Removal of dyes using agricultural waste as low-cost adsorbents: a review

KS Bharathi, ST Ramesh - Applied water science, 2013 - Springer
Color removal from wastewater has been a matter of concern, both in the aesthetic sense
and health point of view. Color removal from textile effluents on a continuous industrial scale …

Application studies of activated carbon derived from rice husks produced by chemical-thermal process—A review

Y Chen, Y Zhu, Z Wang, Y Li, L Wang, L Ding… - Advances in colloid and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The production of functional activated carbon materials starting from cheap natural
precursors using environmentally friendly processes is a highly attractive subject in material …

An abundant porous biochar material derived from wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) with high adsorption performance for three organic dyes

X Yao, L Ji, J Guo, S Ge, W Lu, Y Chen, L Cai… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, an activated wakame biochar material (AWBM) was prepared by a one-step
calcination and activation method, whose adsorption performances for methylene blue (MB) …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption characteristics for the removal of a toxic dye, tartrazine from aqueous solutions by a low cost agricultural by-product

S Banerjee, MC Chattopadhyaya - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Application of saw dust for the removal of an anionic dye, tartrazine, from aqueous solutions
has been investigated. The experiments were carried out in batch mode. Effect of the …

Natural core-shell structure activated carbon beads derived from Litsea glutinosa seeds for removal of methylene blue: Facile preparation, characterization, and …

MU Dao, HS Le, HY Hoang, VA Tran, VD Doan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, natural core-shell structure activated carbon beads (ACBs) from Litsea
glutinosa seeds were successfully produced, characterized, and applied for adsorption of …

Removal of anionic dye Congo red from aqueous solution by raw pine and acid-treated pine cone powder as adsorbent: equilibrium, thermodynamic, kinetics …

S Dawood, TK Sen - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Pine cone a natural, low-cost agricultural by-product in Australia has been studied for its
potential application as an adsorbent in its raw and hydrochloric acid modified form. Surface …

Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution by graphene

T Liu, Y Li, Q Du, J Sun, Y Jiao, G Yang, Z Wang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Graphene was prepared using a modified Hummers' method. The physico-chemical
properties of graphene were characterized by TEM, BET specific surface area, FTIR, Raman …

Removal of methylene blue dye and lead ions from aqueous solution using activated carbon from black cumin seeds

PM Thabede, ND Shooto, EB Naidoo - South African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
This work reports the preparation of carbon from black cumin seeds (BCC) and then
activated with 10 and 20% sulfuric acid (H2SO4) to obtain new adsorbents designated black …

Methylene blue adsorption on graphene oxide/calcium alginate composites

Y Li, Q Du, T Liu, J Sun, Y Wang, S Wu, Z Wang… - Carbohydrate …, 2013 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide has been used as an adsorbent in wastewater treatment. However, the
dispersibility in aqueous solution and the biotoxicity to human cells of graphene oxide limits …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of multi-application activated carbon from oak seeds by KOH activation for methylene blue adsorption and electrochemical supercapacitor electrode

SA Borghei, MH Zare, M Ahmadi, MH Sadeghi… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current study, an oak as a non-expensive, renewable, and a biomass resource was
used to generate a nano-porous activated carbon applicable in methylene blue adsorption …