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- 2022Natural Polymers and Their Nanocomposites Used for Environmental Applicationscitations
- 2021Adsorption of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions with Alginate/Clay Hybrid Materialscitations
- 2021Novel Adsorbent Based on Banana Peel Waste for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Synthetic Solutionscitations
- 2020Durability of LDPE/UHMWPE Composites under Accelerated Degradationcitations
- 2018PHB/cellulose Fibres Composites Colonization and biodegradation behaviorcitations
- 2017Recovered Polypropylene Composites with High Impact Strengthcitations
- 2017Recycled Polypropylene Improved with Thermoplastic Elastomerscitations
- 2017Polylactic Acid/Cellulose Fibres Based Composites for Food Packaging Applicationscitations
- 2017Influence of Plasticizers Over Some Physico-chemical Properties of PLAcitations
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Novel Adsorbent Based on Banana Peel Waste for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Synthetic Solutions
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<jats:p>Due to its valuable compounds, food waste has been gaining attention in different applications, such as life quality and environment. Combined with circular economy requirements, a valorization method for waste, especially banana waste, was to convert them into adsorbents with advanced properties. The banana waste, after thermal treatment, was used with high removal performances (100%) for the removal of heavy metals, such as Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn, but their small particle size makes them very hard to recover and reuse. For this reason, a biopolymeric matrix was used to incorporate the banana waste. The matrix was chosen for its remarkable properties, such as low cost, biodegradability, low carbon footprint, and reduced environmental impact. In this research, different types of materials (simple banana peel ash BPA and combined with biopolymeric matrix, ALG–BPA, CS–BPA) were prepared, characterized, and tested. The materials were characterized by means of attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and tested for the removal of metal ions from synthetic solutions using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The ALG–BPA material proved to be the most efficient in the removal of heavy metal ions from synthetic solution, reaching even 100% metal removal for Cr, Fe, Pb, and Zn, while the CS-based materials were the least efficient, presenting the best values for Cr and Fe ions with a removal efficiency of 34.14% and 28.38%, respectively. By adding BPA to CS, the adsorption properties of the material were slightly improved, but also only for Cr and Fe ions, to 37.09% and 57.78%.</jats:p>