Key factors and primary modification methods of activated carbon and their application in adsorption of carbon-based gases: A review

X Wang, H Cheng, G Ye, J Fan, F Yao, Y Wang, Y Jiao… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
To achieve carbon neutrality, it is necessary to control carbon-based gas emissions to the
atmosphere. Among the various carbon-based gas removal technologies reported to date …

Surface functional groups of carbon-based adsorbents and their roles in the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions: a critical review

X Yang, Y Wan, Y Zheng, F He, Z Yu, J Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-based adsorbents such as graphene and its derivatives, carbon nanotubes,
activated carbon, and biochar are often used to remove heavy metals from aqueous …

Assessing of cesium removal from wastewater using functionalized wood cellulosic adsorbent

MN Hasan, MA Shenashen, MM Hasan, H Znad… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable materials are urgently desired for treatment of radioactive cesium (Cs)
contaminated water to safe-guard the public health. Apart from the synthetic ligand-based …

Efficient cesium encapsulation from contaminated water by cellulosic biomass based activated wood charcoal

S Khandaker, MF Chowdhury, MR Awual, A Islam… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, cost-effective cellulosic biomass based activated wood charcoal was
developed from Japanese Sugi tree (Cryptomeria japonica) by concentrated nitric acid …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient adsorption of sulfamethazine onto modified activated carbon: a plausible adsorption mechanism

Y Liu, X Liu, W Dong, L Zhang, Q Kong, W Wang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Activated carbon (AC) was modified by FeCl3. Batch experiments were carried out to
evaluate the characteristics of equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics of Sulfamethazine …

Activated carbon modifications to enhance its water treatment applications. An overview

J Rivera-Utrilla, M Sánchez-Polo… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to list and compare the advantages and disadvantages
of different methodologies to modify the surface of activated carbons (ACs) for their …

Surface modification of coconut shell based activated carbon for the improvement of hydrophobic VOC removal

L Li, S Liu, J Liu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, coconut shell based carbons were chemically treated by ammonia, sodium
hydroxide, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, and phosphoric acid to determine suitable modification …

Behaviour of activated carbons with different pore size distributions and surface oxygen groups for benzene and toluene adsorption at low concentrations

MA Lillo-Ródenas, D Cazorla-Amorós… - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the study of the effect that the porosity and the surface chemistry of the
activated carbons have on the adsorption of two VOC (benzene and toluene) at low …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidation of activated carbon by dry and wet methods: Surface chemistry and textural modifications

J Jaramillo, PM Álvarez, V Gómez-Serrano - Fuel Processing Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The effects of dry and wet oxidation treatments of activated carbon (AC) on the surface
chemistry and porous structure are studied. Using cherry stones (CS), AC was first prepared …

Activated carbon adsorbents with micro-mesoporous structure derived from waste biomass by stepwise activation for toluene removal from air

G Zhang, B Lei, S Chen, H Xie, G Zhou - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The waste biomass was used as raw materials to prepare activated carbon adsorbents with
micro-mesoporous structure. And the prepared activated carbon adsorbents were used to …