Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 25 No 3 (2021): 415 - 431

 

 

 

 

 

RECENT ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURAL WASTE-BASED ADSORBENTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS IN WATER (2017-2020)

 

(Kemajuan Terkini dalam Penjerap Berasaskan Sisa Pertanian untuk Penyingkiran Bahan Pencemar dalam Air (2017-2020))

 

Lim Yen Yee¹, Norsahirutiara Mohd Asrul¹, Fatin Farhanim Kamarulzaman¹, Timothy Gandu Ali¹, Nur Shahz Ereena Zulkifli¹, Amirah Farhan Kamaruddin^1,2,3, Nursyafreena Attan¹, Mohamad Afiq Mohamed Huri¹, Aemi Syazwani Abdul Keyon^1,4*

 

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,

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

²Department of Materials,

University of Manchester, Sackville Street Building, Manchester, M1 3BB

³Manchester Institute of Biotechnology,

University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN

⁴Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research,

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

 

*Corresponding author:  aemi@utm.my

 

 

Received: 11 March 2021; Accepted: 31 May 2021; Published:  27 June 2021

 

 

Abstract

Rapid human activities result in the increasing production of pollutants from both industrial processes and agricultural practices, which negatively impact the environment and human health. Most of chemical pollutants are discharged either intentionally or accidentally via water bodies. Therefore, various pollutants removal techniques have been developed including utilization of agricultural waste as adsorbents. Agricultural waste-based adsorbents are easily prepared, cheap and moderately to highly efficient. A good understanding of agricultural waste-based adsorbents would be beneficial for future research improvements as well as industrial applications. Thus, this review aims at shedding light on recent advancements (from year 2017-2020) in the preparation, characterizations and application of agricultural waste-based adsorbents for removal of different types of chemical pollutants in water and wastewater.

 

Keywords:  agriculture waste, adsorbent, pollutants removal, water, wastewater

 

Abstrak

Kegiatan manusia yang giat mengakibatkan peningkatan penghasilan bahan pencemar dari kedua-dua proses industri dan amalan pertanian yang memberi kesan negatif terhadap alam sekitar dan kesihatan manusia. Kebanyakan bahan pencemar kimia disingkir secara sengaja atau tidak sengaja melalui takungan air. Oleh itu, pelbagai teknik penyingkiran bahan pencemar telah dikembangkan termasuk penggunaan sisa pertanian sebagai penjerap. Penjerap berasaskan sisa pertanian mudah disediakan, murah dan daripada sederhana hingga sangat cekap. Pemahaman yang baik tentang bahan penjerap berasaskan sisa pertanian akan bermanfaat untuk peningkatan penyelidikan masa hadapan dan juga aplikasi industri. Oleh itu, tinjauan ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan kemajuan terkini (dari tahun 2017-2020) dalam penyediaan, pencirian dan penggunaan penjerap berasaskan sisa pertanian untuk penyingkiran pelbagai jenis bahan pencemar kimia di dalam air dan air sisa.

 

Kata kunci:  sisa pertanian, penjerap, penyingkiran bahan pencemar, air, air sisa

 

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