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Waste-Derived Functional Materials: Application in Water and Wastewater Treatment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2024) | Viewed by 3487

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Dr. Huiping Zeng

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Key Laboratory of Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Interests: groundwater treatment; adsorption; catalysis; arsenic removal; water treatment residuals; functional materials for water treatment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution is a major threat to the sustainable development of human society; therefore, there is an urgent need to develop efficient and low-cost water and wastewater treatment technologies to ensure the supply of clean drinking water and the restoration of polluted water bodies. However, most water treatment technologies heavily rely on functional materials, making low-cost and high-performance water treatment materials highly favored. Currently, a large number of researchers have focused on the preparation and application research of waste-derived water treatment materials, which have significant environmental and economic significance.

This Special Issue will concentrate on highlighting timely research including the latest applications of waste-derived functional materials in adsorption, photocatalytic degradation, electrochemical treatment, and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs).  For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Resource utilization of agricultural waste and its application in water and wastewater treatment.
  • Resource utilization of industrial waste and its application in water and wastewater treatment.
  • Resource utilization of water treatment residuals and its application in water and wastewater treatment.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Huiping Zeng
Guest Editor

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  • sustainability
  • waste-derived functional materials
  • water and wastewater treatment

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Effects of Gamma-Synthesized Chitosan on Morphological, Thermal, Mechanical, and Heavy-Metal Removal Properties in Natural Rubber Foam as Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Heavy Metal Sorbents
by Thitiwan Intha, Ekachai Wimolmala, Pattra Lertsarawut and Kiadtisak Saenboonruang
Sustainability 2024, 16(15), 6282; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156282 - 23 Jul 2024
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The properties of natural rubber foam (NRF) containing gamma-synthesized chitosan (CS) powder were investigated to address the growing demand for efficient methods to treat industrial wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The CS powder was prepared by irradiating chitin (CT) powder with varying doses [...] Read more.
The properties of natural rubber foam (NRF) containing gamma-synthesized chitosan (CS) powder were investigated to address the growing demand for efficient methods to treat industrial wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The CS powder was prepared by irradiating chitin (CT) powder with varying doses of gamma rays (0–100 kGy), followed by deacetylation using 40% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 100 °C for 1 h. The resulting CS powders were then mixed with natural rubber latex (NRL) at different contents (0, 3, 6, and 9 parts per hundred parts of rubber by weight; phr) and processed using Dunlop techniques to prepare the foam samples. The experimental findings indicated that the degree of deacetylation (%DD) of the CS powder increased initially with gamma doses up to 60 kGy but then decreased at 80 and 100 kGy. In addition, when the CS powder was incorporated into the NRF samples, there were increases in total surface area, density, compression set, and hardness (shore OO), with increasing gamma doses and CS contents. Furthermore, the determination of heavy metal adsorption properties for Cu, Pb, Zn, and Cd showed that the developed NRF sample exhibited high adsorption capacities. For instance, their removal efficiencies reached 94.9%, 82.5%, 91.4%, and 97.0%, respectively, in NRF containing 9 phr of 60 kGy CS. Notably, all adsorption measurements were determined using 3 cm × 3 cm × 2.5 cm specimens submerged in respective metal solutions, with an initial concentration of 25 mg/L. However, the removal capacity per unit mass of the sample (mg/g) showed less dependencies on CS contents, probably due to the higher density of CS/NRF composites in comparison to pristine NRF, resulting in a smaller volume of the former being submerged in the solution, subsequently suppressing the effects from CS in the adsorption. Lastly, tests on the reusability of the developed NRF indicated that the samples could be reused for up to three cycles, with the Cu removal capacity remaining relatively high (83%) in the sample containing 9 phr of 60 kGy CS. The overall outcomes implied that the developed NRF with the addition of gamma-synthesized CS not only offered effective and eco-friendly heavy metal adsorption capacity to improve public health safety and the environment from industrial wastewater but also promoted greener and safer procedures for the synthesis/modification of similar substances through radiation technologies. Full article
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Facile Preparation of Magnetic Chitosan Carbon Based on Recycling of Iron Sludge for Sb(III) Removal
by Huiping Zeng, He Xu, Yuwei Zeng, Siqi Sun, Jie Zhang and Dong Li
Sustainability 2024, 16(7), 2788; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072788 - 27 Mar 2024
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In this study, following the concept of “treating waste with waste”, magnetic chitosan carbon (MCC) was developed through the pyrolysis of chitosan/iron sludge (CHS) beads created using an embedding method in a closed environment for antimony removal. The results indicate MCC has a [...] Read more.
In this study, following the concept of “treating waste with waste”, magnetic chitosan carbon (MCC) was developed through the pyrolysis of chitosan/iron sludge (CHS) beads created using an embedding method in a closed environment for antimony removal. The results indicate MCC has a good magnetic recovery rate and that its magnetic saturation strength can reach 33.243 emu/g. The iron proportion and acid resistance of MCC were all better than those of CHS, and at 25 °C, its adsorption saturation capacity improved from 24.956 mg/g to 38.234 mg/g. MCC has a quick adsorption equilibrium time, and in about 20 min, 90% of the final equilibrium capacity can be achieved. The primary mechanism of Sb adsorption by MCC is the formation of an inner sphere complex between Fe-O and Sb, while surface complexation, hydrogen bonding, and interaction also play a function. Thus, MCC, a lower-cost and greener adsorbent for Sb removal, has been made using iron sludge. This enabled it to utilize iron sludge as a resource and served as a reference for the sustainable management of water treatment residuals. Full article
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Activated Carbon Fabricated from Biomass for Adsorption/Bio-Adsorption of 2,4-D and MCPA: Kinetics, Isotherms, and Artificial Neural Network Modeling
by Raid Alrowais, Mahmoud M. Abdel daiem, Basheer M. Nasef and Noha Said
Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 299; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010299 - 28 Dec 2023
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Adsorption is an effective and economical alternative to remove herbicides from polluted water. The aim of this study is to investigate the adsorption of the most common herbicides (2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D) and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)) onto activated carbon (AC) fabricated from wheat straw [...] Read more.
Adsorption is an effective and economical alternative to remove herbicides from polluted water. The aim of this study is to investigate the adsorption of the most common herbicides (2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D) and 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)) onto activated carbon (AC) fabricated from wheat straw under different conditions. The adsorption of MCPA and 2,4-D onto the selected AC (CLW) and the effects of the ionic strength, the solution pH, and the presence of microorganisms in the medium were investigated. The results showed that the selected AC had a high surface area (1437 m2/g). The adsorption rate increased with an increase in the AC mass. The selected AC had a higher adsorption capacity (1.32 mmol/g) for 2,4-D compared to MCPA (0.76 mmol/g). The adsorption of 2,4-D and MCPA was not affected by variation in the solution pH. However, the presence of electrolytes exerted a major effect on adsorption. The presence of microorganisms enhanced adsorption onto the AC by 17% and 32% for 2,4-D and MCPA, respectively. Moreover, a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) was employed to accurately predict the adsorption capacity based on the pollutant type, carbon dose, initial concentration, pH, ionic strength, and presence of bacteria. The RBFNN showed excellent accuracy in predicting the adsorption capacity, with an R2 value of 0.96 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.054. These findings showed that the AC fabricated from biomass residues of wheat straw is a promising option to recycle this type of biomass waste and reduce environmental threats, consequently contributing to achieving sustainability. Full article
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