This book discusses the recent advances in the wastes recycling technologies to provide low-cost and alternative ways for nanomaterials production. It shows how carbon nanomaterials can be synthesized from different waste sources such as banana fibers, argan (Argania spinosa) seed shells, corn grains, camellia oleifera shell, sugar cane bagasse, oil palm (empty fruit bunches and leaves) and palm kernel shells. Several nanostructured metal oxides (MnO2, Co3O4,....) can be synthesized via recycling of spent batteries. The recovered nanomaterials can be applied in many applications including: Energy (supercapacitors, solar cells, etc.) water treatments (heavy metal ions and dyes removal) and other applications. Spent battery and agriculture waste are rich precursors for metals and carbon, respectively. The book also explores the various recycling techniques, agriculture waste recycling, batteries recycling, and different applications of the recycled materials.

Inhalt

1 Introduction to environmental waste

2 Solid wastes: Sources, types, etc

3 Introduction to nanomaterials

4 Methods/techniques for waste recycle

5 Economic aspects and Statistics

6 Current and potential applications of the nanomaterials

7 Metal oxide nanostructures obtained from electronic devise recycling

8 Carbon nanostructures recovered from agriculture waste

9 Recovered nanomaterials for energy applications

10 Recovered nanomaterials for solar cell applications

11 Recovered nanomaterials for catalytic applications 12 Recovered nanomaterials for sensing applications

13 Recovered nanomaterials for water treatment applications

14 Economic evaluations of the nanomaterials recovery

15 Future trends and outlook