Natural-Based Sorbents for Water Remediation
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adsorption; water remediation; advanced oxidation processes; heterogeneous catalysis; kinetic reaction mechanisms; thermodynamics
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Interests: adsorption of toxic metals; wastewater treatment; water treatment; natural adsorbents; adsorption kinetics; adsorption isotherms; adsorption thermodynamics
Interests: adsorption; water treatment; emerging contaminants; biosorbent; adsorption equilibrium; thermodynamics; chromatographic methods; validation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to persistent industrialization and anthropic action, water remediation will always be a challenge. It is therefore crucial to develop new technologies for the treatment of contaminated water resources. Sorption, as an efficient and well-structured method for the remediation of water resources, requires the development of new sorbents highly efficient at removing different classes of contaminants, given the increasingly complex composition of waste discharged into water resources. It is desirable, however, to use natural-based sorbents, specifically those that promote the reuse of waste and discharged materials, as opposed to conventional/synthetic sorbents that are relatively expensive and laborious to produce and less environmentally friendly. Recent published papers have demonstrated the good performance and versatility of natural-based sorbents for removing a large variety of contaminants. It is therefore advisable to further explore the knowledge on this kind of material.
In this regard, the present Special Issue focuses on experimental studies concerning the preparation and use of natural-based sorbents and that cover the following topics: (a) natural sorbents, e.g., from mineral waste and vegetal or animal biomass, with or without physical and chemical modification; (b) removal of organic or inorganic contaminants from water; (c) physical and chemical characterization of the sorbent; (d) kinetic and equilibrium sorptive tests with the aim of verifying the optimum conditions for pollutant uptake, exploring the effect of reaction time, pH, sorbent dosage, concentration, and temperature; (e) evaluation of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters; and (f) determination of the actual sorption mechanism.
Dr. Stefano Salvestrini
Guest Editor
Dr. Yannice Tatiane da Costa Santos
Dr. Hiago de Oliveira Gomes
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- natural sorbents
- removal of organic or inorganic contaminants from water
- physical and chemical characterization of the sorbent
- kinetic and equilibrium sorptive tests
- evaluation of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters
- determination of the actual sorption mechanism
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