Abstract Nowadays, water pollution has been considered a global concern on environmental sustainability, calling for high-performance materials in effective pollution treatments. Adsorption approach has great potential to eliminate persistent inorganic and organic compounds. Activated carbon (AC) materials including their composite materials have been largely investigated under various experimental conditions as low-cost, promising adsorbents to remove contaminants from water resources. In this review, the authors report the most recent development in activated carbon materials for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants and its modeling counterpart using response surface methodology (RSM) statistical calculations. We also highlights up-to-date studies for the removal of organic pollutants and heavy metals from water using activated carbon materials as adsorbents with a focus on structure-to-properties and the effects of surface functions on adsorption processes. This review also summarizes for the first time the advantages and disadvantages of RSM method in the investigations related to adsorption of pollutants to assess the potential opportunities and challenges for the application of activated carbon materials in wastewater treatment. The critical analyses and conclusions highlighted in this present study should be of benefit to environmental scientists, chemists and engineers interested in the use of AC and optimization tools in environmental remediation.

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污染物吸附在活性炭材料上的响应面方法数值研究的最新趋势：综述

摘要 如今，水污染已被认为是全球关注的环境可持续性问题，需要高性能材料进行有效的污染处理。吸附方法具有消除持久性无机和有机化合物的巨大潜力。活性炭（AC）材料，包括其复合材料，已在各种实验条件下作为低成本、有前途的吸附剂来去除水资源中的污染物进行了大量研究。在这篇综述中，作者报告了使用响应面法 (RSM) 统计计算去除有机和无机污染物的活性炭材料及其建模对应物的最新进展。我们还重点介绍了使用活性炭材料作为吸附剂从水中去除有机污染物和重金属的最新研究，重点是结构到性质和表面功能对吸附过程的影响。本综述还首次总结了RSM方法在污染物吸附相关研究中的优缺点，以评估活性炭材料在废水处理中应用的潜在机遇和挑战。本研究中强调的关键分析和结论应该有益于对在环境修复中使用 AC 和优化工具感兴趣的环境科学家、化学家和工程师。