Valorization of spent coffee grounds: A review

A Kovalcik, S Obruca, I Marova - Food and Bioproducts Processing, 2018 - Elsevier
Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) arise as waste products through the production of instant
coffee and coffee brewing. This work reviews the composition of SCGs, the methods used for …

Converting environmental risks to benefits by using spent coffee grounds (SCG) as a valuable resource

M Stylianou, A Agapiou, M Omirou, I Vyrides… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Coffee is perhaps one of the most vital ingredients in humans' daily life in modern world.
However, this causes the production of million tons of relevant wastes, ie, plastic cups …

Large-scale production of spent coffee ground-based photothermal materials for high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial evaporation

C Shi, X Zhang, A Nilghaz, Z Wu, T Wang, B Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is an emerging technology with promising solutions
towards water scarcity. Nevertheless, many challenges remain in realizing its …

Preparation of activated carbons from spent coffee grounds and coffee parchment and assessment of their adsorbent efficiency

GA Figueroa Campos, JPH Perez, I Block, ST Sagu… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The valorization of coffee wastes through modification to activated carbon has been
considered as a low-cost adsorbent with prospective to compete with commercial carbons …

Response surface methodology approach of phenol removal study using high-quality activated carbon derived from H3PO4 activation of Acacia mangium wood

MG Alam, M Danish, AM Alanazi, T Ahmad… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the efficiency of phenol removal and adsorption capacity of high-
quality Acacia mangium wood activated carbon (AMW-AC)(BET surface area, 1767 m 2/g) …

Sustainable and superhydrophobic spent coffee ground-derived holocellulose nanofibers foam for continuous oil/water separation

C Shi, Y Chen, Z Yu, S Li, H Chan, S Sun… - Sustainable Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Spent coffee ground (SCG), left over in coffee making, is the most abundant coffee
byproduct, of which approximately 70% is made by cellulose and hemicellulose. Herein, we …

Reusing waste coffee grounds as electrode materials: recent advances and future opportunities

M Pagett, KS Teng, G Sullivan, W Zhang - Global Challenges, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coffee industry produces more than eight million tons of waste coffee grounds (WCG)
annually. These WCG contain caffeine, tannins, and polyphenols and can be of great …

Activated carbon produced from waste coffee grounds for an effective removal of bisphenol-A in aqueous medium

ACF Alves, RVP Antero, SB de Oliveira… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Bisphenol-A is widely used chemical in industry and unfortunately often detected in natural
waters. Considered as an emerging pollutant, bisphenol-A represents an environmental …

Application and mechanism of sludge-based activated carbon for phenol and cyanide removal from bio-treated effluent of coking wastewater

Y Liu, H Cheng, Y He - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The toxic pollutants phenol and cyanide in the bio-treated effluent of coking wastewater still
need advanced treatment to meet environmental requirements. In this study, activated …

Functionalization of graphene: does the organic chemistry matter?

A Kasprzak, A Zuchowska… - Beilstein journal of …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
Reactions applying amidation-or esterification-type processes and diazonium salts
chemistry constitute the most commonly applied synthetic approaches for the modification of …