Geopolymers as an alternative to Portland cement: An overview

NB Singh, B Middendorf - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Portland cement manufacture emits 5–7% CO 2, which is responsible for global
warming. Geopolymers minimize CO 2 emission and may be a partial alternative to Portland …

A review on geopolymers as emerging materials for the adsorption of heavy metals and dyes

AA Siyal, MR Shamsuddin, MI Khan, NE Rabat… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The world water resources are contaminated due to discharge of a large number of
pollutants from industrial and domestic sources. A variety of a single and multiple units of …

Processing, properties and applications of highly porous geopolymers: A review

C Bai, P Colombo - Ceramics International, 2018 - Elsevier
Geopolymers, possessing a semi-crystalline three-dimensional inorganic network generated
by the dissolution and reaction of a solid alumino-silicate source with an activating solution …

Geopolymer foams: An overview of recent advancements

RM Novais, RC Pullar, JA Labrincha - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Geopolymer foams (highly porous materials) have emerged as one of the most exciting
materials over the past few years due to their remarkable properties, low cost and green …

Application of alkali-activated materials for water and wastewater treatment: a review

T Luukkonen, A Heponiemi, H Runtti… - … Science and Bio …, 2019 - Springer
Alkali-activation (or geopolymer) technology has gained a great deal of interest for its
potential applications in water and wastewater treatment during the last decade. Alkali …

A review on metakaolin-based porous geopolymers

C Bai, K Zheng, F Sun, X Wang, L Zhang, T Zheng… - Applied Clay …, 2024 - Elsevier
Converting mineral raw materials into porous materials represents an effective and high-
value approach. Among these materials, porous geopolymers made from metakaolin …

A state-of-the-art review on innovative geopolymer composites designed for water and wastewater treatment

I Luhar, S Luhar, MMAB Abdullah, RA Razak… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is nothing more fundamental than clean potable water for living beings next to air. On
the other hand, wastewater management is crop** up as a challenging task day-by-day …

[HTML][HTML] Research and application progress of geopolymers in adsorption: a review

J Xu, M Li, D Zhao, G Zhong, Y Sun, X Hu, J Sun, X Li… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Geopolymer is a porous inorganic material with a three-dimensional mesh structure, good
mechanical properties, a simple preparation process (no sintering) and a low economic cost …

[HTML][HTML] Ammonium recovery from municipal wastewater by ion exchange: Development and application of a procedure for sorbent selection

D Pinelli, A Foglia, F Fatone, E Papa, C Maggetti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ion exchange represents one of the most promising processes for ammonium recovery from
municipal wastewater (MWW). However, most previous studies on ammonium ion exchange …

A review on the porous geopolymer preparation for structural and functional materials applications

H Yu, M Xu, C Chen, Y He, X Cui - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Geopolymer (also called inorganic polymers) is a kind of amorphous gel material with a 3D
structure consisting of SiO4 and AlO4 tetrahedra. It has drawn international attention due to …