Nanocatalysts and other nanomaterials for water remediation from organic pollutants

F Lu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
With the industrial development, population increasing and climate change, water pollution
becomes a critical issue around the world. As a result, the remediation of water pollution …

A state-of-the-art review of recent advances in porous geopolymer: Applications in adsorption of inorganic and organic contaminants in water

Y Ettahiri, B Bouargane, K Fritah, B Akhsassi… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This review article discusses the potential of porous geopolymers as a promising approach
for the removal of various contaminants, including heavy metals, dyes, drug residues …

A review on geopolymers as emerging materials for the adsorption of heavy metals and dyes

AA Siyal, MR Shamsuddin, MI Khan, NE Rabat… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The world water resources are contaminated due to discharge of a large number of
pollutants from industrial and domestic sources. A variety of a single and multiple units of …

Geopolymer foams: An overview of recent advancements

RM Novais, RC Pullar, JA Labrincha - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Geopolymer foams (highly porous materials) have emerged as one of the most exciting
materials over the past few years due to their remarkable properties, low cost and green …

Nano-engineered adsorbent for the removal of dyes from water: A review

N Tara, SI Siddiqui, G Rathi… - Current Analytical …, 2020 - benthamdirect.com
Background: The huge quantity of wastewater, containing poisonous and hazardous dyes, is
released by various industries which pollute water in direct and indirect ways. Most of the …

Geopolymer for use in heavy metals adsorption, and advanced oxidative processes: A critical review

SA Rasaki, Z Bingxue, R Guarecuco, T Thomas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Geopolymer is a ceramic material, most often amorphous; finds applications in fire-and heat-
resistant coatings and adhesives, medicines, refractory ceramics and binders, and …

Biomass fly ash geopolymer monoliths for effective methylene blue removal from wastewaters

RM Novais, G Ascensao, DM Tobaldi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
For the first time biomass fly ash geopolymer monoliths were used as adsorbents for the
removal of methylene blue from synthetic wastewaters. Highly porous and lightweight fly ash …

Synthesis of porous biomass fly ash-based geopolymer spheres for efficient removal of methylene blue from wastewaters

RM Novais, J Carvalheiras, DM Tobaldi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, and for the first time, fly ash (FA)-based geopolymer (d= 2.6 mm) spheres were
used to extract methylene blue from synthetic wastewaters. The influence of sorption time …

Application of geopolymers for treatment of water contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants: State-of-the-art review

M El Alouani, H Saufi, G Moutaoukil, S Alehyen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide a state-of-the-art review on application of geopolymer (inorganic
polymer) materials for treatment of waters and wastewaters contaminated with organic …

A state-of-the-art review on innovative geopolymer composites designed for water and wastewater treatment

I Luhar, S Luhar, MMAB Abdullah, RA Razak… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is nothing more fundamental than clean potable water for living beings next to air. On
the other hand, wastewater management is cropping up as a challenging task day-by-day …