Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review

A Balakrishnan, S Appunni, M Chinthala… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is increasing worldwide, yet actual methods of water and wastewater
treatment are limited, in particular by actual fossil-fuel derived nano-adsorbents that are …

Recent advances in cellulose, chitosan, and alginate based biopolymeric composites for adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater

AN Doyo, R Kumar, MA Barakat - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Biopolymer-based materials are getting more attention for sustainable
development in various applications, such as energy and environmental remediation …

Facile preparation of magnetic Zr-MOF for adsorption of Pb (II) and Cr (VI) from water: Adsorption characteristics and mechanisms

C Wang, C **ong, Y He, C Yang, X Li, J Zheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel magnetic Zr-MOF named Ni 0.6 Fe 2.4 O 4-UiO-66-PEI was synthesized by
modifying UiO-66-NH 2 with Ni 0.6 Fe 2.4 O 4 and polyethyleneimine and its sorption …

Highly enhanced adsorption performance to uranium (VI) by facile synthesized hydroxyapatite aerogel

T **ong, Q Li, J Liao, Y Zhang, W Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to protect environment and save uranium resources, it was necessary to find a
highly efficient adsorbent for uranium recovery from wastewater. In this work, we used a …

Nano-zerovalent manganese/biochar composite for the adsorptive and oxidative removal of Congo-red dye from aqueous solutions

J Iqbal, NS Shah, M Sayed, NK Niazi, M Imran… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Congo-red (CR), a precursor of textile products and a contaminant of great concern,
has contaminated aquatic environments. Here, we explored the synthesis of mesoporous …

Engineered nanomaterials and their surface functionalization for the removal of heavy metals: A review

A Jawed, V Saxena, LM Pandey - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Water is polluted by various harmful toxic chemical substances, precisely heavy metals,
dyes, and pathogens, which have a disastrous effect on the ecological balance of human as …

Preparation of magnetic chitosan corn straw biochar and its application in adsorption of amaranth dye in aqueous solution

F Wang, L Li, J Iqbal, Z Yang, Y Du - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the magnetic chitosan biochar (MCB) was magnetized by chemical
coprecipitation after loading chitosan with Schiff base reaction. The prepared MCB was used …

Fe (III) loaded chitosan-biochar composite fibers for the removal of phosphate from water

KN Palansooriya, S Kim, AD Igalavithana… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Excess phosphorous (P) in aquatic systems causes adverse environmental impacts
including eutrophication. This study fabricated Fe (III) loaded chitosan-biochar composite …

Efficient adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater on nanocomposite beads prepared by chitosan and paper sludge

K Xu, L Li, Z Huang, Z Tian, H Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan was commonly used with inorganic salt and organic compounds to prepare
adsorption material for water treatment. Different materials were mixed for the preparation …

Synergistic effects of activated carbon and nano-zerovalent copper on the performance of hydroxyapatite-alginate beads for the removal of As3+ from aqueous …

J Iqbal, NS Shah, M Sayed, M Imran… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, activated carbon (AC) and nano-zerovalent copper (nZVCu) functionalized
hydroxyapatite (HA) and alginate beads were synthesized and used for the removal of As 3+ …