“Functional upcycling” of polymer waste towards the design of new materials

O Guselnikova, O Semyonov, E Sviridova… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Diversification of polymer waste recycling is one of the solutions to improve the current
environmental scenario. Upcycling is a promising strategy for converting polymer waste into …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-based material derived from biomass waste for wastewater treatment

MS Soffian, FZA Halim, F Aziz, MA Rahman… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass waste has known as a new precursor for the production of carbon-based materials
due to its carbon richness, low cost, ease to access, ubiquitous, renewable and …

A novel 3D superelastic polyethyleneimine functionalized chitosan aerogels for selective removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution: Performance and mechanisms

Q Wang, Y Tian, L Kong, J Zhang, W Zuo, Y Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we unveiled a novel polyethyleneimine (PEI) functionalized chitosan (CS) aerogel
(PCA) with three-dimensional (3D) porous network structure and superior reversible …

Functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for water and wastewater treatment: preparation to application

MMA Aslam, HW Kuo, W Den, M Usman, M Sultan… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
As the world human population and industrialization keep growing, the water availability
issue has forced scientists, engineers, and legislators of water supply industries to better …

Challenges and opportunities in functional carbon nanotubes for membrane-based water treatment and desalination

S Ali, SAU Rehman, HY Luan, MU Farid… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have grabbed worldwide attentions
due to their excellent adsorption capacities and promising physical, chemical and …

Highly efficient and selective removal of mercury ions using hyperbranched polyethylenimine functionalized carboxymethyl chitosan composite adsorbent

H Zeng, L Wang, D Zhang, P Yan, J Nie… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
A cost-effective adsorbent for highly efficient removal of mercuric Hg (II) ions from aqueous
media remains a great challenge. Herein, a novel polymer-based adsorbent of …

Functional materials in desalination: A review

SF Anis, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reviews various functional materials used in desalination. Desalination of the
abundant seawater resource has emerged as a promising technology to meet the current …

A key role of inner-cation-π interaction in adsorption of Pb (II) on carbon nanotubes: Experimental and DFT studies

J Zhang, T Li, X Li, Y Liu, N Li, Y Wang, X Li - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein the adsorption and desorption of Pb 2+ on oxidized (O-CNTs) and graphitized multi-
walled carbon nanotubes (G-CNTs) were studied, and detailed adsorption mechanisms …

Recent advances on electroactive CNT-based membranes for environmental applications: The perfect match of electrochemistry and membrane separation

Y Liu, F Liu, N Ding, X Hu, C Shen, F Li, M Huang… - Chinese Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global climate change, growing population, and environmental pollution underscore the
need for a greater focus on providing advanced water treatment technologies. Although …

Selective adsorption of Pb (II) and Cu (II) on mercapto-functionalized aerogels: Experiments, DFT studies and LCA analysis

Y Zhang, K Yuan, L Magagnin, X Wu, Z Jiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercapto-functionalized aerogels (MA-X) were fabricated using γ-
mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) as a modification reagent to eliminate Pb (II) and …