A review on conventional and novel materials towards heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application

Wai Siong Chai^{a b}, Jie Ying Cheun^a, P. Senthil Kumar^c, Muhammad Mubashir^d, Zahid Majeed^e, FAWZI A. BANAT^f, Shih‐Hsin Ho^b✉, Pau Loke Show^a✉

1. ^aDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, Semenyih, 43500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
2. ^bState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, PR China
3. ^cDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603110, India
4. ^dDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5. ^eEnvironmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
6. ^fDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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