Affiliation:
1. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India
Abstract
Water is a vital component of life, and its availability is critical for all living things. Due to rising water demand, traditional water/wastewater treatment methods are inefficient in supplying adequate safe water. The leaching of harmful compounds into the process water is a problem with most commercial and chemically manufactured materials for water treatment. As a result of research into developing better materials that could achieve high efficiency without posing a health concern, non-toxic composite materials made of cellulose and metal oxides were investigated. Due to its great physical, chemical, and mechanical qualities, cellulose is one of the materials gaining popularity. Nanocomposites have been approved as a solution for water purification that avoids the issues associated with using simply metal oxides. The purpose of this study is to review the potential applications of cellulose integrated with metal oxides for wastewater treatment and harmful metal removal from dyes via industrial waste.