Agricultural waste materials for adsorptive removal of phenols, chromium (VI) and cadmium (II) from wastewater: A review

A Othmani, S Magdouli, PS Kumar, A Kapoor… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Management of basic natural resources and the spent industrial and domestic streams to
provide a sustainable safe environment for healthy living is a magnum challenge to …

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Phoenix dactylifera waste as bioreductant for effective dye degradation and antibacterial performance in wastewater …

K Rambabu, G Bharath, F Banat, PL Show - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of multi-functional zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) for wastewater treatment
through green-approaches is a desirable alternative for conventional synthesis routes …

High adsorption capacity of phenol and methylene blue using activated carbon derived from lignocellulosic agriculture wastes

HM El-Bery, M Saleh, RA El-Gendy, MR Saleh… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The resources of clean water worldwide are very limited, and climate change is already
affecting the available supplies. Therefore, developing a low-cost, highly efficient, and …

Biosorption performance of date palm empty fruit bunch wastes for toxic hexavalent chromium removal

K Rambabu, G Bharath, F Banat, PL Show - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Biosorption ability of date palm empty fruit bunch (DPEFB) was examined for the removal of
toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr 6+) ions from synthetic wastewater. The pretreated DPEFB …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in synthesis, characterization, and environmental applications of activated carbons and other carbon derivatives

IK Tetteh, I Issahaku, AY Tetteh - Carbon Trends, 2024 - Elsevier
The historicity and versatility of activated carbons (ACs) and other carbon derivatives
(OCDs) date back to antiquity. This article reviews the recent advances in synthesis …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption capacity of activated carbon derived from date seeds: Characterization, optimization, kinetic and equilibrium studies

AD Alsulaili, AA Refaie, HA Garcia - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural wastes have the potential to be reused in applications such as water/wastewater
treatment. Several studies have focused on activating organic waste, such as date seeds, to …

Valorization of date palm leaves for adsorptive remediation of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid herbicide polluted agricultural runoff

K Rambabu, G Bharath, A Avornyo… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alarming rates of water contamination by toxic herbicides have prompted the need and
attention for easy, efficient, and affordable treatment options with a touch of circular economy …

Prediction of methyl orange dye (MO) adsorption using activated carbon with an artificial neural network optimization modeling

SM Alardhi, SS Fiyadh, AD Salman, M Adelikhah - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
In this study, methyl orange (MO) dye removal by adsorption utilizing activated carbon made
from date seeds (DPAC) was modeled using an artificial neural network (ANN) technique …

Ferric oxide/date seed activated carbon nanocomposites mediated dark fermentation of date fruit wastes for enriched biohydrogen production

K Rambabu, G Bharath, F Banat, A Hai… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen production from biomass waste, not only addresses the energy demand in a
renewable manner but also resolves the safe disposal issues associated with these …

High-efficiency removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated water using nitrogen-doped activated carbon: Kinetics and isotherm study

A Abushawish, IW Almanassra, SN Backer… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexavalent chromium (Cr 6+) is a carcinogenic pollutant found in different
wastewater streams. The current study investigates the potential removal of Cr 6+ from …