Hydrothermally Produced Activated Carbon Impregnated with ZnO for the Adsorptive Removal of Toxic Pharmaceutical Contaminants from Aqueous Solution

Table 8

Comparison of DS removal with various adsorbents.

Adsorbent	Adsorption capacity/percentage removal of DS	Reference
Isabel grape (Vitis labrusca × Vitis vinifera) bagasse	11.15 mg/g	[57]
Commercial organoclay	0.133 mmol/L	[58]
Moringa oleifera pod	60.805 mg/g	[59]
Babassu coconut activated carbon	71.150 mg/g	[59]
Bentonite polyureaformaldehyde	35.71 mg/g	[60]
Graphene	59.67 mg/g	[61]
Magnetic amine-functionalized chitosan	469.48 mg/g	[62]
HTC-AC/ZnO	88.15 mg/g	Current study