Peat moss-derived biochars as effective sorbents for VOCs' removal in groundwater

J Kim, SS Lee, J Khim - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2019 - Springer
Peat moss-derived biochars were produced at the pyrolytic temperatures of 300, 500, and
700° C and were tested for evaluating the removal efficiency of volatile organic compounds …

Volatile organic compounds analysis and characterization on activated biochar prepared from rice husk

J Li, Q Li, C Qian, X Wang, Y Lan, B Wang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Activated biochar has been used in various areas, ie, wastewater treatment. However,
biochar contains volatile organic compounds, some of which are toxic organic pollutants that …

Morphology of modified biochar and its potential for phenol removal from aqueous solutions

KA Komnitsas, D Zaharaki - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In the present study, the efficiency of phenol removal from synthetic aqueous solutions by
chemically modified biochar with the use of 1M KOH or 1M FeCl3 was investigated. Initially …

Comparison of heavy metal adsorption by peat moss and peat moss-derived biochar produced under different carbonization conditions

SJ Lee, JH Park, YT Ahn, JW Chung - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2015 - Springer
Biochar has attracted recent research interest as a metal adsorbent. The heavy metal
adsorption capacity of biochar can be controlled by the carbonization of biochar. The …

Surface characterization of maize-straw-derived biochars and their sorption performance for MTBE and benzene

L Xiao, E Bi, B Du, X Zhao, C Xing - Environmental earth sciences, 2014 - Springer
Biochars generated at various temperatures might show significant differences in sorption
for organic contaminants. In this study, a series of biochars, generated from pyrolyzing maize …

[PDF][PDF] Adsorption properties of methyl orange in water by sheep manure biochar

Y Lu, J Chen, Y Bai, J Gao, M Peng - Pol. J. Environ. Stud, 2019 - pjoes.com
Sheep manure was used to prepare biochar under pyrolysis temperature of 600ºC. The
structural features of biochar were characterized by elemental analysis, BET analysis and …

Efficient removal of volatile organic compound by ball-milled biochars from different preparing conditions

Z Zhuang, L Wang, J Tang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Adsorption is an important technology to deal with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and
biochar has attracted much attention as a new type of adsorbent for VOCs. In this study, rice …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into the application of biochars produced from wood residues for removing different fractions of dissolved organic material (DOM) from bio-treated …

TZ Nav, T Pümpel, D Bosch, A Bockreis - Environmental Technology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of four distinct biochar
types, which were derived from wood residues through varied production methods. To …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of adsorption of biochar from agricultural wastes on methylene blue and Pb2+

Y Qiao, C He, C Zhang, C Jiang, K Yi… - BioResources, 2019 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
Biochar was prepared from agricultural plant waste, including corn straw (MS), sunflower
straw (SS), wheat straw (WS), orange peel (OS), sunflower seed shell (SSS), and chestnut …

Physicochemical properties and performance of non-woody derived biochars for the sustainable removal of aquatic pollutants: A systematic review

G Murtaza, Z Ahmed, M Usman, R Iqbal, F Zulfiqar… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich material produced from the partial combustion of different biomass
residues. It can be used as a promising material for adsorbing pollutants from soil and water …