Green synthesis and environmental application of iron-based nanomaterials and nanocomposite: A review

P Mondal, A Anweshan, MK Purkait - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Green chemistry has been proven to be an efficient route for nanoparticle synthesis. Plant
extract based green synthesis of various nanoparticles is extensively studied since the last …

A recent update on green synthesized iron and iron oxide nanoparticles for environmental applications

R Selvaraj, S Pai, R Vinayagam, T Varadavenkatesan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is considered the budding discipline in various fields of science and
technology. In this review, the various synthesis methods of iron and iron oxide …

Biosynthesized iron nanoparticles in aqueous extracts of Eichhornia crassipes and its mechanism in the hexavalent chromium removal

Y Wei, Z Fang, L Zheng, EP Tsang - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), a species of invasive weeds has caused serious
ecological damage due to its extraordinary fertility and growth rate. However, it has not yet …

Removal of organochlorine pesticides using zerovalent iron supported on biochar nanocomposite from Nephelium lappaceum (Rambutan) fruit peel waste

S Batool, AA Shah, AFA Bakar, MJ Maah, NKA Bakar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Unique zerovalent iron (Fe 0) supported on biochar nanocomposite (Fe 0-B RtP) was
synthesized from Nephelium lappaceum (Rambutan) fruit peel waste and were applied for …

Review of green methods of iron nanoparticles synthesis and applications

HM Fahmy, FM Mohamed, MH Marzouq… - BioNanoScience, 2018 - Springer
Green chemistry becomes an eye-catching topic of interest in the past few years because it
is a comfortable, secure, inexpensive, and eco-friendly way of synthesis. Iron oxide …

Green synthesis of iron-based nanoparticles from extracts of Nephrolepis auriculata and applications for Cr (VI) removal

Y Yi, G Tu, PE Tsang, S Xiao, Z Fang - Materials Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of plant extracts as reducing agents may be preferable to use of chemical reduction
reagent (ie sodium borohydride) to synthesis of iron-based nanoparticles for using in …

Removal of Pb (II) and Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions using the fly ash-based adsorbent material-supported zero-valent iron

J Liu, T Mwamulima, Y Wang, Y Fang, S Song… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a granular adsorbent material containing zero valent iron (ZVI-GAM) was made
with fly ash as skeletal material, bentonite as binder and Enteromorpha prolifera as pore …

Mechanistic insights into sulfate and phosphate-mediated hexavalent chromium removal by tea polyphenols wrapped nano-zero-valent iron

C Du, N Xu, Z Yao, X Bai, Y Gao, L Peng, B Gu… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano zero-valent iron via green synthesis (g-nZVI) has great potential in removing toxic
hexavalent Cr (VI) from industrial wastewater. Sulfate and phosphate in wastewater can …

The reduction of chromite ore processing residues by green tea synthesized nano zerovalent iron and its solidification/stabilization in composite geopolymer

F Muhammad, M Xia, S Li, X Yu, Y Mao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study is aimed to reduce the environmental footprints resulted from chromite ore
processing residues (COPR); a hazardous waste having Cr (VI). The solidification …

Effect of iron nanoparticles on passivation of cadmium in the pig manure aerobic composting process

W Yang, Q Zhuo, Q Chen, Z Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal ion in pig manure impacting on the ecosystem, and hence the
immobilization of Cd by green synthesis of iron nanoparticles (G-nFe) is a potential …