Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 24 No 3 (2020): 300 - 312

 

 

 

 

A MINI REVIEW ON SPOROPOLLENIN-BASED MATERIALS FOR REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION

 

(Ulasan Mini Ke Atas Bahan Berasaskan Sporopollenin untuk Penyingkiran Ion Logam Berat dari Larutan Akueus)

 

Wan Aini Wan Ibrahim^{1, 2}*, Abdul-Aziz Mohd Hassan^{1, 3}, Zetty Azalea Sutirman¹, Mohd Bakri Bakar¹

 

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

²Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research                             

 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

³Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science,

              Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero, Nigeria 

 

*Corresponding author:  waini@utm.my; wanaini@kimia.fs.utm.my

 

 

Received: 3 March 2020; Accepted: 8 April 2020; Published: 9 June 2020

 

 

Abstract

The use of sporopollenin-based materials as adsorbents in addressing environmental problems such as in removal of heavy metals from aqueous environment has received limited attention despite its remarkable physical and chemical properties that guaranteed its great potential for this application. This mini-review provides up-to-date information on the research and development of sporopollenin-based materials for the treatment of toxic heavy metals contaminated aqueous environments. Conventional techniques for heavy metals removal from aqueous environment are discussed; limitations and advantages of these techniques are highlighted. Sporopollenin-based materials were found to be good adsorbents in control and remediation of heavy metal ions in wastewater, but considering its characteristics, the full potentials of sporopollenin for this application is yet to be fully harnessed. 

 

Keywords:  sporopollenin, adsorbent, aqueous solution, heavy metals, environment

 

Abstrak

Penggunaan bahan berasaskan sporopollenin sebagai pengerap dalam menyelesaikan masaalah alam sekitar seperti penyingkiran logam berat dari larutan akueus telah mendapat perhatian terhad walaupun sifat fizikal dan kimianya yang luar biasa yang menjamin potensi yang besar untuk aplikasi ini. Ulasan mini ini memberikan maklumat terkini tentang penyelidikan dan pembangunan bahan berasaskan sporopollenin untuk merawat persekitaran akueus yang dicemari logam berat bertoksik. Teknik konvensional untuk penyingkiran logam berat dari persekitaran akueus dibincangkan; kelemahan serta kelebihan teknik ini diserlahkan. Bahan berasaskan sporopollenin didapati adalah penjerap yang baik dalam kawalan dan pemulihan ion logam berat dalam air kumbahan tetapi mempertimbangkan cirinya, potensi keseluruhan sporopollenin untuk aplikasi ini masih belum dimanfaatkan sepenuhnya.

 

Kata kunci:  sporopollenin, penjerap, larutan akueus, logam berat, alam sekitar 

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