Insights into the domestic wastewater treatment (DWWT) regimes: a review

B Koul, D Yadav, S Singh, M Kumar, M Song - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is expected that, by 2050, the rapid rise in population and simultaneous urbanization shall
deplete clean water supplies. Domestic wastewater (DWW) contains inorganic and organic …

Current nature-based biological practices for rare earth elements extraction and recovery: Bioleaching and biosorption

RM Brown, A Mirkouei, D Reed, V Thompson - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for advancing products and renewable technologies worldwide
that rely on rare earth elements (REEs), including those directly necessary for a low-carbon …

Advances in biosorbents for removal of environmental pollutants: A review on pretreatment, removal mechanism and future outlook

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, A Saravanan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental pollutants are a serious threat for decades causing contamination of soil and
water systems. The release from various industries is the main source of these pollutants …

Biosorption: A review of the latest advances

E Torres - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biosorption is a variant of sorption techniques in which the sorbent is a material of biological
origin. This technique is considered to be low cost and environmentally friendly, and it can …

Recent advances in engineering aptamer-based sensing and recovery of heavy metals and rare earth elements for environmental sustainability

WR Shin, G Ahn, JP Lee, IH Oh, JY Ahn, YH Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) are used in a wide range of industrial
and technological applications, but they can also have harmful effects on the environment …

Advances in bio/chemical approaches for sustainable recycling and recovery of rare earth elements from secondary resources

M Danouche, A Bounaga, A Oulkhir, R Boulif… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are indispensable in the growing smart technologies,
such as smart phones and electronic devices, renewable energy, new generation of hybrid …

Biosorption of heavy metals with algae: Critical review of its application in real effluents

JI Ordóñez, S Cortés, P Maluenda, I Soto - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biosorption is a variant of sorption techniques in which the adsorbent is a material of
biological origin. It has become an economic and ecological alternative for the treatment of …

Rare earth elements from coal and coal discard–a review

O Eterigho-Ikelegbe, H Harrar, S Bada - Minerals Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the geographical imbalance distribution and supply shortage of rare earth elements
(REEs) in renewable energy processes, magnets, many high-tech technologies, etc …

Unleashing the power of bio-adsorbents: efficient heavy metal removal for sustainable water purification

MK Hussain, S Khatoon, G Nizami, UK Fatma… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water is elixir for life, and civilizations cannot exist without the availability of clean water.
However, clean water sources are facing escalating threats from industrialization, climate …

Recent trends in Ni (II) sorption from aqueous solutions using natural materials

S Charazińska, E Burszta-Adamiak… - Reviews in Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The use of materials of natural origin for the adsorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous
solutions has gained attention in recent years among the scientific community. This is …