The world's water supplies have been contaminated due to large effluents containing toxic
pollutants such as dyes, heavy metals, surfactants, personal care products, pesticides, and …

Adsorption for water and wastewater treatment has been the subject of many research in the
scientific community, focusing mainly on either equilibrium or kinetic studies. Adsorption …

This review presents the adsorptive removal process of hazardous materials onto carbon-
based materials comprising activated carbon, graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon …

Nanomaterials are of much interest and are considered as efficient adsorbents for
wastewater treatment because of their small particle sizes, large specific surface areas …

1. INTRODUCTION Water is the most important and essential component on the earth for
vital activities of living beings. Unfortunately, water quality of our water resources is …

In the literature, the linear form of the pseudo-first-order (PFO) and pseudo-second-order
(PSO) models are often applied for fitting the data of adsorption kinetics. Many authors have …

Adsorption is a widely used technique for the separation and removal of pollutants from
wastewaters. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are emerging as potential adsorbents because of …

The quality of water is continuously deteriorating due to its increasing toxic threat to humans
and the environment. It is imperative to perform treatment of wastewater in order to remove …

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a powerful tool in designing the experiments and
optimizing different environmental processes. However, when it comes to wastewater …

Nanomaterials have been extensively studied for heavy metal ions and dye removals from
wastewater. This article reviews the role of nanomaterials as effective adsorbents for …