Recent Advances in Carbon and Activated Carbon Nanostructured Aerogels Prepared from Agricultural Wastes for Wastewater Treatment Applications

The global demand for clean water has become increasingly important in the past decade as a result of growing world population, civilization, and increase sources contaminations. Aerogels are an exceptional form porous materials with extraordinary unique properties. aerogel been fabricated from different inorganic organic incorporated variety novel compounds specific applications to enhance its performance desired application. Activated carbon is well known water-pollutant adsorption, it prepared several including agricultural wastes used treat dyes, heavy metals, oils, toxic chemicals. However, powder form, activated must be either into filter or undergo post-treatment step remove adsorbent treated water. This review highlighted development waste-based loaded nano-structured aerogels. A types aerogels properties based on precursor was conducted extensively discuss potential use wastewater treatment applications. We also discussed challenges future prospects