Esayas Alemayehu

Department of Natural and Computational Science, Jima University Institute of Technology, Jima, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Synthesis of cellulose-based nano composites as sustainable adsorbents for adsorption removal of heavy metals from wastewater. A review
  Author(s): Gemechu Lemessa*, Yonas Chebude and Esayas Alemayehu
  
  The presence of toxic heavy metals in the water system threatens both terrestrial and aquatic life across the globe. Water pollution by toxic pollutants continues to pose serious health and environmental threat to the ecosystem. Although adsorption using Cellulose-Based Nano Composites (CBNC) has proven to be an ideal technique for water and wastewater treatment from aqueous solutions, this naturally abundant cellulose suffer from a lack of mechanical stability, high removal efficiency, and recovery for practical applications. Herein, we review the low-cost synthesis of nano composite by cellulose-based materials incorporated with polymer, metal oxides, clay, and carbon-based materials mainly focusing on strategies to improve the adsorption capacity, mechanical and thermal stability, and separation of the hydrogel in removing toxic pollutants from aqueous solution was critically overv.. View More»
  

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