The Evolution of Sorbents Based on Natural Materials for Wastewater Pollution Control
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 24266
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Interests: adsorption; pollutant removal from water and wastewater; environmental chemistry; water protection
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Interests: adsorption process; biosorption process; catalysis; phylosilciates; hybrid materials; material synthesis and functionalization; characterization; wastewater treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wastewater treatment involves the use of mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove various chemical pollutants from wastewater. Biological wastewater treatment, also known as the conventional method, is a common and widely used treatment method. However, conventional wastewater treatment plants are not sufficiently efficient in removing pollutants that cannot be metabolized by microorganisms, e.g., detergents, pesticides, dyes, drug residues, personal care product residues, heavy metals, phenols, PCBs, PAHs, and trihalomethanes. Many of these substances are classified as contaminants of emerging concern, posing a significant risk to the aquatic environment or a hazard that is transmitted through them. Among the many methods for their removal, sorption appears to be one of the most promising, as it has proven to be simple, cost-effective, highly efficient, and versatile in dealing with chemically diverse compounds that require removal. To make it even more cost-effective and sustainable, sorbents based on natural materials of microbial, plant, animal, and mineral origin are being studied in detail. These materials (e.g., active or inactive microbial biomass, chitin, lignocellulosic materials, bones, feathers, eggshells, clay minerals, metal oxides) can be used in either unmodified or novel form, and more superior sorbents (e.g., biochar or composites) can be obtained through a variety of modifications or functionalization.
This Special Issue is devoted to new research and recent contributions on the synthesis, characteristics, and application of sorbents from natural materials and their use in the removal of pollutants from wastewater.
Dr. Natalija Velić
Dr. Marija Stjepanović
Dr. Nataša Jović-Jovičić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pollutant removal
- wastewater
- sorbent
- adsorption
- biosorption
- ion exchange
- modification
- functionalization
- composite materials
- biochar
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