A review on activated carbon modifications for the treatment of wastewater containing anionic dyes

K Azam, N Shezad, I Shafiq, P Akhter, F Akhtar, F Jamil… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Polluted water resources, particularly those polluted with industrial effluents' dyes, are
carcinogenic and hence pose a severe threat to sustainable and longstanding worldwide …

Engineered biochar–A sustainable solution for the removal of antibiotics from water

P Krasucka, B Pan, YS Ok, D Mohan, B Sarkar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic contamination and the spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria are global
environmental issues. Given the growing consumption of antibiotics, it is crucial to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in lithium-sulfur batteries using biomass-derived carbons as sulfur host

A Benítez, J Amaro-Gahete, YC Chien… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
While biomass waste is generated in abundance, these materials and their production
processes are generally environmentally friendly, low cost, non-hazardous and easily …

Health and environmental effects of persistent organic pollutants

OML Alharbi, RA Khattab, I Ali - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are considered as the silent killers due to their bio-
accumulative and long persistent natures. These are present everywhere in our environment …

Clay based nanocomposites for removal of heavy metals from water: A review

VB Yadav, R Gadi, S Kalra - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The exponential increment in world population, recent industrialization, civilization,
agricultural and household activities leads to greater levels of water pollution in terms of …

Current advancement and future prospect of biosorbents for bioremediation

S Singh, V Kumar, S Datta, DS Dhanjal… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing use of heavy metals, synthetic dyes and pesticides is a major environmental
concern. Wastewaters containing heavy metals and dyes, extensively released from small …

Agricultural bio-waste materials as potential sustainable precursors used for activated carbon production: A review

MA Yahya, Z Al-Qodah, CWZ Ngah - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
A review on the preparation of the activated carbon from agricultural waste material is
presented. The physical properties such as proximate and ultimate analysis of agricultural …

Influence of activation conditions on the physicochemical properties of activated biochar: A review

NL Panwar, A Pawar - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2020 - Springer
The biochar produced from agricultural crop residues through thermochemical processes
helps in crop waste management. Biochar has paid more attention due to its distinctive …

Carbon-based nanomaterials for remediation of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater. A review

N Madima, SB Mishra, I Inamuddin… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
The deterioration of water quality by pollutants is a major health issue. Actual remediation
methods are limited, and, as a consequence, there is a need for new remediation …

Competitive adsorption of heavy metals onto sesame straw biochar in aqueous solutions

JH Park, YS Ok, SH Kim, JS Cho, JS Heo, RD Delaune… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective of this research was to evaluate adsorption of heavy metals in mono and
multimetal forms onto sesame straw biochar (SSB). Competitive sorption of metals by SSB …