Table 1 Reported sorption capacity of recycled biomass and other carbon-based sorption materials

Empty palm fruit bunch

1.1239–2.8

1–72 h

[28]

Acetylated cocoa pods fiber

8

15 min

[29]

Pyrolyzed barley straw fiber

7.6–9.2

30 min

[30]

Mercerized cattail, corn, and soybean fiber

8

10 min

[31]

Human hair

7.47

60 min

[32]

Nonwoven polypropylene microfibers

14

5 min

[33]

Graphene oxide-coated microfibers

6.8

n/a

[34]

Polycarbonate/carbon nanotubes

12.62

20 s

[35]

Gamma-irradiated and electrospun

Polystyrene nanocomposites

16

n/a

[36]

Centrifugally spun (improvised) PS microfibers

15.5

20 s

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