Review Article

Engineered Magnetic Carbon-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Water Priority Pollutants: An Overview

Table 6

Removal of dyes, organic pollutants and radionuclides from aqueous solution using magnetic carbon-based adsorbents: preparation, removal operating conditions, and adsorption properties.

Synthesis routeMagnetic sourceCarbon sourceAdsorbateAdsorption capacity (mg/g)pHT (°C)Magnetization (emu/g)BET area (m2/g)Reference

One-pot method--CNTsRhodamine B
Congo red
Malachite green
Methylene blue
Neutral red
28.0
52.0
76.0
82.0
101.0
253.64186.3[248]
Impregnation-pyrolisisFe3O4Empty fruit brunchMethylene blue
Orange G
31.25
32.36
2-10
10
25----[170]
Impregnation methodFe3O4Coconut shell-activated carbonSunset yellow22.33 – 10--16.55-28.74238-372[249]
Electromagnetization techniqueFe3O4Brown marine macroalgaeAcid orange 738253026.79336.97[250]
Pyrolisis of SrFe12O19 and BCSrFe12O19Sewage sludgeMalachite green388.6572511.11--[251]
Pyrolysis of rubber tires, impregnation with iron, and functionalization with polyethylenimineFe3O4Waste rubber tiresMethyl red526.0--25--153[102]
β-Cyclodextrin-L-glutamic acid-magnetic GOFe3O4GraphiteEstradiol85.8072590.43298.9[252]
One step coprecipitationFe3O4SludgeAcid orange 720.795.22258.4965.47[253]
CoprecipitationFe3O4Bone charReactive 5G blue91.58--509.79142.43[254]
Pyrolysis of bones at 500 °C, coprecipitationFe3O4Chicken boneRhodamine B109.662 – 102664.7328.06[171]
Magnetic BC by impregnation and direct pyrolysisZn ferriteRice strawEstradiol153.25--2.242357.8[28]
Coprecipitation methodFe3O4Pineapple crown leaf wasteMethyl violet16.765--15.095.11-314.08[255]
Microwave methodγ-Fe2O3Sugarcane bagasseMethylene blue36.142 – 10----54.49-109.07[256]
Thermal graphitizationFe3O4BambooMethylene blue286.62 – 1025----[257]
Impregnation of husk with ZnCl2, carbonization at 400 °C, wet impregnation of iron saltFe3O4Rice huskMethylene blue
Methyl orange
17.78
13.21
325--375.02[2]
Pyrolysis of straw at 500 °C, impregnation with iron saltFe0Corn strawMalachite green515.7762538.780.1[167]
Ball-mill extrusion with Fe3O4Fe3O4AC
BC
Methylene blue310.0
500.0
--2533.8
34.9
75.4
90.6
[258]
Pyrolysis at 650 °C, impregnation with iron salt, and carbonization at 900 °CK2FeO4Lotus seedpodEstradiol98.73725147828.37[172]
Hummer method and exfoliation of GOFe3O4GraphiteMethylene blue
Orange G
Alizarine cyanine green
91%
71%
70%
7------[259]
Carbothermal magnetization by microwave-assisted impregnation with zinc and iron onto agriculture shell wastesZn ferriteWalnut shellMethylene blue130725--1000[260]
Coprecipitation methodFe3O4GO and celluloseCongo red
Acid red 1
Reactive red 2
45.09
47.32
46.21
3-6308.9197.8[168]
Pyrolysis at 700 °C and impregnation with iron salt and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromideFe3O4Nut shellsAcid chrome blue K108.83502.08--[261]
Direct mixing of the polymer matrix with the nanofillersFe3O4ACMethylene blue10.63635–651.28[262]
Hydrothermal carbonizationFe3O4 and Fe0CarbohydrateMethylene blue570258766[263]
Sol-gel and coprecipitationSpinel ferriteEthylene glycol60Cobalt
152+154Europium
82.51
136.98
925----[177]
CoprecipitationFe3O4GOCesium362725----[176]

Adsorbent nomenclature: activated carbon (AC), biochar (BC), and graphene oxide (GO).