Skip Content
You are currently on the new version of our website. Access the old version .

729 Results Found

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
967 Views
36 Pages

30 September 2025

The synthesis of precious metal nanoparticles (PM-NPs) is an important field of research that has expanded significantly in recent decades due to their numerous applications. Therefore, research has been directed toward developing green methods for t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,749 Views
12 Pages

Algae Biomass Hydrogels for Enhanced Removal of Heavy Metal Ions

  • Mingjie Zhao,
  • Dadong Wang,
  • Zhen Fan,
  • Jian Lu,
  • Yibo Li,
  • Yongwei Zhang,
  • Mingchen Lv,
  • Min Sun and
  • Wenji Wang

20 February 2025

Heavy metal ion pollution in aquatic environments is a critical global issue, damaging ecosystems and threatening human health via bioaccumulation in the food chain. Despite promising progress with biosorbents, the development of environmentally frie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,013 Views
20 Pages

3 January 2023

This work concerns the waste management method of algae biomass wastes (ABW). For this purpose, we prepared bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (bio-TPU) composites. Algae biomass wastes are derived from algal oil extraction of Chlorella v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,614 Views
16 Pages

22 November 2017

Increasing N concentration and the high density of epiphytic algae are both key factors leading to the decline of submerged macrophytes in many eutrophic lakes. In order to investigate the impacts of increased nitrate-N concentration and the growth o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,253 Views
19 Pages

19 October 2023

This study used pilot-scale high-rate algae ponds to assess algal–bacteria biomass productivity and wastewater nutrient removal as well as the impact of mechanical and hydrothermal pretreatments on biomass disintegration, methane production kin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,088 Views
12 Pages

Fractionation of Arctic Brown Algae (Fucus vesiculosus) Biomass Using 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

  • Artyom V. Belesov,
  • Daria A. Lvova,
  • Danil I. Falev,
  • Ilya I. Pikovskoi,
  • Anna V. Faleva,
  • Nikolay V. Ul’yanovskii,
  • Anton V. Ladesov and
  • Dmitry S. Kosyakov

14 November 2023

Arctic brown algae are considered a promising industrial-scale source of bioactive sub-stances as polysaccharides, polyphenols, and low-molecular secondary metabolites. Conventional technologies for their processing are focused mainly on the isolatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,821 Views
20 Pages

23 January 2022

To maintain high production and growing rates of plants, synthetically obtained fertilizers are commonly used. Excessive amounts of fertilizers damage the natural ecosystem and cause various environmental problems. In relation to the environment and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,279 Views
16 Pages

Mixotrophy of Algae: More Algal Biomass and More Biofertilization for Plants

  • Nermin El Semary,
  • Amira Mohamed Abd El-Sattar,
  • Eman Zakaria Ahmed and
  • Munirah Aldayel

27 March 2023

Background: The use of algae as biofertilizers is fast-spreading in order to meet the excessive demands for agricultural products. To achieve this, enough algal biomass needs to be supplied year-round. Hence, algal nutritional components must be opti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,948 Views
14 Pages

Algae Biomass as a Potential Source of Liquid Fuels

  • Marcin Dębowski,
  • Marcin Zieliński,
  • Izabela Świca and
  • Joanna Kazimierowicz

19 November 2021

Algae biomass is perceived as a prospective source of many types of biofuels, including biogas and biomethane produced in the anaerobic digestion process, ethanol from alcoholic fermentation, biodiesel synthesized from lipid reserve substances, and b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
83 Citations
15,499 Views
27 Pages

A Review of Algae-Based Produced Water Treatment for Biomass and Biofuel Production

  • Ashiqur Rahman,
  • Saumya Agrawal,
  • Tabish Nawaz,
  • Shanglei Pan and
  • Thinesh Selvaratnam

21 August 2020

Produced water (PW), the largest waste stream generated in oil and gas industries, has the potential to be a harmless product rather than being a waste. Biological processes using microorganisms have proven useful to remediate PW contaminated by petr...

  • Article
  • Open Access

5 February 2026

Filamentous opportunistic algae, which behave as opportunistic species, are frequently observed in Eriocheir sinensis aquaculture ponds. These algae can entangle Eriocheir sinensis and release harmful substances during decomposition, thereby negative...

  • Review
  • Open Access
171 Citations
14,456 Views
21 Pages

14 February 2022

The presence of heavy metals in water bodies is linked to the increasing number of industries and populations. This has serious consequences for the quality of human health and the environment. In accordance with this issue, water and wastewater trea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,837 Views
21 Pages

Algal biomass is a prospective feedstock for the eco-sustainable production of many different products with added value, such as meals, feeds, and fuels. The remaining biomass from the algae can be used as raw material and can be transformed into use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,093 Views
19 Pages

Catalase Activity in Keratinocytes, Stratum Corneum, and Defatted Algae Biomass as a Potential Skin Care Ingredient

  • Michal Szczepanczyk,
  • Tautgirdas Ruzgas,
  • Fredrika Gullfot,
  • Anna Gustafsson and
  • Sebastian Björklund

The generation of reactive oxygen species presents a destructive challenge for the skin organ and there is a clear need to advance skin care formulations aiming at alleviating oxidative stress. The aim of this work was to characterize the activity of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
2,852 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of Thermodynamic Parameters for Cu(II) Ions Biosorption on Algae Biomass and Derived Biochars

  • Alina Alexandra Ciobanu,
  • Dumitru Bulgariu,
  • Ioana Alexandra Ionescu,
  • Diana Maria Puiu,
  • Gabriela Geanina Vasile and
  • Laura Bulgariu

28 July 2023

The removal of metal ions by biosorption on inexpensive materials is still a challenge for environmental engineering research. In this study, marine green algae biomass (Ulva lactuca sp.) and the biochars obtained from this biomass, at 320 °C (BC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,464 Views
21 Pages

The Detection of Green Tide Biomass by Remote Sensing Images and In Situ Measurement in the Yellow Sea of China

  • Wei Tian,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Fengli Zhang,
  • Xudong Liu,
  • Jian Yang,
  • Junna Yuan,
  • Xiaofei Mi and
  • Yun Shao

20 July 2023

The world’s largest macroalgae bloom (also known as green tide) has been reported since the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, which is verified as the fast reproduction of floating green macroalgae (Ulva prolifera). It is helpful to assess the biomas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
196 Views
16 Pages

Municipal wastewater contains high amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), as well as other compounds that are harmful to the environment; however, it can also be used as an algae growth medium. In this study locally (Lithuania) isolated algae Sc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,209 Views
38 Pages

Optimization of the Algal Biomass to Biodiesel Supply Chain: Case Studies of the State of Oklahoma and the United States

  • Soumya Yadala,
  • Justin D. Smith,
  • David Young,
  • Daniel W. Crunkleton and
  • Selen Cremaschi

18 April 2020

The goal of this work is to design a supply chain network that distributes algae biomass from supply locations to meet biodiesel demand at specified demand locations, given a specified algae species, cultivation (i.e., supply) locations, demand locat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,233 Views
22 Pages

Optimization of a Chlorella vulgaris-Based Carbon Sequestration Technique Using an Alkaline Medium of Wood Biomass Ash Extract

  • György Fekete,
  • Szandra Klátyik,
  • András Sebők,
  • Anna Boglárka Dálnoki,
  • Anita Takács,
  • Miklós Gulyás,
  • Imre Czinkota,
  • András Székács,
  • Csaba Gyuricza and
  • László Aleksza

21 December 2024

Algae communities as primary producers are essential elements of aquatic ecosystems and contribute significantly to oxygen production, carbon dioxide fixation, and nutrient transport processes in water bodies. The use of algae-based carbon capture an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
4,706 Views
16 Pages

Adsorption of Cu(II) Ions on Adsorbent Materials Obtained from Marine Red Algae Callithamnion corymbosum sp.

  • Alina Roxana Lucaci,
  • Dumitru Bulgariu,
  • Maria-Cristina Popescu and
  • Laura Bulgariu

30 January 2020

In recent years, studies on the more efficient use of natural materials in adsorption processes have increased significantly. Thus, obtaining new adsorbents from marine algae biomass with higher adsorptive performance will ensure a better use of thes...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,910 Views
12 Pages

Stream Algal Biomass Associations with Environmental Variables in a Temperate Rainforest

  • Elsa K. Toskey,
  • Stephen M. Bollens,
  • Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens,
  • Peter M. Kiffney,
  • Kyle D. Martens and
  • Bernard T. Bormann

27 May 2024

Benthic algae and autotrophic seston are important bases of stream food webs, and several different environmental factors may influence their biomass. We explored how benthic algae and autotrophic seston biomass (using chlorophyll-a as a proxy for al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,271 Views
12 Pages

Biomass and Lipid Production Potential of an Indian Marine Algal Isolate Tetraselmis striata BBRR1

  • Annakkili Baskara Boopathy,
  • Thanasekaran Jayakumar,
  • Senthil Chinnasamy,
  • Muthu Ganesan Rajaram,
  • Natarajan Mohan,
  • Subramani Nagaraj,
  • Ramasamy Rengasamy,
  • Manjunath Manubolu,
  • Joen-Rong Sheu and
  • Chao-Chien Chang

10 January 2020

Four different strains of marine algae viz. Tetraselmis tetrathele, Tetraselmis striata, Tetraselmis chuii, and Tetraselmis gracilis were isolated from the saltpans in Kovelong, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The systematic position of Tetraselmis stria...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,079 Views
29 Pages

Production of Algae-Derived Biochar and Its Application in Pollutants Adsorption—A Mini Review

  • Luyang Li,
  • Jinfeng Wang,
  • Weiming Sun,
  • Xinhong Peng and
  • Xinhua Qi

Developing algae cultivation for food, chemicals, and bio-energy generates a significant amount of algal waste/residue after utilization. Meanwhile, harmful algal blooms caused by abnormal proliferation of various algae produce a large amount of alga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,460 Views
15 Pages

Itaconic Anhydride as a Bio-Based Compatibilizer for a Tung Oil-Based Thermosetting Resin Reinforced with Sand and Algae Biomass

  • Julio Antonio Conti Silva,
  • Seth Dever,
  • Anthony Siccardi,
  • Drew Snelling,
  • Ibrahim Al Qabani,
  • Scott Thompson,
  • Karin Goldberg,
  • Genevieve Baudoin,
  • Talita Martins Lacerda and
  • Rafael Lopes Quirino

1 July 2023

In this work, renewable composites were prepared by the association of a thermosetting resin synthesized via free-radical polymerization, using a mixture of tung oil, n-butyl methacrylate, and divinylbenzene, with silica-rich fillers, namely an algae...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,944 Views
14 Pages

Macroalgae and Microalgae Biomass as Feedstock for Products Applied to Bioenergy and Food Industry: A Brief Review

  • Michelle Dias Hornes da Rosa,
  • Cristina Jansen Alves,
  • Felipe Nardo dos Santos,
  • Alexander Ossanes de Souza,
  • Elessandra da Rosa Zavareze,
  • Ernani Pinto,
  • Miguel Daniel Noseda,
  • Daniela Ramos and
  • Cláudio Martin Pereira de Pereira

11 February 2023

This article is a brief and critical review of the state of the art in algae production in the food and energy industries. Review and experimental articles from the last five years were selected to recapitulate the reasons for interest in algae culti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,974 Views
10 Pages

8 March 2020

Enteromorpha is a species of algae biomass that is spread widely and has resulted in green tides in China in recent years. It was urgent to explore an appropriate method for taking advantage of the ocean waste as an energy supply in the current susta...

  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
9,358 Views
13 Pages

15 July 2020

Agribusiness could be the most promising sector for algae biomass exploitation and popularization. In this paper we summarize the scope of interests in agribusiness which can be fulfilled with algae exploitation. A high growth rate, a high ability to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
208 Views
11 Pages

Changes in Water Quality and Plankton of Artificial Culture Pond in Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

  • Yanqing Wu,
  • Liming Liu,
  • Rongbin Du,
  • Wengang Xu,
  • Bo Qin,
  • Na Ying and
  • Bianbian Zhang

25 January 2026

Recently, how to improve the aquaculture efficiency of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and promote the sustainable development of its artificial cultivation has become an increasingly important issue. The pond water environment plays important ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
3,544 Views
16 Pages

21 August 2020

Biosorption is a viable alternative that can be used to remove heavy metal ions from aqueous effluents, as long as the biosorbent used is cost-effective and efficient. To highlight this aspect in this study, alginate extracted from marine red algae b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
12,390 Views
21 Pages

Tendencies Affecting the Growth and Cultivation of Genus Spirulina: An Investigative Review on Current Trends

  • Nawal K. Z. AlFadhly,
  • Nawfal Alhelfi,
  • Ammar B. Altemimi,
  • Deepak Kumar Verma and
  • Francesco Cacciola

11 November 2022

Spirulina, a kind of blue-green algae, is one of the Earth’s oldest known forms of life. Spirulina grows best in very alkaline environments, although it may flourish across a wide variety of pH values. There are several techniques for growing S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,491 Views
25 Pages

Applying Silver Nanoparticles to Enhance Metabolite Accumulation and Biodiesel Production in New Algal Resources

  • Maria Hasnain,
  • Neelma Munir,
  • Zainul Abideen,
  • Daniel Anthony Dias,
  • Farheen Aslam and
  • Roberto Mancinelli

Biofuel generation from algae can be increased by using nanotechnology. The present study emphasizes the use of silver nanoparticles on algae for algal fuel generation along with the impact of nanoparticles on biomass, metabolites and lipid profile....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,100 Views
14 Pages

Application of Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck as a Biostimulant for Growing Cucumber Seedlings in Hydroponics

  • Galiya I. Vildanova,
  • Rezeda Z. Allaguvatova,
  • Dina F. Kunsbaeva,
  • Natalia V. Sukhanova and
  • Lira A. Gaysina

Hydroponics is a promising method for growing agricultural plants and is especially relevant in the context of global climate change. Microscopic algae, including Chlorella vulgaris, have great potential for use in hydroponic systems as natural growt...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,024 Views
25 Pages

The growing global concern about the environmental impact of fossil fuels’ greenhouse gas emissions has spurred the introduction of innovative, sustainable alternatives. Microalgae biomass holds substantial potential as a viable source material...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,685 Views
23 Pages

7 April 2025

The development of sustainable agriculture is critical in order to address the growing challenges of global food security while reducing environmental impact. This study focuses on the potential of Furcellaria lumbricalis, red algae found in the Balt...

  • Review
  • Open Access
272 Citations
25,747 Views
23 Pages

1 February 2021

As the need for non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels has increased during the last few decades, the search for sustainable and renewable alternative sources has gained growing interest. Enzymatic hydrolysis in bioethanol production presents an...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,957 Views
34 Pages

25 August 2025

The global population surge and continuously rising energy demand have led to the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves. Over-exploitation of non-renewable fuels is responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases, air pollution, and global warming...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
14,192 Views
24 Pages

12 August 2021

Microalgae-mediated CO2 sequestration has been a subject of numerous research works and has become one of the most promising strategies to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. However, feeding flue and exhaust gas into algae-based systems has been show...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,288 Views
35 Pages

2 December 2019

Sea-ice biophysical properties are characterized by high spatio-temporal variability ranging from the meso- to the millimeter scale. Ice coring is a common yet coarse point sampling technique that struggles to capture such variability in a non-invasi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
401 Views
20 Pages

26 December 2025

Incorporating microalgae into integrated biotechnologies facilitates rational resource management. Cultivation of microalgae in various types of wastewater offers a number of advantages: safe disposal of liquid waste, restoration of water resources,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,189 Views
16 Pages

Environmentally Friendly Chelation for Enhanced Algal Biomass Deashing

  • Agyare Asante,
  • George Daramola,
  • Ryan W. Davis and
  • Sandeep Kumar

High ash content in algal biomass limits its suitability for biofuel production by reducing combustion efficiency and increasing fouling. This study presents a green deashing strategy using nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and deionized (DI) water to puri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,320 Views
20 Pages

Poultry slaughterhouse wastewater (PSW) affects environmental and economic issues, and the introduction of modern treatment technologies, including microalgae-based ones, is strictly necessary. In this study, bioremediation of unsterilized PSW by sev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,778 Views
15 Pages

Marine Algae-Derived Porous Carbons as Robust Electrocatalysts for ORR

  • Yang Li,
  • Xianhua Liu,
  • Jiao Wang,
  • Li Yang,
  • Xiaochen Chen,
  • Xin Wang and
  • Pingping Zhang

28 August 2019

Large quantities of marine algae are annually produced, and have been disposed or burned as solid waste. In this work, porous carbons were prepared from three kinds of marine algae (Enteromorpha, Laminaria, and Chlorella) by a two-step activation pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,433 Views
15 Pages

Itaconic Anhydride as a Green Compatibilizer in Composites Prepared by the Reinforcement of a Tung Oil-Based Thermosetting Resin with Miscanthus, Pine Wood, or Algae Biomass

  • Julio Antonio Conti Silva,
  • Hannah Walton,
  • Seth Dever,
  • Kamran Kardel,
  • Talita Martins Lacerda and
  • Rafael Lopes Quirino

23 December 2022

Unsaturated vegetable oils with conjugated carbon–carbon double bonds, such as tung oil, can undergo free-radical polymerization, originating alternatives to petroleum-based materials. The introduction of fillers to vegetable oil-based polymer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
4,304 Views
16 Pages

11 June 2021

There is wide consensus that Spirulina can serve as a tool for wastewater management and simultaneously provide feedstock for biorefining. However, the economic aspects associated with its use remain a significant challenge. Spirulina cultivated in w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,152 Views
29 Pages

This work summarizes ice algal studies, presented as biomass and species temporal and spatial distribution, during 11 cruises conducted between 1986 and 2012. The majority of the biomass was found as loosely attached sub-ice algal layers, and samplin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,980 Views
15 Pages

In Situ N, O-Dually Doped Nanoporous Biochar Derived from Waste Eutrophic Spirulina for High-Performance Supercapacitors

  • Yihao Geng,
  • Jieni Wang,
  • Xuanyu Chen,
  • Qizhao Wang,
  • Shuqin Zhang,
  • Yijun Tian,
  • Chenxiao Liu,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Zhangdong Wei and
  • Shicheng Zhang
  • + 2 authors

27 August 2023

Sustainable and high-performance energy storage materials are crucial to address global energy and environmental challenges. In this study, Spirulina platensis was used as the carbon and nitrogen source, and Spirulina-based nanoporous biochar (SNPB)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,942 Views
17 Pages

Photopolymerization of L-DOPA-Alginate Immobilized Cell Wall Laccase for Textile Dye Decolorization

  • Nikolina Popović Kokar,
  • Anamarija Nikoletić,
  • Marija Stanišić,
  • Milica Crnoglavac Popović and
  • Radivoje Prodanović

1 June 2024

Alginate is a naturally occurring polymer derived from brown algae biomass, which has numerous applications in various fields. Chemical modification of alginate is widely used to improve alginate’s physicochemical properties and provide new pot...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
12,156 Views
29 Pages

Algae: The Reservoir of Bioethanol

  • Thummala Chandrasekhar,
  • Duddela Varaprasad,
  • Poreddy Gnaneswari,
  • Battana Swapna,
  • Khateef Riazunnisa,
  • Vankara Anu Prasanna,
  • Mallikarjuna Korivi,
  • Young-Jung Wee and
  • Veeranjaneya Reddy Lebaka

Overuse of non-renewable fossil fuels due to the population explosion urges us to focus on renewable fuels such as bioethanol. It is a well-known fact that ethanol is useful as a blending product with common fuels such as petrol and diesel. This redu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,485 Views
18 Pages

13 July 2021

Sewage sludge (SS) generation and its management still pose a problem in many countries. Anaerobic co-digestion (AcD) of SS with grease trap sludge (GTS) and organic fraction of municipal sewage waste (OFMSW), which are two easily biodegradable subst...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,794 Views
4 Pages

Microwave Heating Impact on the Oil Yield from Botryococcus braunii Algae Biomass

  • Magdalena Rokicka,
  • Marcin Zieliński,
  • Marcin Dębowski and
  • Katarzyna Głowacka

26 October 2018

Stage, which is still difficult for researchers is extraction of the lipids, especially the cell disruption stage prior to the extraction process. Strength of cell walls of microalgae makes lipids difficult to access. The aim of the experiment was to...

of 15