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Towards advanced aqueous dye removal processes: A short review on the versatile role of activated carbon

Publicated to:Journal Of Environmental Management. 102 148-164 - 2012-07-15 102(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.021

Authors: Mezohegyi, Gergo; van der Zee, Frank P; Font, Josep; Fortuny, Agusti; Fabregat, Azael

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Biothane Syst Int VWS, NL-2600 GB Delft, Netherlands - Author
Biothane Systems Int./VWS - Author
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Biosci Engn, Ctr Surface Chem & Catalysis, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium - Author
KU Leuven - Author
Univ Politecn Cataluna, EPSEVG, Dept Engn Quim, Vilanova I La Geltru 08800, Catalunya, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira & Virgili, ETSEQ, Dept Engn Quim, Tarragona 43007, Catalunya, Spain - Author
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Author
Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Author
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Abstract

During the last decade, several physico-chemical and biological techniques have been developed to remove colour from textile wastewaters. Some of these techniques rely on and many will profit from activated carbon (AC). The role of AC is versatile: (1) it acts as a dye adsorbent, not only in straightforward adsorption processes but also in AC-enhanced coagulation and membrane filtration processes; (2) it generates strong oxidising agents (mostly, hydroxyl (OH) radicals) in electrochemical dye oxidation; (3) it catalyses OH production in advanced oxidation processes; (4) it catalyses anaerobic (azo) dye reduction and supports biofilm growth in microbial dye removal. This paper reviews the role of AC in dye decolourisation, evaluates the feasibility of each AC-amended decolourisation technique and discusses perspectives on future research. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords
Activated carbonAdsorptionCarbonCatalysisCatalyst supportColoring agentsDecolorizationDyeOxidation-reductionOzonePhotochemical processesTextile wastewaterWater pollutants, chemicalWater purification

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Environmental Management due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 39/210, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 8.29. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 9.22 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 41.49 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-15, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 389
  • Scopus: 438
  • Europe PMC: 56
  • OpenCitations: 382
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 617.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 617 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium; Netherlands.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Fabregat A).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Fabregat A.