A critical review of uranium contamination in groundwater: treatment and sludge disposal

TP Gandhi, PV Sampath, SM Maliyekkal - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

Progress and perspective in enrichment and separation of radionuclide uranium by biomass functional materials

J Lei, H Liu, L Zhou, Y Wang, K Yu, H Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The economical and efficient extraction of uranium from uranium-containing wastewater
becomes extremely crucial issue that enables the sustainable development of nuclear …

Preparation of biochar@ chitosan-polyethyleneimine for the efficient removal of uranium from water environment

Y Zhang, B Mei, B Shen, L Jia, J Liao, W Zhu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel chitosan-based composite with rich active sites was synthesized by uniformly
dispersing biochar into the cross-linked network structure formed by chitosan and …

Magnetite-impregnated biochar of parthenium hysterophorus for adsorption of Cr (VI) from tannery industrial wastewater

J Fito, M Abewaa, T Nkambule - Applied Water Science, 2023 - Springer
The tannery industry inevitably generates toxic and catastrophic wastewater, which results in
a huge threat to public health and water resources. Therefore, this work aimed to synthesize …

Cr (VI) and doxorubicin adsorptive capture by a novel bionanocomposite of Ti-MOF@ TiO2 incorporated with watermelon biochar and chitosan hydrogel

ME Mahmoud, GAA Ibrahim - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymers, biochars and metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have manifested
as top prospects for elimination of harmful pollutants. In the current study, Ti-MOF was …

Harnessing magnetically separable iron based adsorbents for enhanced uranium adsorption

M Sharma, P Dhiware, H Laddha, VC Janu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy and environmental concerns have historically had an impact on the growth of
civilization. In the last several decades, nuclear power has advanced rapidly since clean …

Insights into kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of chemically activated sunflower stem biochar for removal of phenol and bisphenol-A from wastewater

LP Lingamdinne, GKR Angaru, CA Pal, JR Koduru… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study synthesized a highly efficient KOH-treated sunflower stem activated carbon (KOH-
SSAC) using a two-step pyrolysis process and chemical activation using KOH. The resulting …

Unique hierarchical structures of one dimensional lepidocrocite titanate with cation-exchangeable sites for extraordinary selective actinide capture for water …

L Wang, HO Badr, Y Yang, JH Cope, E Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Removing actinide from wastewater to render it potable is an active and important area of
research. Herein, using TiB 2 as an inexpensive and green precursor, we synthesized 100 g …

The construction of magnetic hydroxyapatite-functionalized pig manure-derived biochar for the efficient uranium separation

J Liao, X He, Y Zhang, L Zhang, Z He - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, three magnetic biochar-supported nano-hydroxyapatite materials were
prepared by endowing different magnetic sources, which showed excellent reusability and …

Zero-valent iron supported-lemon derived biochar for ultra-fast adsorption of methylene blue

EM Abd El-Monaem, AM Omer, GM El-Subruiti… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Green-based materials represent a new promising class of ecofriendly and economic
adsorbents. Herein, nano zero-valent iron supported-lemon derived biochar (NZVI-LBC) …