Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review

Abstract Over the decades, the scarcity of fresh water has emerged as the most significant obstacles facing human societies. Many water sources have become threatened by contamination with different types of life-threatening pollutants, representing a major challenge to humans and leading to a short...

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Main Authors: AbdElAziz A. Nayl, Ahmed I. Abd-Elhamid, Katarína Mosnáčková, Wael A. A. Arafa, Ahmed Hamad Alanazi, Ismail M. Ahmed, Hazim M. Ali, Ashraf A. Aly, Magda Aly Akl, Ahmed Salah Doma, Hisham Fouad Aly, Stefan Bräse
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-025-02498-y
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author AbdElAziz A. Nayl
Ahmed I. Abd-Elhamid
Katarína Mosnáčková
Wael A. A. Arafa
Ahmed Hamad Alanazi
Ismail M. Ahmed
Hazim M. Ali
Ashraf A. Aly
Magda Aly Akl
Ahmed Salah Doma
Hisham Fouad Aly
Stefan Bräse
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Wael A. A. Arafa
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Ismail M. Ahmed
Hazim M. Ali
Ashraf A. Aly
Magda Aly Akl
Ahmed Salah Doma
Hisham Fouad Aly
Stefan Bräse
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description Abstract Over the decades, the scarcity of fresh water has emerged as the most significant obstacles facing human societies. Many water sources have become threatened by contamination with different types of life-threatening pollutants, representing a major challenge to humans and leading to a shortage of getting safe drinking water. Therefore, many countries and researchers worldwide are trying to unite and overcome these challenges to identify innovative eco-friendly materials and techniques with considerable effectiveness for water purification. Recently, cellulose-based materials have shown considerable results in this field, which have attracted the attention of many scientists due to their unique and promising characterizations, which makes cellulosic material is an excellent substrate to develop attractive materials to treat wastewater. This review focuses on the new approaches in the modification and applications of biodegradable cellulose-based materials in treatment of wastewater and explains the advantages and disadvantages of such materials. On the other hand, this work highlighted the utilization of modified cellulose-based materials on the remediation of wastewater from different heavy metal ions (such as Cu(I,II), Pb(II), Tl, and F(− 1)), oil/water separation, removal of dyes, and removal of other organic pollutants. The review illustrated that cellulose-based materials are promising and effectiveness nanomaterials in its various forms to treat wastewater from different types of pollutants. Moreover, this work highlights the advantages and disadvantages of some applied characterization techniques in addition to the future challenges and prospect of value added of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation.
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spelling doaj-art-66f09ac6d01c4ff9b35299f903fdfb832025-08-20T03:46:28ZengSpringerOpenApplied Water Science2190-54872190-54952025-06-0115713610.1007/s13201-025-02498-yAdvances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a reviewAbdElAziz A. Nayl0Ahmed I. Abd-Elhamid1Katarína Mosnáčková2Wael A. A. Arafa3Ahmed Hamad Alanazi4Ismail M. Ahmed5Hazim M. Ali6Ashraf A. Aly7Magda Aly Akl8Ahmed Salah Doma9Hisham Fouad Aly10Stefan Bräse11Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf UniversityComposites and Nanostructured Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City)Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Jouf UniversityOrganic Division, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia UniversityChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura UniversityPolymer Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute (ATNMRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City)Hot Laboratories Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy AuthorityInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems – Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS)Abstract Over the decades, the scarcity of fresh water has emerged as the most significant obstacles facing human societies. Many water sources have become threatened by contamination with different types of life-threatening pollutants, representing a major challenge to humans and leading to a shortage of getting safe drinking water. Therefore, many countries and researchers worldwide are trying to unite and overcome these challenges to identify innovative eco-friendly materials and techniques with considerable effectiveness for water purification. Recently, cellulose-based materials have shown considerable results in this field, which have attracted the attention of many scientists due to their unique and promising characterizations, which makes cellulosic material is an excellent substrate to develop attractive materials to treat wastewater. This review focuses on the new approaches in the modification and applications of biodegradable cellulose-based materials in treatment of wastewater and explains the advantages and disadvantages of such materials. On the other hand, this work highlighted the utilization of modified cellulose-based materials on the remediation of wastewater from different heavy metal ions (such as Cu(I,II), Pb(II), Tl, and F(− 1)), oil/water separation, removal of dyes, and removal of other organic pollutants. The review illustrated that cellulose-based materials are promising and effectiveness nanomaterials in its various forms to treat wastewater from different types of pollutants. Moreover, this work highlights the advantages and disadvantages of some applied characterization techniques in addition to the future challenges and prospect of value added of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-025-02498-yCellulose-based materialsNanomaterialsWastewaterTreatment
spellingShingle AbdElAziz A. Nayl
Ahmed I. Abd-Elhamid
Katarína Mosnáčková
Wael A. A. Arafa
Ahmed Hamad Alanazi
Ismail M. Ahmed
Hazim M. Ali
Ashraf A. Aly
Magda Aly Akl
Ahmed Salah Doma
Hisham Fouad Aly
Stefan Bräse
Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
Applied Water Science
Cellulose-based materials
Nanomaterials
Wastewater
Treatment
title Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
title_full Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
title_fullStr Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
title_full_unstemmed Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
title_short Advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic-based materials for wastewater remediation: a review
title_sort advances in the modification and applications of cellulosic based materials for wastewater remediation a review
topic Cellulose-based materials
Nanomaterials
Wastewater
Treatment
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-025-02498-y
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