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 progress of Ag/TiO2 photocatalyst for wastewater treatment: Do**, co-do**, and green materials functionalization

D Kanakaraju, FD anak Kutiang, YC Lim… - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface modification via do** or functionalization is one of the most commonly applied
approaches for addressing the innate limitations of TiO 2 photocatalysts. Amongst numerous …

Flexible and transparent composite nanofibre membrane that was fabricated via a “green” electrospinning method for efficient particulate matter 2.5 capture

J Cui, T Lu, F Li, Y Wang, J Lei, W Ma, Y Zou… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Air particulate pollution from ever-increasing industrialization poses an enormous threat to
public health. Thus, the development of a green air filter with high efficiency and …

Novel metal–organic framework (MOF) based composite material for the sequestration of U (VI) and Th (IV) metal ions from aqueous environment

AA Alqadami, M Naushad, ZA Alothman… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The combination of magnetic nanoparticles and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has
demonstrated their prospective for pollutant sequestration. In this work, a magnetic metal …

Composite nanofibers membranes of poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan for selective lead (II) and cadmium (II) ions removal from wastewater

MR Karim, MO Aijaz, NH Alharth, HF Alharbi… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The nanofibers membranes were fabricated by poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan (PVA/Chi) using
an electro-spun technique for selective and high adsorption of lead (Pb (II)) and cadmium …

Extraction of lithium with functionalized lithium ion-sieves

X Xu, Y Chen, P Wan, K Gasem, K Wang, T He… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the technology advancement and the large-scale application of lithium-ion batteries
in recent years, the market demand for lithium is growing rapidly and the availability of land …

Water purification by polymer nanocomposites: an overview

N Pandey, SK Shukla, NB Singh - Nanocomposites, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) have attracted the attention of scientists
and technologists in water purification due to improved processability, surface area, stability …

Adsorption of heavy metals–a review

R Arora - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019 - Elsevier
Many researchers have used coal fly ash; rice husk ash, nano material and conducting
polymer-as adsorbents to remove water pollutants including Cr, Pb, Hg, Zn, Mn and Cu …

Electrospun cellulose acetate nanofiber incorporated with hydroxyapatite for removal of heavy metals

AA Hamad, MS Hassouna, TI Shalaby… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the negative impact of the heavy metal ions in water, the rejection of these toxic
materials is one of the urgent requests for wastewater treatment. This work aims to facile …

Chitosan nanofibers functionalized by TiO2 nanoparticles for the removal of heavy metal ions

A Razzaz, S Ghorban, L Hosayni, M Irani… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2016 - Elsevier
The chitosan/TiO 2 composite nanofibrous adsorbents were developed by two techniques
including TiO 2 nanoparticles coated chitosan nanofibers (coating method) and …