Cellulose-Based Materials for Water Remediation: Adsorption, Catalysis, and Antifouling

Cellulose-based materials have been advanced technologies that used in water remediation. They exhibit several advantages being the most abundant biopolymer nature, high biocompatibility, and contain functional groups. Cellulose can be prepared derivatives including nanomaterials such as cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), nanofibrils (CNFs), TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical)-mediated oxidized (TOCNF). The presence of groups carboxylic hydroxyls modified or grafted with organic moieties offering extra customizing for specific applications. These ensure capability biopolymers to nanoparticles metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene oxide (GO), silver (Ag) nanoparticles, zinc (ZnO) nanoparticles. Thus, they applied remediation via removing pollutants heavy metal ions, dyes, drugs, microbial species. also microorganisms active membranes antibacterial agents. proceed into various forms membranes, sheets, papers, foams, aerogels, filters. This review summarized applications cellulose-based methods adsorption, catalysis, antifouling. performance well their simple processing potential