Current Progress on Porous Geopolymers for Adsorption of Heavy Metals

Water resources are continuously contaminated by a variety of pollutants, from which heavy metals can be considered as a high-risk pollutant for the environment and human health. One of the most extensively used techniques for removal of heavy metals from wastewater is adsorption. This paper reviews the most recent literature on porous geopolymer adsorbent for heavy metal removal. In particular, fabrication methods and future perspectives have been investigated besides the related up-to-date researches. The overall results have indicated promising potential of porous geopolymer, which can mainly be attributed to its comparable adsorption capacity with respect to other adsorbents as well as its low cost and environmentally friendly fabrication process. However, since literature studies have generally conducted with the use of synthetic wastewater in batch systems, more research is needed on real wastewater with continuous processes in order to ascertain its performance.

Dergi

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH EURASIA WASTE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, EWMS 2022

Yıl

2022

Sayfa

724-730

WoS UID

WOS:001248725000109