Recent advancements on biochars enrichment with ammonium and nitrates from wastewaters: A critical review on benefits for environment and agriculture

S Jellali, L El-Bassi, Y Charabi, M Usman… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decade, biochars have been considered as attractive and eco-friendly
materials with various applications including wastewater treatment, energy production and …

Cotton wastes functionalized biomaterials from micro to nano: a cleaner approach for a sustainable environmental application

S Rizal, AK HPS, AA Oyekanmi, ON Gideon… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The exponential increase in textile cotton wastes generation and the ineffective processing
mechanism to mitigate its environmental impact by developing functional materials with …

A bibliometric analysis of industrial wastewater treatments from 1998 to 2019

G Mao, H Hu, X Liu, J Crittenden, N Huang - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
For the foreseeable future, industrial water demand will grow much faster than agriculture.
The demand together with the urgency of wastewater treatment, will pose big challenges for …

Understanding reactions and pore-forming mechanisms between waste cotton woven and FeCl3 during the synthesis of magnetic activated carbon

Z Xu, Y Zhou, Z Sun, D Zhang, Y Huang, S Gu, W Chen - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
FeCl 3 is a valuable iron salt used in the synthesis of magnetic waste cotton woven-based
activated carbon. Although it has received extensive research attention, more information is …

Adsorption of Cu (II) and Ni (II) ions from wastewater onto bentonite and bentonite/GO composite

YS Chang, PI Au, NM Mubarak, M Khalid… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Two superior adsorbents, namely bentonite and graphene oxide (GO), were hybridised to
study the removal of copper and nickel ions from synthetic and industrial wastewater. The as …

Enhanced remediation of heavy metals contaminated soils with EK-PRB using β-CD/hydrothermal biochar by waste cotton as reactive barrier

Y Li, M Shao, M Huang, W Sang, S Zheng, N Jiang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in the soil are major global environmental problems. Waste cotton was used to
synthesize a novel β-CD/hydrothermal biochar (KCB), which is a low-cost and environment …

Removal of levofloxacin through adsorption and peroxymonosulfate activation using carbothermal reduction synthesized nZVI/carbon fiber

W Tan, Y Ruan, Z Diao, G Song, M Su, D Chen, L Kong… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) is widely used for decontamination. The main issues
associated with nZVI are agglomeration and oxidation in the long term. In this study, the …

Micro–mesoporous carbon from cotton waste activated by FeCl3/ZnCl2: preparation, optimization, characterization and adsorption of methylene blue and eriochrome …

D Tian, Z Xu, D Zhang, W Chen, J Cai, H Deng… - Journal of Solid State …, 2019 - Elsevier
FeCl 3/ZnCl 2 was used as activating agent in order to prepare cotton waste-based activated
carbon. The optimal conditions for activated carbon determined by orthogonal experiments …

Pine Cone biomass as an efficient precursor for the synthesis of activated biocarbon for adsorption of anionic dye from aqueous solution: Isotherm, kinetic …

PC Bhomick, A Supong, M Baruah, C Pongener… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study describes the synthesis of activated biocarbon from Pinus kesiya cone by ZnCl 2
activation and it's efficacy in the removal of Alizarin Red S (ARS) dye. The prepared …

How to avoid mistakes in treating adsorption isotherm data (liquid and solid phases): Some comments about correctly using Radke-Prausnitz nonlinear model and …

HN Tran, JC Bollinger, EC Lima, RS Juang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two flaws in concepts were identified and discussed in the paper (“Removal of Pb (II) from
contaminated waters using cellulose sulfate/chitosan aerogel: Equilibrium, kinetics, and …