“…Owing to the increasing demand for environmental protection, several conventional treatment methods have been reported by researchers to effectively remove pollutants from wastewater. For instance, ion exchange [ 10 ], reverse osmosis [ 11 ], nanofiltration [ 12 ], biological technique [ 13 ], coagulation/flocculation [ 14 ], reverse osmosis [ 15 ], chemical precipitation [ 16 ], photocatalysis [ 17 , 18 ], membrane processes [ 19 ], advanced oxidation processes [ 8 ] and adsorption process [ 20 ]. However, some of the highlighted methods have their limitations that are either require frequent maintenance, high cost of operation, longer degradation time, generation of sludge in large amounts and the use of expensive chemicals [ 21 , 22 ].…”