Heavy metal removal by biomass-derived carbon nanotubes as a greener environmental remediation: A comprehensive review

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, CK Cheng, R Luque, S Thomas… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The concentrations of heavy metal ions found in waterways near industrial zones are often
exceed the prescribed limits, posing a continued danger to the environment and public …

A review of functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene for heavy metal adsorption from water: Preparation, application, and mechanism

J Xu, Z Cao, Y Zhang, Z Yuan, Z Lou, X Xu, X Wang - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon-based nanomaterials, especially carbon nanotubes and graphene, have drawn
wide attention in recent years as novel materials for environmental applications. Notably, the …

Ongoing progress on novel nanocomposite membranes for the separation of heavy metals from contaminated water

R Castro-Muñoz, LL González-Melgoza… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Membranes, as the primary separation element of membrane-based processes, have
greatly attracted the attention of researchers in several water treatment applications …

Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution by advanced carbon nanotubes: critical review of adsorption applications

A Abbas, AM Al-Amer, T Laoui, MJ Al-Marri… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The scarcity of water, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world is exerting great
pressure on resources and establishing more need to provide good quality water for human …

Clay based nanocomposites for removal of heavy metals from water: A review

VB Yadav, R Gadi, S Kalra - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The exponential increment in world population, recent industrialization, civilization,
agricultural and household activities leads to greater levels of water pollution in terms of …

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 …

Effects of ionic strength on removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media with multifarious adsorbents: A review

Y Zhang, C Zhu, F Liu, Y Yuan, H Wu, A Li - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adsorption is one of the most widely used and effective wastewater treatment methods. The
role of ionic strength (IS) in shaping the adsorption performances is much necessary due to …

Adsorption of Cu2+, Cd2+ and Ni2+ from aqueous single metal solutions on graphene oxide membranes

P Tan, J Sun, Y Hu, Z Fang, Q Bi, Y Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Novel, highly ordered layered graphene oxide (GO) membranes with larger interlayer
spacing were prepared by induced directional flow and were used as adsorbents for the …

Synthesis and analysis of impregnation on activated carbon in multiwalled carbon nanotube for Cu adsorption from wastewater

L Natrayan, PV Arul Kumar, JA Dhanraj… - Bioinorganic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial wastes contain more toxins that get dissolved in the rivers and lakes, which are
means of freshwater reservoirs. The contamination of freshwater leads to various issues for …

Removal of endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products in water using carbon nanotubes: A review

C Jung, A Son, N Her, KD Zoh, J Cho, Y Yoon - Journal of Industrial and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) have been extensively detected in various surface water and wastewater. Carbon …