A Critical Insight into Biomass Derived Biosorbent for Bioremediation of Dyes

Abstract

AbstractOrganic pollutants, such as dyes released during industrial operations are one of the major reasons for the degradation of water quality. However, treatment technologies to remediate these high volumes of wastewaters are often not sufficient. Hence, the excess dye wastewater generated is usually discharged without prior treatment. The use of adsorbents such as activated carbon is widely employed to separate dye molecules from wastewater. Biochar is a popular recent alternative for the treatment of dye‐bearing effluents to selectively isolate dye molecules. Biochar is normally manufactured in the oxygen free environment by thermal degradation of organic materials. On the other hand, dyes are extensively employed in many textile industries because of their desirable properties including attractive colour, water‐fast and easy application methods. Nevertheless, during the dyeing process of cellulose fibres around half of the applied dyes may enter the wash water, and these let outs are highly resistant to traditional wastewater treatment methods. Henceforth, new techniques need to be applied for successful remediation of dye wastewaters. In this perspective, an endeavor has been made in this work to explore the possibility and practicability of biochar as sorbent material for dyes.