“…Low cost industrial and agricultural by-products and waste materials usually have low adsorption efficiency because of their low pore volumes and poor pore structure [ 2 , 3 ]. Novel nanomaterials, including carbon-based nanomaterials, metal-oxide based nanomaterials, nanoparticles and various nanocomposites have been systematically applied for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”