Emerging contaminants of high concern for the environment: Current trends and future research

S Khan, M Naushad, M Govarthanan, J Iqbal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater is contaminated water that must be treated before it may be transferred into
other rivers and lakes in order to prevent further groundwater pollution. Over the last decade …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of biosorption of dyes, heavy metals and metalloids from wastewater as an efficient and green process

AM Elgarahy, KZ Elwakeel, SH Mohammad… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater contains many organic and inorganic pollutants and discharging them into
received waters leads to serious environmental problems. The wastewater that is produced …

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 …

Evaluate the role of biochar during the organic waste composting process: A critical review

MK Nguyen, C Lin, HG Hoang, P Sanderson, BT Dang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is very robust and efficient for the biodegradation of organic waste; however
secondary pollutants, namely greenhouse gases (GHGs) and odorous emissions, are …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal toxicity, sources, and remediation techniques for contaminated water and soil

SF Ahmed, PS Kumar, MR Rozbu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Arsenic is a highly toxic metalloid that is extensively distributed in soils and water bodies,
resulting in a variety of toxicity mechanisms and harmful effects on humans and …

Carbon-based adsorbents as proficient tools for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution: a state of art-review emphasizing recent progress and prospects

N Mahesh, S Balakumar, S Shyamalagowri… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-centric adsorbents (CCA) are diverse forms, from simple biochar (BC) to graphene
derivatives, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and activated carbon (AC), which have been vastly …

A comprehensive review on the synthesis, performance, modifications, and regeneration of activated carbon for the adsorptive removal of various water pollutants

A Srivastava, B Gupta, A Majumder, AK Gupta… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has led to the generation of a large quantum of complex wastewater
comprising of recalcitrant organic and inorganic pollutants. The inability of the conventional …

Self-assembling 2D/2D (MXene/LDH) materials achieve ultra-high adsorption of heavy metals Ni2+ through terminal group modification

X Feng, Z Yu, R Long, X Li, L Shao, H Zeng… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of two-dimensional metal carbides (MXenes) in heavy metal processing has
attracted more and more attention. In this experiment, using titanium carbide as a 2D …

Single-step pyrolysis for producing magnetic activated carbon from tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum) seed and nickel (II) chloride and zinc (II) chloride. Application for …

PS Thue, CS Umpierres, EC Lima, DR Lima… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present research describes the synthesis of new nanomagnetic activated carbon
material with high magnetization, and high surface area prepared in a single pyrolysis step …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of contaminants of emerging concern from multicomponent systems using carbon dioxide activated biochar from lignocellulosic feedstocks

I Kozyatnyk, P Oesterle, C Wurzer, O Mašek… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adsorption of six contaminants of emerging concern (CECs)–caffeine, chloramphenicol,
carbamazepine, bisphenol A, diclofenac, and triclosan–from a multicomponent solution was …