Advanced Research in Activated Carbon Adsorption—2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 502
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Interests: activated carbon; adsorption; wastewater; wastewater treatment; dyes; industrial wastewater; pollutants
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Interests: wastewater; wastewater treatment; dyes; adsorption; adsorbents; activated carbons; industrial wastewater; pollutant impact; sustainable wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment
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Dear Colleagues,
Concern for the environment has been growing significantly in recent years, in terms both of expanding legal requirements and the elimination of hazards that cause direct impacts to human health. Various pollutants can accumulate in living organisms, causing permanent cell damage and disorders leading to disease or even death. Nowadays, human activity leads to the generation of significant amounts of waste, which is one of the greatest threats to the environment, including natural waters. These mainly include industrial, agricultural and domestic wastewater. Among the pollutants entering water, heavy metals are a particularly dangerous group of substances; they pose a great threat to the health and life of organisms due to their high toxicity and bioaccumulation capacity.
Due to their availability, unique porosity and environmental neutrality, activated carbons are used in many areas of life. The processes of the greatest applied and industrial importance include the removal of hydrogen sulphide from natural gas, the purification of drinking and wastewater, the recovery of volatile organic solvent vapours, the removal of SO2 and nitrogen oxides from flue gases, the removal of mercury vapours from air and the purification of air in air-conditioning systems.
Dr. Ewa Okoniewska
Dr. Małgorzata Worwa̧g
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- activated carbon
- adsorption
- wastewater
- pollutants
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