Developing urbanization, water shortage, watercourse pollution, and demands for more food due to population growth require a more efficient water irrigation and fertilizer application. Retaining nutrients and water in agricultural soils brings about higher crop yields and prevents pollution of water courses. Among different solutions, zeolites, which are environmental friendly, ubiquitous, and inexpensive, have been extensively employed in agricultural activities. These minerals are considered as soil conditioners to improve soil physical and chemical properties including infiltration rate, saturated hydraulic conductivity (K
 s), water holding capacity (WHC), and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Natural and surface-modified zeolites can efficiently hold water and nutrients including ammonium (NH4
 +), nitrate (NO3
 −) and phosphate (PO4
 3−), potassium (K+), and sulfate (SO4
 2−) in their unique porous structures. Their application as slow-release fertilizers (SRFs) are reported as well. Therefore, zeolite application can improve both water use efficiency (WUE) and nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in agricultural activities and consequently can reduce the potential of surface and groundwater pollution. This review paper summarizes findings in the literature about the impact of zeolite applications on water and nutrient retention in the agriculture. Furthermore, it explores benefits and drawbacks of zeolite applications in this regard.

Application of Zeolites for Sustainable Agriculture: a Review on Water and Nutrient Retention

Zeolites have been game-changing materials in oil refining and petrochemistry over the last 60 years and have the potential to play the same role in the emerging processes of the energy and environmental transition. Although zeolites are crystalline inorganic solids, their structures are not perfect and the presence of defect sites – mainly Bronsted acid sites and silanols – influences their thermal and chemical resistance as well as their performances in key areas such as catalysis, gas and liquid separations and ion-exchange. In this paper, we review the type of defects in zeolites and the characterization techniques used for their identification and quantification with the focus on diffraction, spectroscopic and modeling approaches. More specifically, throughout the review, we will focus on silanol (Si–OH) defects located within the micropore structure and/or on the external surface of zeolites. The main approaches applied to engineer and heal defects and their consequences on the properties and applications of zeolites in catalysis and separation processes are highlighted. Finally, the challenges and opportunities of silanol defect engineering in tuning the properties of zeolites to meet the requirements for specific applications are presented.

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Silanol defect engineering and healing in zeolites: opportunities to fine-tune their properties and performances.

Electrochemical treatment of deproteinated whey wastewater and optimization of treatment conditions with response surface methodology.

Highly efficient and reusable mesoporous zeolite synthetized from a biopolymer for cationic dyes adsorption

Unveiling coke formation mechanism in MFI zeolites during methanol-to-hydrocarbons conversion

Cooperative effects of zeolite mesoporosity and defect sites on the amount and location of coke formation and its consequence in deactivation

Electrochemical removal of sodium ion from fermented food composts was analyzed and statistically modeled by response surface methodology (RSM). Empirical models were developed to describe relationships between the operating variables (operation time, current density and water contents) and three responses (removal efficiency, energy expenditure and energy efficiency). Statistical analysis indicated that operation time and current density have significant effect on all responses. Good agreement between predicted and measured values confirmed the usefulness of the model. The models were verified by additional experimental at optimum conditions.

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Statistical Modeling of Electrochemical Removal of Sodium in Fermented Food Composts

Effects of secondary mesoporosity and zeolite crystallinity on catalyst deactivation of ZSM-5 in propanal conversion

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Cooperative effects of zeolite mesoporosity and defect sites on the amount and location of coke formation and its consequence in deactivation

Statistical Modeling of Electrochemical Removal of Sodium in Fermented Food Composts

Effects of secondary mesoporosity and zeolite crystallinity on catalyst deactivation of ZSM-5 in propanal conversion