Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable materials for adsorption and photocatalytic applications in water and air remediation

M Mergbi, MG Galloni, D Aboagye, E Elimian… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
An exponential rise in global pollution and industrialization has led to significant economic
and environmental problems due to the insufficient application of green technology for the …

Optimization of microwave assisted synthesis of activated carbon from biomass waste for sustainable industrial crude wet-phosphoric acid purification

N Abderrahim, M Mergbi, HB Amor… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crude phosphoric acid, generated during industrial wet production, requires careful
treatment by different processes to make it acceptable for various agro-industrial …

State-of-the-art developments in surface functionalized carbon-based bio/nanocomposites for theranostic antibacterials, advanced bioimaging, and molecular …

A Kumar, YK Gautam, N Singh - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) offer high stability, functionality, mechanical strength,
thermal conductivity, and larger surface area. However, issues like toxicity, inadequate …

Fabrication of agro–waste lotus leaf–derived adsorbent for effective removal of organic pollutants from water

J Chen, Z Yan, S Zhang, L Yue, Z Xu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Full utilization of agricultural waste (agro–waste)–derived adsorbents for water purification is
favorably sustainable. Herein, adsorbents obtained from the local lotus leaves are employed …

Sustainable purification of phosphoric acid contaminated with Cr (VI) by Ag/Ag3PO4 coated activated carbon/montmorillonite under UV and solar light: materials …

N Abderrahim, R Djellabi, HB Amor, I Fellah… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wet production of phosphoric acid, the most used low-cost industrial approach, first leads to
an impure phosphoric acid contaminated by organic and heavy metal pollutants which …

Textural properties and adsorption behaviour of recyclable Ni–Al layered double hydroxides for Congo red and Alizarin red S dyes removal in single and binary …

G Radji, I Houhou, A Hiri, R Djellabi… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purification of dye-containing wastewaters has been considered as serious challenge over
the last decades due to the huge, discharged dye wastewaters in the environment and their …

[HTML][HTML] Fast g-C3N4 sonocoated activated carbon for enhanced solar photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants through Adsorb & Shuttle process

M Mergbi, D Aboagye, S Contreras, HB Amor… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
To solve low mass transfer in photocatalytic technology for water treatment, the combination
of photoactive nanoparticles with highly adsorptive materials has been regarded as a …

Jackfruit peel derived ZnCl2-impregnated activated carbon: Optimization, characterization, and application in dye removal

P Minz, S Mishra - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
The research has aimed to demonstrate an optimization methodology to reliably obtain
carbon by chemical activation method using Jackfruit peel powder (JPP) as the primal …

Preparation of activated carbon with recycled ZnCl2 for maximizing utilization efficiency of the activating agent and minimizing generation of liquid waste

M Fan, Y Shao, Y Wang, J Sun, H He, Y Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Post-treatment of activated carbon (AC), produced from activation with ZnCl 2 via leaching
AC with HCl, generates liquid waste (filtrate) containing ZnCl 2 through the reaction (ZnO+ …

Blended tropical pineapple peel and crown fruit wastes as precursor for activated carbon by microwave-assisted H3PO4 activation: process optimization for …

AH Jawad, SNNM Radhuwan, SA Musa… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
A blended tropical pineapple (Ananas comosus) peel and crown (PPC) fruit wastes were
utilized as an alternate source material for producing mesoporous-activated carbon through …