9.5
Conclusion
In the present era, environment pollution is a biggest challenge for all forms of life on
earth. Environmental researchers have been devoted their efforts to solve the global
environmental issues. Nanotechnology promises a solution to challenges associated
with environmental pollution. The use of carbon-based nanomaterials has shown
great potential in environmental remediation applications owing to their unique
physical and chemical properties such as large surface area, high mechanical
strength, high conductivity, and stability. This chapter summarizes the applications
of carbon-based nanomaterials for removal of hydrocarbons from the environment
and divided into three parts; (1) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in
adsorption technology, (2) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in analytic
chemistry, and (3) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in photocatalysis
process. Many carbon-based nanomaterial adsorbents have been developed and
studied for the removal of hydrocarbons from the environment. This advanced
material-based adsorption technology offers attractive alternatives to conventional
treatment technology. Also, in recent years, there has been growing interest in
development of sensitive and selective method for analyzing the hydrocarbons in
the environmental samples and CNTs have been played their role in this development. Photocatalysis is the advanced process and it has great potential to deal with
hydrocarbon related environmental pollution.
References
Abbas A, Abussaud BA, Ihsanullah A-BNAH, Redhwi HH (2017) Adsorption of toluene and
paraxylene from aqueous solution using pure and iron oxide impregnated carbon nanotubes:
kinetics and isotherms study. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2017:2853925
Abdel-Shafy HI, Mansour MSM (2016) A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: source,
environmental impact, effect on human health and remediation. Egypt J Pet 25:107–123
Ahmad R, Ahmad Z, Khan AU, Mastoi NR, Aslam M, Kim J (2016) Photocatalytic systems as an
advanced environmental remediation: recent developments, limitations and new avenues for
applications. J Environ Chem Eng 4:4143–4164
Akbar NS, Raza M, Ellahi R (2015) CNT suspended CuO + H 2 O nano fluid and energy analysis for
the peristaltic flow in a permeable channel. Alex Eng J 54:623–633
Al-anzi BS, Siang OC (2017) Recent developments of carbon based nanomaterials and membranes
for oily wastewater treatment. RSC Adv 7:20981
Al-Jammal N, Abdullah TA, Juzsakova T, Zsirka B, Cretescu I, Vágvölgyi V, Sebestyén V, Phuoc
CL, Rasheed RT, Domokos E (2020) Functionalized carbon nanotubes for hydrocarbon
removal from water. J Environ Chem Eng 8:103570
Allen MJ, Tung VC, Kaner RB (2010) Honeycomb carbon: a review of graphene. Chem Rev
110:132–145
Bagheri H, Ayazi Z, Aghakhani A (2011) A novel needle trap sorbent based on carbon nanotubesol–gel for microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from aquatic media. Anal
Chim Acta 683:212–220
Bai H, Zhou J, Zhang H, Tang G (2017) Enhanced adsorbability and photocatalytic activity of
TiO2-graphenecomposite for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons removal in aqueous phase.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 150:68–77
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Conclusion
In the present era, environment pollution is a biggest challenge for all forms of life on
earth. Environmental researchers have been devoted their efforts to solve the global
environmental issues. Nanotechnology promises a solution to challenges associated
with environmental pollution. The use of carbon-based nanomaterials has shown
great potential in environmental remediation applications owing to their unique
physical and chemical properties such as large surface area, high mechanical
strength, high conductivity, and stability. This chapter summarizes the applications
of carbon-based nanomaterials for removal of hydrocarbons from the environment
and divided into three parts; (1) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in
adsorption technology, (2) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in analytic
chemistry, and (3) application of carbon-based nanomaterials in photocatalysis
process. Many carbon-based nanomaterial adsorbents have been developed and
studied for the removal of hydrocarbons from the environment. This advanced
material-based adsorption technology offers attractive alternatives to conventional
treatment technology. Also, in recent years, there has been growing interest in
development of sensitive and selective method for analyzing the hydrocarbons in
the environmental samples and CNTs have been played their role in this development. Photocatalysis is the advanced process and it has great potential to deal with
hydrocarbon related environmental pollution.
References
Abbas A, Abussaud BA, Ihsanullah A-BNAH, Redhwi HH (2017) Adsorption of toluene and
paraxylene from aqueous solution using pure and iron oxide impregnated carbon nanotubes:
kinetics and isotherms study. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2017:2853925
Abdel-Shafy HI, Mansour MSM (2016) A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: source,
environmental impact, effect on human health and remediation. Egypt J Pet 25:107–123
Ahmad R, Ahmad Z, Khan AU, Mastoi NR, Aslam M, Kim J (2016) Photocatalytic systems as an
advanced environmental remediation: recent developments, limitations and new avenues for
applications. J Environ Chem Eng 4:4143–4164
Akbar NS, Raza M, Ellahi R (2015) CNT suspended CuO + H 2 O nano fluid and energy analysis for
the peristaltic flow in a permeable channel. Alex Eng J 54:623–633
Al-anzi BS, Siang OC (2017) Recent developments of carbon based nanomaterials and membranes
for oily wastewater treatment. RSC Adv 7:20981
Al-Jammal N, Abdullah TA, Juzsakova T, Zsirka B, Cretescu I, Vágvölgyi V, Sebestyén V, Phuoc
CL, Rasheed RT, Domokos E (2020) Functionalized carbon nanotubes for hydrocarbon
removal from water. J Environ Chem Eng 8:103570
Allen MJ, Tung VC, Kaner RB (2010) Honeycomb carbon: a review of graphene. Chem Rev
110:132–145
Bagheri H, Ayazi Z, Aghakhani A (2011) A novel needle trap sorbent based on carbon nanotubesol–gel for microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from aquatic media. Anal
Chim Acta 683:212–220
Bai H, Zhou J, Zhang H, Tang G (2017) Enhanced adsorbability and photocatalytic activity of
TiO2-graphenecomposite for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons removal in aqueous phase.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 150:68–77
9 Application of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Removal of Hydrocarbons
223