Affiliation:
1. Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Bahawalnagar Campus 62300 Pakistan
2. Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia tahir.rasheed@kfupm.edu.sa
3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
Abstract
Activated carbon (AC) is a high-quality, low-cost material that can be used in a variety of analytical/environmental applications. Several precursors such as coconut shells, lignite, fly ash, coal, rose husk, and petroleum pitch have been cited as sources of AC. Hence, special consideration must be given to the final microstructure, precursor characteristics, and properties of AC. Several carbon-based nanomaterials have been employed for that purpose but AC in particular exhibits promising trends in analytical modalities for the remediation of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, dyes, antibiotics, and volatile organic compounds, and gas storage. In this chapter, the impact of the aforementioned contaminants and their remediation by using AC have been focused on.
Publisher
The Royal Society of Chemistry