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, green alkali activated cementitious material: Synthesis, applications and challenges

Y Wu, B Lu, T Bai, H Wang, F Du, Y Zhang, L Cai… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Geopolymers, combining some characteristics of organic polymers, cements and ceramics
for its special poly-condensed network structure, have received extensive attention of the …

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 …

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 …

Disposal of mine tailings via geopolymerization

Z Xiaolong, Z Shiyu, L Hui, Z Yingliang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
From daily life to infrastructure and national defense construction, mining has been key in
human history. However, within their vigorous development process, mining activities are …

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 alkali-activated materials for water and wastewater treatment: a review

T Luukkonen, A Heponiemi, H Runtti… - … Science and Bio …, 2019 - Springer
Alkali-activation (or geopolymer) technology has gained a great deal of interest for its
potential applications in water and wastewater treatment during the last decade. Alkali …

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 …

Red mud-and metakaolin-based geopolymers for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue: Towards self-cleaning construction materials

K Kaya-Özkiper, A Uzun, S Soyer-Uzun - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Here, we investigated the performance of red mud (RM)-and metakaolin (MK)-based
geopolymers for the adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue to …