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Waste newspaper activation using sodium salts: a new perspective

  • Yeo Shi Hao , Norasikin Othman and Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: July 4, 2023
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Abstract

Waste newspaper causes contamination to the environment. Conversion of waste newspaper into activated carbon is a potential strategy due to its high carbon content. This paper aims to summarize recent advances in the production of activated carbons from waste newspaper and their applications in adsorption and wastewater treatment. The physicochemical properties from the use of different chemical activators with special emphasize on sodium salts to facilitate the adsorption of water pollutants were compared. The high BET surface and cost effectiveness allow the waste newspaper-based activated carbon as an economical alternative to be mass-produced for wastewater treatment.


Corresponding author: Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Ibnu-Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported in part by UTM-ICONIC No. 09G54.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2023-03-12
Accepted: 2023-06-27
Published Online: 2023-07-04
Published in Print: 2023-09-26

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