Agricultural peels for dye adsorption: A review of recent literature

Malachite green “a cationic dye” and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorption

“…More than 250 research articles have been published related to the adsorption of MG which confirmed that amongst all the available treatment techniques, adsorption has more frequently used one. In addition, though there was a number of review articles such as Microbial decolorization of textile-dye containing effluents: a review by Banat et al (1996); Fungal decolorization of dye wastewaters: a review by Fu and Viraraghavan (2001); Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative Robinson et al (2001); The removal of color from textile wastewater using whole bacterial cells: a review by Pearce et al (2003); Removal of synthetic dyes from wastewaters: a review by Forgacs et al (2004); Decolourization of industrial effluents-available methods and emerging technologies-a review by Anjaneyulu et al (2005); Adsorption-desorption characteristics of phenol and reactive dyes from aqueous solution on mesoporous activated carbon prepared from waste tires by Tanthapanichakoon et al (2005); Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: a review by Crini (2006); Methods of dye removal from dye house effluent-an overview by Mondal (2008); Agricultural based activated carbons for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions: a review by Demirbas (2009); Application of low-cost adsorbents for dye removal-a review by Gupta and Suhas (2009); Biodegradation of synthetic dyes-a review by Ali (2010); Decolorization of dye wastewaters by biosorbents: A review by Srinivasan and Viraraghavan (2010); Cationic and anionic dye adsorption by agricultural solid wastes: a comprehensive review by Salleh et al (2011); A review on applicability of naturally available adsorbents for the removal of hazardous dyes from aqueous waste by Sharma et al (2011); Adsorption of dyes and heavy metal ions by chitosan composites: a review by Wan Ngah et al (2011); Microbial decolouration of azo dyes: A review by Solís et al (2012); Adsorption of dyes using different types of sand: a review by Bello et al (2013); Adsorptive removal of dyes from aqueous solution onto carbon nanotubes: a review by ; Agricultural peels for dye adsorption: a review of recent literature by Anastopoulos and Kyzas (2014); Magnetic composite an environmental super adsorbent for dye sequestration-a review by Sivashankar et al (2014); Dye and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorptio...…”

Zero-Cost Agricultural Wastes as Sources for Activated Carbons Synthesis: Lead Ions Removal from Wastewaters

“…Recently, many researchers worldwide turned their interest to the preparation of low-cost adsorbent materials for decontamination/desalination purposes [1][2][3][4]. It is fact that these years there is a question about which adsorbent is most efficient.…”

“…In the present study, based on our previous experience/knowledge in activated carbons and low-cost adsorbent materials [4,5,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], activated carbons were produced from agricultural wastes by hydrothermal treatment of potato peels. All samples were activated using KOH at 400 °C.…”

Removal of Rhodamine B and Congo Red from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption onto Activated Carbons

“…Of all these techniques adsorption appears to be the most suitable and economic. Many naturally available solids 8 , agricultural [9][10][11] and other lignocellulosic 12 and wood wastes 13 as such or after conversion to activated carbon have been successfully used for the removal of dyes. Many investigators have improved the performance of these activated carbons by wet chemical treatments [14][15][16] .…”