Recent advances in hydrochar application for the adsorptive removal of wastewater pollutants

JO Ighalo, S Rangabhashiyam, K Dulta… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the major environmental challenges in contemporary times. Biochar
from hydrothermal processes (known as hydrochars) has been explored as adsorbents for …

Adsorption of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from the aqueous environment by nano-adsorbents: A review

JO Ighalo, PS Yap, KO Iwuozor, CO Aniagor, T Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The intensification of urbanisation and industrial activities significantly exacerbates the
distribution of toxic contaminations into the aqueous environment. Persistent organic …

[HTML][HTML] A review of emerging micro-pollutants in hospital wastewater: environmental fate and remediation options

OJ Ajala, JO Tijani, RB Salau, AS Abdulkareem… - Results in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals played vital role in the maintenance and sustenance of human health. However,
hospital activities generate high volume of toxic solid and liquid containing diverse …

Effective assessment of biopolymer-based multifunctional sorbents for the remediation of environmentally hazardous contaminants from aqueous solutions

S Nawaz, A Tabassum, S Muslim, T Nasreen… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Persistent contaminants in wastewater effluent pose a significant threat to aquatic life and
are one of the most significant environmental concerns of our time. Although there are a …

[HTML][HTML] Phenol removal from aqueous solutions using rice stalk-derived activated carbon: Equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics study

NMY Almahbashi, SRM Kutty, AH Jagaba… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conventional disposal practices of rice stalks (RS) such as burning in situ or
incorporating in the soil, contribute to climate change and endanger the long-term soil …

Microalgal-induced remediation of wastewaters loaded with organic and inorganic pollutants: an overview

I Ghaffar, A Hussain, A Hasan, B Deepanraj - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent surge in industrialization has intensified the accumulation of various types of
organic and inorganic pollutants due to the illegal dumping of partially and/or untreated …

A review of remediation technologies for uranium-contaminated water

JO Ighalo, Z Chen, CR Ohoro, M Oniye, CA Igwegbe… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium is a naturally existing radioactive element present in the Earth's crust. It exhibits
lithophilic characteristics, indicating its tendency to be located near the surface of the Earth …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into the performance of novel kaolinite-cellulose/cobalt oxide nanocomposite as green adsorbent for liquid phase abatement of heavy metal ions …

D Hussain, SA Khan, SS Alharthi, TA Khan - Arabian journal of chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
A cost-efficient kaolinite-cellulose/cobalt oxide green nanocomposite (Kao-Cel/Co 3 O 4 NC)
was successfully synthesized, and utilized as a promising material for removing Pb 2+ and …

Coal ash for removing toxic metals and phenolic contaminants from wastewater: A brief review

A Labidi, H Ren, A Sial, H Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past few years, population growth, industrial progress and climate change have led
to water scarcity. Thus, water pollution caused by hazardous soluble and insoluble …

[PDF][PDF] A First-Principles Study on the Chemisorption of Arsenic on the Cellulose Biopolymer

AAZ Munio, DC Domato, AAG Pido… - Biointerface …, 2023 - biointerfaceresearch.com
Here, we provide fundamental insights on the atomic Arsenic (As) adsorption on the
cellulose biopolymer using first-principles density functional theory. The findings indicate …