• Title of article

    The role of nanomaterials as effective adsorbents and their applications in wastewater treatment

  • Author/Authors

    Sadegh, Hamidreza Department of Chemistry - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Ali, Gomaa A. M Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology - Universiti Malaysia Pahang - Kuantan, Malaysia , Kumar Gupta, Vinod Department of Applied Chemistry - University of Johannesburg - Johannesburg, South Africa , Hamdy Makhlouf, Abdel Salam Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering - College of Engineering and Computer Science - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA , Shahryari-ghoshekandi, Ramin Department of Chemistry - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Nadagouda, Mallikarjuna N Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering - Wright State University - Dayton, USA , Sillanpa¨a, Mika Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Florida International University - Miami, USA , Megiel, El_zbieta University of Warsaw - Faculty of Chemistry, Poland

  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    14
  • Abstract
    Nanomaterials have been extensively studied for heavy metal ions and dye removals from wastewater. This article reviews the role of nanomaterials as effective adsorbents for wastewater purification. In recent years, numerous novel nanomaterial adsorbents have been developed for enhancing the efficiency and adsorption capacities of removing contaminants from wastewater. The innovation, forthcoming development, and challenges of cost-effective and environmentally acceptable nanomaterials for water purification are discussed and reviewed in this article. This review concludes that nanomaterials have many unique morphological and structural properties that qualify them to be used as effective adsorbents to solve several environmental problems.
  • Keywords
    Nanomaterials , Heavy metal ions , Dyes , Adsorption , Wastewater treatment
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2017
  • Record number

    2436247