Advancements in Clay Materials for Trace Level Determination and Remediation of Phenols from Wastewater: A Review

The wide spread of phenols and their toxicity in the environment pose a severe threat to existence sustainability living organisms. Rapid detection these pollutants wastewaters has attracted attention researchers from various fields environmental science engineering. Discoveries regarding materials method developments are deemed necessary for effective remediation wastewater. Although advanced such as organic inorganic have been developed, secondary pollution due material leaching become major concern. Therefore, natural-based is preferable. Clay one potential sorbents phenols. It high porosity polarity, good mechanical strength, moisture resistance, chemical thermal stability, cation exchange capacity, which will benefit adsorptive removal Several attempts made improve capabilities natural clay sorbent. This manuscript discuss clays activation, modification, application discussed. achievements, challenges, concluding remarks were provided.