Turning food protein waste into sustainable technologies

M Peydayesh, M Bagnani, WL Soon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For each kilogram of food protein wasted, between 15 and 750 kg of CO2 end up in the
atmosphere. With this alarming carbon footprint, food protein waste not only contributes to …

Advances in sustainable approaches to recover metals from e-waste-A review

A Islam, T Ahmed, MR Awual, A Rahman… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the rapid growth of population electrical and electronics equipment waste are generated
20 to 50 million tones in world-wide. Half a tonne of e-waste creates by the resident of …

Recent advances in TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers: Oxidation mechanism, characterization, properties and applications

Z Tang, X Lin, M Yu, AK Mondal, H Wu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellulose is the richest renewable polymer source on the earth. TEMPO-mediated oxidized
cellulose nanofibers are deduced from enormously available wood biomass and …

[HTML][HTML] All-cellulose functional membranes for water treatment: Adsorption of metal ions and catalytic decolorization of dyes

D Georgouvelas, HN Abdelhamid, J Li, U Edlund… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a facile, one-step method for the manufacturing of all-cellulose,
layered membranes containing cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), TEMPO (2, 2, 6, 6 …

Capturing colloidal nano-and microplastics with plant-based nanocellulose networks

I Leppänen, T Lappalainen, T Lohtander… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microplastics accumulate in various aquatic organisms causing serious health issues, and
have raised concerns about human health by entering our food chain. The recovery …

TEMPO‐oxidized cellulose nanofibers: a renewable nanomaterial for environmental and energy applications

S Liu, ZX Low, Z **e, H Wang - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract TEMPO (2, 2, 6, 6‐tetramethylpiperidine‐1‐oxyl radical)‐mediated oxidized
cellulose nanofibers (TOCNFs), which are derived from abundantly available wood biomass …

Highly selective and straightforward recovery of gold and platinum from acidic waste effluents using cellulose-based bio-adsorbent

FB Biswas, IMM Rahman, K Nakakubo, M Endo… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recovery of precious metals (PMs: Au III and Pt IV) from waste resources is of high
importance due to the environmental concern and imbalance in the supply-demand ratio. A …

Cellulose nanomaterials as a future, sustainable and renewable material

HT Phuong, NK Thoa, PTA Tuyet, QN Van, YD Hai - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) are renewable, bio-derived materials that can address not
only technological challenges but also social impacts. This ability results from their unique …

Metal dissolution from end-of-life solar photovoltaics in real landfill leachate versus synthetic solutions: One-year study

P Nain, A Kumar - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the after end-of-life concerns of solar panels, four commercially available
photovoltaics (reduced to 15× 15 cm 2 size) in broken and unbroken conditions were …

Estimation on fixed-bed column parameters of breakthrough behaviors for gold recovery by adsorption onto modified/functionalized amberlite XAD7

A Negrea, M Mihailescu, G Mosoarca… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper was to evaluate the potential of a new adsorbent material to
recover Au (III) from real wastewater, in a column with a fixed bed in a dynamic regime. The …