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Emerging Eco-friendly Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

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Freshwater in the environment is getting contaminated day by day due to constant pollution of freshwater bodies through different anthropogenic sources which leads to scarcity of freshwater for the people usage. Green synthesis of nanoparticle is a very efficient method of nanoparticle synthesis. Nowadays these nanoparticles are used to treat wastewater system. The overview of recent advancement in nanotechnology for water and wastewater treatment mechanisms is provided, including nanobased materials, such as nanoadsorbents, nanometals, nanomembranes, and photocatalysts. Various advantageous roles governed of these materials as well as technical barriers when compared with conservative processes are being demonstrated. The commercial value of these materials is presented and viewpoint on further research value is given for each type of nanobased material and process. This chapter includes recent trends in green synthesis of nanoparticles using different plants and their parts like leaves, stem, etc., and their application in treatment of wastewater.

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Amit K. Singh acknowledges Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, for the financial support in the form of Senior Research Fellowship. Amit K. Singh and Abhay K. Pandey also acknowledge the financial support given by UGC/DST India to the Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad India.

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Yadav, R.K. et al. (2020). Green Synthesized Nanoparticle-Mediated Wastewater Treatment. In: Bharagava, R. (eds) Emerging Eco-friendly Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1390-9_13

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