Bioadsorbents for remediation of heavy metals: current status and their future prospects

VK Gupta, A Nayak, S Agarwal - Environmental engineering …, 2015 - koreascience.kr
The biosorption process has been established as characteristics of dead biomasses of both
cellulosic and microbial origin to bind metal ion pollutants from aqueous suspension. The …

[HTML][HTML] Ordered mesoporous materials for water pollution treatment: Adsorption and catalysis

P Zhang, M He, W Teng, F Li, X Qiu, K Li… - Green Energy & …, 2024 - Elsevier
To meet the growing emission of water contaminants, the development of new materials that
enhance the efficiency of the water treatment system is urgent. Ordered mesoporous …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of methylene blue by adsorption onto activated carbon developed from Ficus carica bast

D Pathania, S Sharma, P Singh - Arabian journal of chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, activated carbon was developed from Ficus carica bast (FCBAC). The
experiments were carried out to explore methylene blue (MB) uptake by FCBAC. The …

Biomass-derived biosorbents for metal ions sequestration: Adsorbent modification and activation methods and adsorbent regeneration

RK Gautam, A Mudhoo, G Lofrano… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metals released from industrial activities pose a significant threat to the environment
and public health due to their reported toxicity even at trace levels. Although there are …

Biosorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by chemically modified orange peel

N Feng, X Guo, S Liang, Y Zhu, J Liu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Equilibrium, thermodynamic and kinetic studies were carried out for the biosorption of Pb2+,
Cd2+ and Ni2+ ions from aqueous solution using the grafted copolymerization-modified …

FTIR spectrophotometry, kinetics and adsorption isotherms modeling, ion exchange, and EDX analysis for understanding the mechanism of Cd2+ and Pb2+ removal …

M Iqbal, A Saeed, SI Zafar - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Mango peel waste (MPW) was evaluated as a new sorbent for the removal of Cd2+ and
Pb2+ from aqueous solution. The maximum sorption capacity of Cd2+ and Pb2+ was found …

Application potential of grapefruit peel as dye sorbent: kinetics, equilibrium and mechanism of crystal violet adsorption

A Saeed, M Sharif, M Iqbal - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
This study reports the sorption of crystal violet (CV) dye by grapefruit peel (GFP), which has
application potential in the remediation of dye-contaminated wastewaters using a solid …

Adsorption of cadmium from aqueous solution onto untreated coffee grounds: Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics

N Azouaou, Z Sadaoui, A Djaafri… - Journal of hazardous …, 2010 - Elsevier
Adsorption can be used as a cost effective and efficient technique for the removal of toxic
heavy metals from wastewater. Waste materials with no further treatment such as coffee …

Pectin-based adsorbents for heavy metal ions: A review

R Wang, R Liang, T Dai, J Chen, X Shuai… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Over the past decades, the growing industrialization caused continuously
increased release of heavy metal into environment. Through the food chain, heavy metals …

Isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamic studies of adsorption of Cu2+ from aqueous solutions by Mg2+/K+ type orange peel adsorbents

S Liang, X Guo, N Feng, Q Tian - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
Orange peel (OP) was used as raw material to prepare two novel adsorbents: MgOP (Mg2+
type orange peel adsorbent) and KOP (K+ type orange peel adsorbent). FTIR and SEM were …