Wastewater and other environmental concerns have an impact on every area
of our life. Combining novel functional carbon nanomaterials (such as carbon
nanotubes, graphene oxide and graphene) with established remediation techniques will
provide fresh perspective on environmental problems, their causes and potential
solutions for coexisting peacefully with nature. All around the world, water
contamination has grown to be a major, enduring and increasing issue. It has
detrimental effects on population health, aquatic flora and wildlife and the
sustainability of water resources. Because there aren't enough efficient facilities for
treating pollutants, the overall amount of water that is available is drastically reduced.
Current methods of water filtration take long time, cost lot of money and are ineffective
in removing newly discovered micropollutants. Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) are a class
of materials with special physicochemical, electrical and mechanical characteristics
that can be used as environmental adsorbents, sensors, membranes and catalysts. CNTs
can be created using particular functionalization or modification procedures, depending
on the intended application and the chemical make-up of the target pollutants. Designer
CNTs can significantly increase the effectiveness of contaminant removal and help
with nanomaterial regeneration and recovery. Different chemical, inorganic, and
biological pollutants have been treated using an expanding number of CNT-based
products. These success stories show how they have lot of potential for real-world uses
like desalination and wastewater treatment. In this chapter, the existing research on the
interactions between different pollutants and CNTs in soil and water settings has been
critically reviewed. The chapter will also assist in identifying the research voids that
need to be filled in order to increase CNTs' economic via bility in the environmental
remediation sector. Additionally, this makes an effort to present a broad overview of
the prospective low-dimensional carbon nano-materials and their composites as adsorbents, catalysts, or catalytic support for the social sustainable environmental
remediation solutions to the various difficulties arising.
Keywords: Adsorption, Biopolymer, Carbon nanotubes, Ceramic membranes, Chemical vapour deposition, Carbon nanomaterials, Chemisorption, Catalysis, Desalination, Detoxification, Electrocatalysis, Environmental remediation, Environmental pollution, Fullerenes, Graphene, Graphene oxides, Hydrophobic surface, Hydrolysis, Hydrophobicity, Hydrophilicity, Inorganic contaminants, Mwcnt, Microwave irradiations, Methylene blue, Organic dyes, Oil spil sponge, Pharmaceutical waste, Photocatalytic sensing application, Pollutant absorption, Swcnt.
