[HTML][HTML] A review on experimental chemically modified activated carbon to enhance dye and heavy metals adsorption

M Sultana, MH Rownok, M Sabrin… - Cleaner engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective and low-cost removal of dye and heavy metals from wastewater still is a great
challenge for researchers. Adsorption using activated carbon is widely used in removing …

Heavy metal water pollution: A fresh look about hazards, novel and conventional remediation methods

C Zamora-Ledezma, D Negrete-Bolagay… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the global challenges that society must address in the 21st century
aiming to improve water quality and reduce human and ecosystem health impacts …

Recent advances in activated carbon modification techniques for enhanced heavy metal adsorption

M Mariana, AK HPS, EM Mistar, EB Yahya… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of water with heavy metals is a global issue. Its water solubility and non-
degradability nature convert it into a potential threat to human health as well as flora and …

Lignocellulosic biomass carbonization for biochar production and characterization of biochar reactivity

F Qin, C Zhang, G Zeng, D Huang, X Tan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) pyrolysis and gasification technologies for bio-oil, syngas and
process heat have been widely described, and biochar, as a significant byproduct of LB …

Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Role of biochar surface characteristics in the adsorption of aromatic compounds: Pore structure and functional groups

XF Tan, SS Zhu, RP Wang, YD Chen, PL Show… - Chinese Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar (BC) are widely used as highly efficient adsorbents to alleviate aromatics-based
contaminants due to their ease of preparation, wide availability, and high sustainability. The …

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 …

Application of lignin and its derivatives in adsorption of heavy metal ions in water: a review

Y Ge, Z Li - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water pollution by heavy metal ions is currently of great concern due to their high toxicity
and carcinogenicity. In recent years, great efforts have been devoted to the search for new …

Membrane-based separation of potential emerging pollutants

SP Dharupaneedi, SK Nataraj, M Nadagouda… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The potential emerging pollutants (PEPs) such as hazardous chemicals, toxic metals, bio-
wastes, etc., pose a severe threat to human health, hygiene and ecology by way of polluting …

Progress reports of metal-phenolic network engineered membranes for water treatment

Y Wen, X Yang, Y Li, L Yan, Y Zhao, L Shao - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-phenolic network (MPN) is a kind of supramolecular material formed by the
complexation of metal ions and organic ligands, and is widely used due to its extensive …