Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Ion-selectivity advancements in capacitive deionization: a comprehensive review

M Tauk, M Bechelany, P Sistat, R Habchi, M Cretin… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
In the past decade, the applications of capacitive deionization have expanded to encompass
resource recovery and targeted ion separation in complex solutions, besides water …

Insights on uranium removal by ion exchange columns: the deactivation mechanisms, and an overlooked biological pathway

F Chen, M Lv, Y Ye, S Miao, X Tang, Y Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ion exchange (IX) is an attractive approach to extract uranium from wastewater,
simultaneously reducing the negative environmental impact of uranium mining and …

Nanocellulose aerogel for highly efficient adsorption of uranium (VI) from aqueous solution

Y Wang, Y Li, Y Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Li, W Li - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) aerogel was prepared via simple covalent crosslinking and
freeze-drying method. The porous cellulose aerogel possessed high specific surface area …

Uranium bioremediation with U (VI)-reducing bacteria

W You, W Peng, Z Tian, M Zheng - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) pollution is an environmental hazard caused by the development of the nuclear
industry. Microbial reduction of hexavalent uranium (U (VI)) to tetravalent uranium (U (IV)) …

Biofilms, active substrata, and me

BE Rittmann - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Having worked with biofilms since the 1970s, I know that they are ubiquitous in nature, of
great value in water technology, and scientifically fascinating. Biofilms are naturally able to …

Rapid and effective removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous solution by facile synthesized hierarchical hollow hydroxyapatite microspheres

Y Wu, D Chen, L Kong, DCW Tsang, M Su - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapidly increasing development of nuclear power stimulates the exploration of low-cost and
highly efficient materials to selectively remove uranium (VI) from contaminated wastewater …

Preparation of polydopamine-modified graphene oxide/chitosan aerogel for uranium (VI) adsorption

Y Liao, M Wang, D Chen - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The relatively low density of functional groups of graphene oxide (GO) and the difficulty to
completely recover after adsorption limit its application in uranium (U (VI)) removal from …

Electrosorption of uranium (VI) by highly porous phosphate-functionalized graphene hydrogel

Y Liao, M Wang, D Chen - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, we reported the preparation of a highly porous phosphate-
functionalized graphene (HGP) hydrogel electrode material by a two-step process for …

A review of remediation technologies for uranium-contaminated water

JO Ighalo, Z Chen, CR Ohoro, M Oniye, CA Igwegbe… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Uranium is a naturally existing radioactive element present in the Earth's crust. It exhibits
lithophilic characteristics, indicating its tendency to be located near the surface of the Earth …