Biological and green remediation of heavy metal contaminated water and soils: A state-of-the-art review

A Sarker, MA Al Masud, DM Deepo, K Das, R Nandi… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination of the natural ecosystem by heavy metals, organic pollutants, and hazardous
waste severely impacts on health and survival of humans, animals, plants, and …

Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: recent advances and mechanisms

YK Leong, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Five heavy metals namely, arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and
mercury (Hg) are carcinogenic and show toxicity even at trace amounts, posing threats to …

Recent progress in microalgae-derived biochar for the treatment of textile industry wastewater

AA Khan, J Gul, SR Naqvi, I Ali, W Farooq, R Liaqat… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Textile industry utilize a massive amount of dyes for coloring. The dye-containing effluent is
released into wastewater along with heavy metals that are part of dye structure. The …

Application of co-pyrolysis biochar for the adsorption and immobilization of heavy metals in contaminated environmental substrates

Y Li, H Yu, L Liu, H Yu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution has been considered as a serious threat to the environment and
human in the past decades due to its toxic and unbiodegradable properties. Recently …

Biomass-derived biochar: From production to application in removing heavy metal-contaminated water

WH Chen, AT Hoang, S Nižetić, A Pandey… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment may help to reduce water shortages, whilst concurrently recover
energy and nutrients, leading to some of the exploitation of important sources being offset …

Microalgae-based removal of pollutants from wastewaters: Occurrence, toxicity and circular economy

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, K Bhatt, H Simsek - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The natural and anthropogenic sources of water bodies are contaminated with diverse
categories of pollutants such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals …

Removal of hexavalent chromium via biochar-based adsorbents: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future perspectives

R Sinha, R Kumar, P Sharma, N Kant, J Shang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium originates from geogenic and extensive anthropogenic activities and significantly
impacts natural ecosystems and human health. Various methods have been applied to …

Microalgal biosorption of heavy metals: a comprehensive bibliometric review

AT Ubando, ADM Africa, MC Maniquiz-Redillas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in the effluents released from industrial establishments pose risks to the
environment and society. Prevalent organisms such as microalgae in industrial wastes can …

Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Microalgal-based biochar in wastewater remediation: Its synthesis, characterization and applications

XN Law, WY Cheah, KW Chew, MF Ibrahim… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are drawing attentions among researchers for their biorefinery use or value-
added products. The high production rate of biomasses produced are attractive for …