Abstract
In the last decade, adsorption has exhibited promising and effective outcomes as a treatment technique for wastewater contaminated with many types of pollutants such as heavy metals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and bacteria. To achieve such effectiveness, a number of potential adsorbents have been synthesized and applied for water remediation and antimicrobial activities. Among these inorganic adsorbents (INAD), activated carbon, silica, metal oxide, metal nanoparticles, metal–organic fibers, and graphene oxide have been evaluated. In recent years, significant efforts have been made in the development of highly efficient adsorbent materials for gas and liquid phases. For gas capture and water decontamination, the most popular and known functionalization strategy is the chemical grafting of amine, due to its low cost, ecofriendliness, and effectiveness. In this context, various amines such as 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), diethanolamine (DEA), dendrimer-based polyamidoamine (PAMAM), branched polyethyleneimine (PEI), and others are employed for the surface modification of INADs to constitute a large panel of resource and low-cost materials usable as an alternative to conventional treatments aimed at removing organic and inorganic pollutants and pathogenic bacteria. Amine-grafted INAD has long been considered as a promising approach for the adsorption of both inorganic and organic pollutants. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of surface modifications through amine grafting and their adsorption behavior under diverse conditions. Amine grafting strategies are investigated in terms of the effects of the solvent, temperature, and the concentration precursor. The literature survey presented in this work provides evidence of the significant potential of amine-grafted INAD to remove not only various contaminants separately from polluted water, but also to remove pollutant mixtures and bacteria.
Highlights
The ever-increasing manufacturing industry and the huge range of resulting hazardous pollutants have considerably decreased the available amounts of drinking water [1,2,3]
The literature survey presented in this paper provides evidence of the good potential of amine-grafted inorganic adsorbents (INAD) materials for removing several contaminants from aqueous solution through adsorption
Various inorganic adsorbents (INADs) based on metal oxide, metal-loaded fibrous materials, graphene oxide, metal–organic frameworks, silica, and metal-loaded biomass were functionalized by amine grafting for improved removal of pollutants in wastewater
Summary
The ever-increasing manufacturing industry and the huge range of resulting hazardous pollutants have considerably decreased the available amounts of drinking water [1,2,3]. Adsorption is commonly one of the best methods for reducing or removing hazardous pollutants and transforming them into safe inorganic compounds such as aminophenol [13,14,15,16] Results obtained in water treatment showed that covalent grafting of amine onto the adsorbent is of great interest to increase the adsorption uptake and the number of recycling cycles. Most of these amine molecules have been commonly used as stabilizing and coupling agents because they promote strong covalent linkages onto the INAD. Removal of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin Reversible CO2 capture Reduction in 4-nitrophenol Potential uses in catalysis and biomedical applications Degradation of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and methylene blue Removal of chromate and nitrate Desorption of CO2 Removal of lanthanum
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