Review of organic and inorganic pollutants removal by biochar and biochar-based composites

L Liang, F Xi, W Tan, X Meng, B Hu, X Wang - Biochar, 2021 - Springer
Biochar (BC) has exhibited a great potential to remove water contaminants due to its wide
availability of raw materials, high surface area, developed pore structure, and low cost …

Controlled release fertilizer: A review on developments, applications and potential in agriculture

P Vejan, T Khadiran, R Abdullah, N Ahmad - Journal of controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlled release fertilizer (CRF) plays a crucial yet necessary part in the sustainable
agriculture industry. An alarming rise in call for crop production directly influences the …

Potential role of biochar on capturing soil nutrients, carbon sequestration and managing environmental challenges: a review

Z Elkhlifi, J Iftikhar, M Sarraf, B Ali, MH Saleem… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biochar (BC) properties and its influences within agricultural soil health and environmental
ecosystems largely depend on feedstock, residence time and pyrolysis conditions. The …

A critical review on production, modification and utilization of biochar

Y Xie, L Wang, H Li, LJ Westholm, L Carvalho… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been an increased interest in the production of sustainable biochar in the past
years, as biochar shows versatile physicochemical properties and, can have a wide …

Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

M Chiappero, O Norouzi, M Hu, F Demichelis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could be considered as a mature technology and nowadays it can
still play a pivot role because of the urgent need to provide renewable energy sources and …

Key factors and primary modification methods of activated carbon and their application in adsorption of carbon-based gases: A review

X Wang, H Cheng, G Ye, J Fan, F Yao, Y Wang, Y Jiao… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
To achieve carbon neutrality, it is necessary to control carbon-based gas emissions to the
atmosphere. Among the various carbon-based gas removal technologies reported to date …

Conversion of sewage sludge into biochar: A potential resource in water and wastewater treatment

A Gopinath, G Divyapriya, V Srivastava, AR Laiju… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of biochar from sewage sludge (SS) is consistent with the goal of sustainable
resource recovery and promotes a wastewater-based circular economy. Thermochemical …

Use of biomass-derived biochar in wastewater treatment and power production: A promising solution for a sustainable environment

M Gupta, N Savla, C Pandit, S Pandit, PK Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, we are witnessing the advent of a revolutionary bioengineering
technology in biochar production and its application in waste treatment and an important …

Mechanisms of metal sorption by biochars: Biochar characteristics and modifications

H Li, X Dong, EB da Silva, LM de Oliveira, Y Chen… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar produced by thermal decomposition of biomass under oxygen-limited conditions
has received increasing attention as a cost-effective sorbent to treat metal-contaminated …

Adsorption of VOCs onto engineered carbon materials: A review

X Zhang, B Gao, AE Creamer, C Cao, Y Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) severely threaten human health and the ecological
environment because most of them are toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic. The persistent …