Cellulose-Based Materials for Water Remediation: Adsorption, Catalysis, and Antifouling

Abdelhamid, Hani Nasser and Mathew, Aji P. (2021) Cellulose-Based Materials for Water Remediation: Adsorption, Catalysis, and Antifouling. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 3. ISSN 2673-2718

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Abstract

Cellulose-based materials have been advanced technologies that used in water remediation. They exhibit several advantages being the most abundant biopolymer in nature, high biocompatibility, and contain several functional groups. Cellulose can be prepared in several derivatives including nanomaterials such as cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), and TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical)-mediated oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (TOCNF). The presence of functional groups such as carboxylic and hydroxyls groups can be modified or grafted with organic moieties offering extra functional groups customizing for specific applications. These functional groups ensure the capability of cellulose biopolymers to be modified with nanoparticles such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene oxide (GO), silver (Ag) nanoparticles, and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. Thus, they can be applied for water remediation via removing water pollutants including heavy metal ions, organic dyes, drugs, and microbial species. Cellulose-based materials can be also used for removing microorganisms being active as membranes or antibacterial agents. They can proceed into various forms such as membranes, sheets, papers, foams, aerogels, and filters. This review summarized the applications of cellulose-based materials for water remediation via methods such as adsorption, catalysis, and antifouling. The high performance of cellulose-based materials as well as their simple processing methods ensure the high potential for water remediation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Euro Archives > Chemical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2023 06:48
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2024 04:39
URI: http://publish7promo.com/id/eprint/1102

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