Author/Authors :
Zare, Karim Department of Chemistry - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Kumar Gupta, Vinod Department of Chemistry - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India , Moradi, Omid Department of Chemistry - Shahr-e-Qods Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Hamdy Makhlouf, Abdel Salam Department of Manufacturing Engineering - College of Engineering and Computer Science - University of Texas Pan- American - Edinburg, USA , Sillanpa¨a, Mika Laboratory of Green Chemistry - Lappeenranta University of Technology - Mikkeli, Finland , Nadagouda, Mallikarjuna N National Risk Management Research Laboratory - US Environmental Protection Agency - WSWRD, TTEB, Cincinnati - OH, USA , Sadegh, Hamidreza Department of Chemistry - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Shahryari-ghoshekandi, Ramin Department of Chemistry - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Pal, Angshuman Chemistry and Biomolecular Science - Clarkson University - Potsdam, USA , Wang, Zhou-jun State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering - Beijing University of Chemical Technology - Beisanhuan East Road - Chaoyang District, People’s Republic of China , Tyagi, Inderjeet Department of Chemistry - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India , Kazemi, Maryam Department of Chemistry - Payame Noor University, Zanjan
Abstract :
Rapid removal of noxious synthetic dyes from
wastewater is of great concern in the scientific research field,
this is due to the expansion of harmful effects of synthetic
dyes traces in water streams on the environment and human
health with the exponential rise in concentration of synthetic
dye globally and demand in various industries that coincided
with the implantation of more stringent water quality standards.
Various technologies have been applied for the removal
of synthetic dye from wastewater, including adsorption
technology, which has a great potential in treating varieties of
synthetic dyes. This article comprehensively reviews the latest
progress in the development of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
and their applications for the removal of synthetic dyes from
wastewater, including functionalized of CNTs and their researched
counterparts. The emerging trends in the development
of alternative adsorbents with different substrates,
morphologies, and functional groups are also elucidated.
Keywords :
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) , Activated carbon (AC) , Synthetic dyes , Adsorption , Functionalization , Wastewater treatment
