Mesoporous Materials for Adsorptive Removal of Dyes
Angel R. Hernandez-Martinez, A.L. Ramos-Jacques
Water pollution is an environmental challenge globally, particularly in relation to industrial effluents. Adsorption has been widely used for wastewater treatment. This chapter addresses the use of mesoporous materials for dyes adsorption in wastewater, presenting recent advances in their synthesis, the properties that make them suitable for this purpose, and examples of successful applications. The development of mesoporous materials as adsorbents is aligned with current trends towards the use of sustainable and inexpensive materials, and their structure allows for greater interaction between contaminants and the surface of these materials, improving the adsorption efficiency of contaminants.
Keywords
Wastewater Treatment, Materials Engineering, Synthesis, Biodegradable Adsorbents, Industrial Effluents
Published online 3/20/2025, 20 pages
Citation: Angel R. Hernandez-Martinez, A.L. Ramos-Jacques, Mesoporous Materials for Adsorptive Removal of Dyes, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 173, pp 40-59, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903452-2
Part of the book on Mesoporous Materials
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