Is biosorption suitable for decontamination of metal-bearing wastewaters? A critical review on the state-of-the-art of biosorption processes and future directions

K Vijayaraghavan, R Balasubramanian - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
For the past few decades, biosorption has been widely investigated for the removal of
different contaminants in aqueous media. A number of biomasses of different genre have …

Pyrolytic temperatures impact lead sorption mechanisms by bagasse biochars

W Ding, X Dong, IM Ime, B Gao, LQ Ma - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
The characteristics and mechanisms of Pb sorption by biochars produced from sugarcane
bagasse at 250, 400, 500, and 600° C were examined. The Pb sorption isotherms, kinetics …

[HTML][HTML] Which type of pollutants need to be controlled with priority in wastewater treatment plants: traditional or emerging pollutants?

Y Zhou, J Meng, M Zhang, S Chen, B He, H Zhao… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can purify wastewater, they also discharge
numerous contaminants into the environment through effluent discharge and sludge …

Mechanistic investigation of mercury sorption by Brazilian pepper biochars of different pyrolytic temperatures based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and flow …

X Dong, LQ Ma, Y Zhu, Y Li, B Gu - Environmental science & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We investigated the mechanisms of Hg sorption onto biochars produced from Brazilian
pepper (BP; Schinus terebinthifolius) at 300, 450, and 600° C using different analytical …

Comparison of the characteristics and mechanisms of Hg (II) sorption by biochars and activated carbon

X Xu, A Schierz, N Xu, X Cao - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
Two biochars were produced from bagasse and hickory chips (referred to as BB and HCB,
respectively) and evaluated for their sorption ability of Hg (II) in aqueous solution. A …

Adsorption Mechanisms and Characteristics of Hg2+ Removal by Different Fractions of Biochar

X Guo, M Li, A Liu, M Jiang, X Niu, X Liu - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The adsorption mechanisms of mercury ion (Hg2+) by different fractions of biochar were
studied, providing a theoretical basis and practical value for the use of biochar to remediate …

Porous graphene nanoplatelets encompassed with nitrogen and sulfur group for heavy metal ions removal of adsorption and desorption from single or mixed aqueous …

M Sivakumar, J Widakdo, WS Hung, CF Wang… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination is a main common environmental issue in the world and a
significant risk to public health. However, the development of environmentally sustainable …

Industrial waste derived biosorbent for toxic metal remediation: mechanism studies and spent biosorbent management

L Ramrakhiani, A Halder, A Majumder… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
The dried activated tannery industry sludge was used as complex biosorbent for removal of
Ni (II), Co (II), Zn (II) and Cd (II) in single and multi-component system. The mechanism for …

Changes in electricity production and microbial community evolution in constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell exposed to wastewater containing Pb (II)

CC Zhao, DW Shang, YL Zou, YD Du, Q Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Two constructed wetland microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) devices, experimental group (EG,
with 5 mg/L Pb (II) addition) and control group (CG) were built to explore the changes in …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the biosorption of basic dyes from binary component systems and the high order derivative spectrophotometric method for simultaneous …

M Ghaedi, S Hajati, B Barazesh, F Karimi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, biosorption of Brilliant green (BG) and Methylene blue (MB) dyes in binary
mixture onto Saccharomyces cerevisiae were studied. pH at which the biosorption capacity …