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Recent Advances on Sustainable Adsorbents for the Remediation of Noxious Pollutants From Water and Wastewater: A Critical Review Publisher



Dehghani MH1, 2 ; Ahmadi S3 ; Ghosh S4 ; Othmani A5 ; Osagie C6 ; Meskini M7, 8 ; Alkafaas SS9 ; Malloum A10, 11 ; Khanday WA12 ; Jacob AO13, 14 ; Gokkus O15 ; Oroke A16 ; Martins Chineme O17 ; Karri RR18 Show All Authors
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  1. Dehghani MH1, 2
  2. Ahmadi S3
  3. Ghosh S4
  4. Othmani A5
  5. Osagie C6
  6. Meskini M7, 8
  7. Alkafaas SS9
  8. Malloum A10, 11
  9. Khanday WA12
  10. Jacob AO13, 14
  11. Gokkus O15
  12. Oroke A16
  13. Martins Chineme O17
  14. Karri RR18
  15. Lima EC19
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
  5. 5. Department of chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, Monastir, 5019, Tunisia
  6. 6. Chair of Stochastics and its Applications, Brandenburg University of Technology, Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany
  7. 7. Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Mycobacteriology & Pulmonary research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. Molecular Cell Biology Unit, Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31511, Egypt
  10. 10. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Maroua, PO BOX 46, Maroua, Cameroon
  11. 11. Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, PO BOX 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa
  12. 12. Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, India
  13. 13. Department of pure and applied chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
  14. 14. Department of Industrial chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
  15. 15. Department of Environmental Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey
  16. 16. Environment group, School of Civil engineering, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  17. 17. Department of chemical and petroleum engineering, University of Uyo, Nigeria
  18. 18. Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
  19. 19. Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Source: Arabian Journal of Chemistry Published:2023


Abstract

This review article evaluates and compares the efficiency of various sustainable adsorbents for the removal of noxious pollutants from water environments. This study discusses the various types of adsorbents concerning their performance and suitability. Adsorbent types include natural-based, carbon-based, waste-based, biomass-based, biopolymers-based, and nanocomposites-based adsorbents, as well as metallic organic frameworks, aerogels, networking crystalline solids, zeolite nanoparticles, and dendrimers were reviewed. Characterisation, modification, fabrication, adsorption capacities under different conditions, isotherm models, and kinetics of noxious pollutants were also reviewed. Adsorption capacities for different pH values, adsorbent doses, adsorbent concentrations, temperature, and the size of particles have been described. One of the basic needs in water and wastewater adsorbents is their formulation and optimisation, using columnar operations, and more importantly, they can be produced quickly and should be cost-effective. Various studies reported a broad range of values for the thermodynamic parameters for noxious pollutants, suggesting the adsorbent's nature as an essential factor affecting the thermodynamics of noxious pollutant sorption. The regeneration and reusability potential of other adsorbents have also been discussed, along with molecular modelling, simulation, knowledge gaps, and future perspectives of noxious pollutants from the water environments. © 2023 The Author(s)
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