Review on synthesis of 3D graphene-based configurations and their adsorption performance for hazardous water pollutants

BYZ Hiew, LY Lee, XJ Lee… - Process Safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Water pollution is a global health and environmental issue affecting all life forms. The
treatment of water polluted by dyes, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals is a major challenge …

Engineered macroalgal and microalgal adsorbents: Synthesis routes and adsorptive performance on hazardous water contaminants

XJ Lee, HC Ong, J Ooi, KL Yu, TC Tham… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Colourants, micropollutants and heavy metals are regarded as the most notorious
hazardous contaminants found in rivers, oceans and sewage treatment plants, with …

Adsorptive removal of cationic methylene blue and anionic Congo red dyes using wet-torrefied microalgal biochar: Equilibrium, kinetic and mechanism modeling

KL Yu, XJ Lee, HC Ong, WH Chen, JS Chang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the adsorption behavior of cationic and anionic dyes of
methylene blue (MB) and Congo red (CR) onto wet-torrefied Chlorella sp. microalgal …

Adsorptive removal of acid blue dye 113 using three agricultural waste biomasses: The possibility of valorization by activation and carbonization–A comparative …

S Sunkar, P Prakash, B Dhandapani… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of various organic and inorganic contaminants in wastewater leads to serious
health effects on humans and ecosystems. Industrial effluents have been considered as …

Biosorption of reactive red dye (RRD) on activated surface of banana and orange peels: economical alternative for textile effluent

F Temesgen, N Gabbiye, O Sahu - Surfaces and interfaces, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally wastewater from textile industry becomes a serious health, safety and
environmental issue. Dye containing wastewater is toxic in nature alter the physicochemical …

High adsorption performance of β-cyclodextrin-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the removal of organic dyes from water and industrial wastewater

A Mohammadi, P Veisi - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Removal of inorganic and organic pollutants from synthetic and industrial wastewater
samples is one of the biggest challenges facing researchers. In this work, glycine-β …

Effective removal of Acid Blue 113 dye using overripe Cucumis sativus peel as an eco-friendly biosorbent from agricultural residue

LY Lee, S Gan, MSY Tan, SS Lim, XJ Lee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
The release of hazardous synthetic dyes into industrial effluents has emerged as an
environmental problem requiring remediation. This research focused on the development of …

Biosorbents for the removal of synthetic organics and emerging pollutants: opportunities and challenges for developing countries

N Chaukura, W Gwenzi, N Tavengwa… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Contamination of aquatic systems by synthetic organic contaminants and emerging
pollutants poses significant public and environmental health risks in developing countries …

Green and efficient biosorptive removal of methylene blue by Abelmoschus esculentus seed: process optimization and multi-variate modeling

AK Nayak, A Pal - Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work explores, for the first time, the adsorptive removal of methylene blue (MB)
dye from aqueous solution using different parts of abundantly available agricultural product …

Effect of microwave on the synthesis of polyacrylamide-g-chitosan gel for azo dye removal

RC da Silva, SB de Aguiar, PLR da Cunha… - Reactive and Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective dye removal is of crucial importance for the well-being of the environment and
human health, and hydrogels are top-players for this goal. In this work, hydrogels of …