Chromium contamination and effect on environmental health and its remediation: A sustainable approaches

S Prasad, KK Yadav, S Kumar, N Gupta… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a trace element critical to human health and well-being. In the last few
decades, its contamination, especially hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] form in both terrestrial …

Accumulation of chromium in plants and its repercussion in animals and humans

RT Kapoor, MFB Mfarrej, P Alam, J Rinklebe… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The untreated effluents released from industrial operations have adverse impacts on human
health, environment and socio-economic aspects. Environmental pollution due to chromium …

Non-precious Co3O4-TiO2/Ti cathode based electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: Preparation, performance and mechanism

J Gao, B Jiang, C Ni, Y Qi, Y Zhang, N Oturan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of high nitrate (NO 3−) concentration in natural water constitutes a serious
issue to the environment and human health. Therefore, the development of low-cost, stable …

Development of a novel pyrite/biochar composite (BM-FeS2@ BC) by ball milling for aqueous Cr (VI) removal and its mechanisms

J Tang, B Zhao, H Lyu, D Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
As a natural reduction mineral, pyrite (FeS 2), was combined with biochar by simply ball
milling technology to synthesize FeS 2@ biochar composite (BM-FeS 2@ BC) and applied …

Nano-remediation of toxic heavy metal contamination: Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)]

NA Azeez, SS Dash, SN Gummadi, VS Deepa - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The inexorable industrialization and modern agricultural practices to meet the needs of the
increasing population have polluted the environment with toxic heavy metals such as Cr (VI) …

Enhanced reduction of nitrate by noble metal-free electrocatalysis on P doped three-dimensional Co3O4 cathode: Mechanism exploration from both experimental and …

J Gao, B Jiang, C Ni, Y Qi, X Bi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Developing green, sustainable and economical materials for emerging electrochemical
remediation of nitrate (NO 3−) contaminant have attracted immense research interest. In this …

Advanced redox processes for sustainable water treatment

S Zhang, H Zheng, PG Tratnyek - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Oxidation and reduction reactions govern a wide range of biotic and abiotic processes.
Among these are advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and advanced reduction processes …

Removal mechanisms of Cr (VI) and Cr (III) by biochar supported nanosized zero-valent iron: Synergy of adsorption, reduction and transformation

Y Qiu, Q Zhang, B Gao, M Li, Z Fan, W Sang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, sludge-derived biochar was prepared and utilized to support nano-zero-valent
iron (NZVI-SDBC) for removing Cr (VI) and Cr (III) from aqueous solution with the aim of …

Oxalate enhanced synergistic removal of chromium (VI) and arsenic (III) over ZnFe2O4/g-C3N4: Z-scheme charge transfer pathway and photo-Fenton like reaction

D Lei, J Xue, X Peng, S Li, Q Bi, C Tang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, direct Z-Scheme photocatalyst (ZnFe 2 O 4/gC 3 N 4) was employed to purify Cr
(VI) and As (III) in wastewater. Results showed that Cr (VI) and As (III) was completely …

Rationally designed Ti3C2 MXene/CaIn2S4 Schottky heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic Cr (VI) reduction: Performance, influence factors and mechanism

C Liu, W Xiao, X Liu, Q Wang, J Hu, S Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a highly toxic heavy metal, Cr (VI) reduction by developing high-efficiency photocatalysts
is of great significance. Herein, we firstly design few-layer Ti 3 C 2 MXene (FTM) by the hand …