper lists various physically and chemically modified chitosan …

Polymers have been proven to be an interesting class of adsorbents applied in water
treatment. Biopolymers are of special interest due to their unique properties such as …

The development of greener and more efficient materials for extracting environmental
contaminants from various matrices is a growing area of research. Materials that do not …

Granular macroscopic chitosan/carboxymethylcellulose polyelectrolytic complexes
(CHS/CMC macro-PECs) were produced and tested as adsorbents for six pollutants often …

In this study, chitosan and bio-based activated carbon obtained from sugarcane bagasse
biowaste were used for the synthesis of efficient sorbent for Cu (II) and Cd (II) ion via …

Nowadays, access to clean water sources worldwide and particularly in Southern Africa is
inadequate because of its pollution by organic, inorganic, and microorganism contaminants …

Existence of human beings in this world require a cleaner environment, in which, water is
the main requirement for living. Owing to the considerable development in civilisation and …

Caffeine in water resources has been reported, indicating the need for alternative
treatments. Activated carbons (ACs) are efficient adsorbents; however, they present issues …