Pollutant Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorptive Biomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute an original research paper, review article, or hot topic to our Special Issue of Clean Technologies entitled “Pollutant Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorptive Biomaterials”, for peer-review and possible publication. Worldwide, large volumes of household and industrial wastewater are produced each year, and inadequate wastewater treatment is currently regarded as one of the main factors causing the pollution of water resources.

Compared to other conventional methods of water depollution, adsorption has emerged as significant technology for removing harmful substances.

A variety of novel non-conventional adsorbents, either synthetic or natural, have been developed in recent years to remove environmental pollutants from water and wastewater via adsorption. Biomaterials aim to align with the concepts of the circular economy and green chemistry while being more ecologically benign, economically feasible, easy to use and regenerate. The list of bio-adsorbents is particularly vast, including, for example, plant biomass, cellulose-based materials, lignocellulosic agricultural waste, forestry and pulp industry waste, biochar composites, novel-structured carbon-based materials, chitosan-based nanocomposites, modified zeolites, and modified clays.

The objective of this Special Issue on “Pollutant Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorptive Biomaterials” is to review the state of the art and disseminate the latest research results obtained in the domain of non-conventional adsorbents used to remove water pollutants.

We invite colleagues to contribute original research papers and critical reviews addressing recent progresses on all aspects regarding innovative bio-adsorbents for water decontamination.

Dr. Andreea Bondarev
Dr. Sonia Mihai
Guest Editors

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