Functional nanomaterials for selective uranium recovery from seawater: Material design, extraction properties and mechanisms

Y Wu, Y **e, X Liu, Y Li, J Wang, Z Chen… - Coordination chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution and resource shortage are two major problems in the current world.
Nuclear energy, a green energy with high energy density, has attracted extensive attention …

Energy storage applications of activated carbons: supercapacitors and hydrogen storage

M Sevilla, R Mokaya - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous carbons have several advantageous properties with respect to their use in energy
applications that require constrained space such as in electrode materials for …

[HTML][HTML] African almond (Terminalia catappa L) leaves biochar prepared through pyrolysis using H3PO4 as chemical activator for sequestration of methylene blue dye

JM Jabar, YA Odusote, YT Ayinde, M Yılmaz - Results in engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
African almond leaves (ALs) were used for the preparation of sustainable and eco-friendly
adsorbent through chemical activation, followed by pyrolysis at 700 o C for adsorption of …

Recent advances in biomass derived activated carbon electrodes for hybrid electrochemical capacitor applications: Challenges and opportunities

P Dubey, V Shrivastav, PH Maheshwari, S Sundriyal - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass derived activated carbon (BDAC) materials are recently gaining attention as an
active electrode material for alternative energy storage devices. Biomass is a rich source of …

Sorption of pollutants by porous carbon, carbon nanotubes and fullerene-an overview

VK Gupta, TA Saleh - Environmental science and pollution research, 2013 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of activated carbon prepared by phosphoric acid activation of olive stones

SM Yakout, GS El-Deen - Arabian journal of chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of activating agent concentration on the pore structure and surface chemistry of
activated carbons derived from olive stone with chemical activation method using …

Extremely efficient and rapidly adsorb methylene blue using porous adsorbent prepared from waste paper: Kinetics and equilibrium studies

X Tang, G Ran, J Li, Z Zhang, C **ang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
For the first time, zinc chloride activation method was used to prepare waste paper-based
activated carbon in this study. The structure, morphology, surface functional groups and …

Waste materials for activated carbon preparation and its use in aqueous-phase treatment: A review

JM Dias, MCM Alvim-Ferraz, MF Almeida… - Journal of environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Commercial activated carbon is a preferred adsorbent for the removal of micropollutants
from the aqueous phase; however, its widespread use is restricted due to high associated …

Activated carbon from jackfruit peel waste by H3PO4 chemical activation: Pore structure and surface chemistry characterization

D Prahas, Y Kartika, N Indraswati, S Ismadji - Chemical Engineering …, 2008 - Elsevier
The effects of activation temperature and impregnation ratio on the pore structure and
surface chemistry of activated carbons derived from jackfruit peel with chemical activation …

Adsorption studies of methylene blue and phenol onto vetiver roots activated carbon prepared by chemical activation

S Altenor, B Carene, E Emmanuel, J Lambert… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
Vetiver roots have been utilized for the preparation of activated carbon (AC) by chemical
activation with different impregnation ratios of phosphoric acid, XP (gH3PO4/g precursor) …