Recent advances in activated carbon modification techniques for enhanced heavy metal adsorption

M Mariana, AK HPS, EM Mistar, EB Yahya… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of water with heavy metals is a global issue. Its water solubility and non-
degradability nature convert it into a potential threat to human health as well as flora and …

A critical review on the electrospun nanofibrous membranes for the adsorption of heavy metals in water treatment

F Zhu, YM Zheng, BG Zhang, YR Dai - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibrous membranes (ENFMs) have many superior advantages, such as
large specific surface area, high porosity, easy modification, good flexibility, and easy …

Recent developments in chitosan-based adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments

DC da Silva Alves, B Healy, LAA Pinto… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quality of water is continuously under threat as increasing concentrations of pollutants
escape into the aquatic environment. However, these issues can be alleviated by adsorbing …

Surface functional groups of carbon-based adsorbents and their roles in the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions: a critical review

X Yang, Y Wan, Y Zheng, F He, Z Yu, J Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-based adsorbents such as graphene and its derivatives, carbon nanotubes,
activated carbon, and biochar are often used to remove heavy metals from aqueous …

Evaluation of potassium ferrate activated biochar for the simultaneous adsorption of copper and sulfadiazine: Competitive versus synergistic

J Yan, X Zuo, S Yang, R Chen, T Cai, D Ding - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combined pollution caused by organic pollutants and heavy metals pose a significant
challenge to the adsorption process. In this study, iron-modified biochar (Fe-BC) was …

A review on fabrication of nanofibers via electrospinning and their applications

MS Islam, BC Ang, A Andriyana, AM Afifi - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
In the history of modern science, nanotechnology accomplished the most attraction by the
researchers as nanomaterials exhibit novel and significantly improved properties in term of …

Micro-nano-engineered nitrogenous bone biochar developed with a ball-milling technique for high-efficiency removal of aquatic Cd (II), Cu (II) and Pb (II)

J Xiao, R Hu, G Chen - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
A cost-effective and eco-friendly engineering method to improve biochar's physicochemical
and sorption performance is critical in various environmental applications. In this study …

Recent progress in electrospun nanofibers and their applications in heavy metal wastewater treatment

X Xu, H Lv, M Zhang, M Wang, Y Zhou, Y Liu… - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2023 - Springer
Novel adsorbents with a simple preparation process and large capacity for removing highly
toxic and nondegradable heavy metals from water have drawn the attention of researchers …

Effective chromium removal from water by polyaniline-coated electrospun adsorbent membrane

G Dognani, P Hadi, H Ma, FC Cabrera, AE Job… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Polyaniline (PAni)-coated polyvinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropilene (PVDF-
HFP) nanofibrous membranes were fabricated by electrospinning of PVDF-HFP followed by …

Chitosan-assisted MOFs dispersion via covalent bonding interaction toward highly efficient removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater

S Hu, T Huang, N Zhang, Y Lei, Y Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have been considered to be robust adsorbent for the
removing heavy metal ions from wastewater due to their unique properties such as large …