An insight review of lignocellulosic materials as activated carbon precursor for textile wastewater treatment

Abstract

The huge quantities of textile industry effluents with high concentrations of heavy metals are associated with the water pollution. Among the conventional technologies currently in use for heavy metals removal, the adsorption offers an economical and eco-friendly approach for textile wastewater treatment. Adsorption efficiency is depending on the chemical structure of the adsorbent such as activated carbon from agricultural waste. Banana peel waste as activated carbon has been reported with high efficiency to remove heavy metals from the textile wastewater. The current review describes the impacts of heavy metals from textile industries on human, plants, and animals and the various methods used for the removal process. The paper looked into the various adsorption methods, and the methods used for generating activated carbon from the lignocellulosic materials. Moreover, the agricultural residues are lignocellulosic substances that encompass hemicelluloses, cellulose, and lignin which is denoted as the most stable in terms of thermal factor. The review works focus on lignocellulosic substances as an efficient adsorbent for heavy metals and colour (dyes) removal. It appeared that the adsorption capacity for different types of the biomass ranged from 153.85 to 7.24 mg g −1 for Cd 2 + ions, 1067.8 to 18.9 mg g −1 for Cu 2 + ions, 175.6 to 1.7 mg g −1 for Ni 2 + ions, 566.4 to 7.23 mg g −1 for Pb 2 + ions and from 534.2 to 0.45 mg g −1 for Zn 2 + ions. These findings indicated that the heavy metals having different affinity to the adsorbent, among the heavy metals Ni 2 + and Cd 2 + has less affinity and the adsorbent used for the removal these metals need to be prepared with high porosity and surface area. • Adsorption by activated carbon is a promising method in removing dye and heavy metal. • Agricultural waste has a higher potential extent of activation and inexpensive. • Banana peel is non-woody, contains low cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. • Lower carbonization temperature of banana peel results in lesser energy consumption. • The banana peel’s activated carbon plays a dominant role in removing heavy metals.