Review of modifications of activated carbon for enhancing contaminant uptakes from aqueous solutions

CY Yin, MK Aroua, WMAW Daud - Separation and purification technology, 2007 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) has been proven to be an effective adsorbent for the removal of a wide
variety of organic and inorganic pollutants dissolved in aqueous media… present in aqueous

Waste materials for activated carbon preparation and its use in aqueous-phase treatment: a review

JM Dias, MCM Alvim-Ferraz, MF Almeida… - Journal of environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
activated carbon is a preferred adsorbent for the removal of micropollutants from the aqueous
… have been made to find inexpensive alternative activated carbon (AC) precursors, such as …

Kinetics of naphthalene adsorption on an activated carbon: comparison between aqueous and organic media

B Cabal, CO Ania, JB Parra, JJ Pis - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
… on an activated carbon from aqueous and organic … activated carbon. Data was fitted to the
pseudo-second order kinetic model with good correlation coefficients for all the solution media. …

Removal of methylene blue from aqueous media using activated carbon web

S Naeem, V Baheti, J Wiener… - The Journal of The Textile …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Finally, virgin activated carbon and dye adsorbed activated carbon were tested for … dye
molecules on the surface of activated carbon due to nonhomogeneous distribution of active sites. …

A study of the influence of hydrophobicity of activated carbon on the adsorption equilibrium of aromatics in non-aqueous media

F Ahnert, HA Arafat, NG Pinto - Adsorption, 2003 - Springer
Activated carbon has been used as an adsorbent for a very long time. Despite its wide use,
the adsorption mechanisms of organics on carbon, and the effects of surface properties on …

Hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous medium by activated carbon prepared from peanut shell: adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

ZA Al-Othman, R Ali, M Naushad - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
… shells converted into activated carbon and used to … activated carbons derived from peanut
shells by chemical activation with KOH and the removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous

Optimisation of an asymmetric manganese oxide/activated carbon capacitor working at 2 V in aqueous medium

V Khomenko, E Raymundo-Pinero, F Béguin - Journal of Power Sources, 2006 - Elsevier
… of manganese oxide and activated carbon has been studied in aqueous medium in order to
medium. Under negative polarisation, a pseudocapacitive behaviour of activated carbon has …

Activated carbon/iron oxide composites for the removal of atrazine from aqueous medium

CS Castro, MC Guerreiro, M Gonçalves… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
… The adsorption features of activated carbon and the oxidation properties of iron oxides were
… for atrazine removal from aqueous medium. Activated carbon/iron oxide composites were …

Agricultural based activated carbons for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions: a review

A Demirbas - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
… the main adsorbent used in dye removal is activated carbon. The low cost agricultural waste
adsorbents can be viable alternatives to activated carbon for the treatment of contaminated …

Adsorption of ionic liquids from aqueous effluents by activated carbon

J Palomar, J Lemus, MA Gilarranz, JJ Rodriguez - Carbon, 2009 - Elsevier
… The separation of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) from aqueous solution by adsorption
has been investigated using a commercial activated carbon (AC) as adsorbent. Equilibrium …