title: Removal of mercury by adsorption: a review.
abstract: Due to natural and production activities, mercury contamination has become one of the major environmental problems over the world. Mercury contamination is a serious threat to human health. Among the existing technologies available for mercury pollution control, the adsorption process can get excellent separation effects and has been further studied. This review is attempted to cover a wide range of adsorbents that were developed for the removal of mercury from the year 2011. Various adsorbents, including the latest adsorbents, are presented along with highlighting and discussing the key advancements on their preparation, modification technologies, and strategies. By comparing their adsorption capacities, it is evident from the literature survey that some adsorbents have shown excellent potential for the removal of mercury. However, there is still a need to develop novel, efficient adsorbents with low cost, high stability, and easy production and manufacture for practical utility.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China. yujg@csu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jin-Gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
authors.forename: Bao-Yu
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
authors.forename: Xiong-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
authors.forename: Fei-Peng
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Resource-Conserving and Environment-Friendly Society and Ecological Civilization, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D006108:Graphite; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008628:Mercury / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008670:Metals
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008670:Metals; D002244:Carbon; D006108:Graphite; D008628:Mercury
keywords: Adsorbents; Adsorption; Mercury; Properties; Removal