Biochar for wastewater treatment—conversion technologies and applications

G Enaime, A Baçaoui, A Yaacoubi, M Lübken - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biochar as a stable carbon-rich material shows incredible potential to handle
water/wastewater contaminants. Its application is gaining increasing interest due to the …

Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage

X Tan, S Liu, Y Liu, Y Gu, G Zeng, X Hu, X Wang… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest of the scientific community on production of activated carbon
using biochar as potential sustainable precursors pyrolyzed from biomass wastes. Physical …

Activated Carbon, Biochar and Charcoal: Linkages and Synergies across Pyrogenic Carbon's ABCs

N Hagemann, K Spokas, HP Schmidt, R Kägi… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biochar and activated carbon, both carbonaceous pyrogenic materials, are important
products for environmental technology and intensively studied for a multitude of purposes. A …

One stone two birds: Bone char as a cost-effective material for stabilizing multiple heavy metals in soil and promoting crop growth

H Mei, W Huang, Y Wang, T Xu, L Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Remediation of farmland soils contaminated with high levels of multiple heavy metals near
Pbsingle bondZn smeltery is still a great challenge. It is of great significance to find cost …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation, characterisation and applications of bone char, a food waste-derived sustainable material: A review

C Piccirillo - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of increasing quantities of by-products is a key challenge for modern society;
their valorisation–turning them into valuable compounds with technological applications–is …

Biomass based biochar production approaches and its applications in wastewater treatment, machine learning and microbial sensors

SK Cho, B Igliński, G Kumar - Bioresource technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is a stable carbonaceous material derived from various biomass and can be utilized
as adsorbents, catalysts and precursors in various environmental applications. This review …

Mesopore-and macropore-dominant nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbons for high-energy and ultrafast supercapacitors in non-aqueous electrolytes

R Shao, J Niu, J Liang, M Liu, Z Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Non-aqueous electrolytes (eg, organic and ionic liquid electrolytes) can undergo high
working voltage to improve the energy densities of supercapacitors. However, the large ion …

Preparation of a porous biochar from the acid activation of pork bones

U Iriarte-Velasco, I Sierra, L Zudaire… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2016 - Elsevier
A porous biochar was manufactured through the valorization of waste pork bones, following
a three-step process including pre-charring under mild conditions, acid treatment and …

Microwave-assisted chemical modification method for surface regulation of biochar and its application for estrogen removal

P Zhang, S Liu, X Tan, Y Liu, G Zeng, Z Yin, S Ye… - Process Safety and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Estrogenic hormones have become an emerging and serious concern in the recent years,
owing to their adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. It is necessary to explore …

[HTML][HTML] A study on the impact of the reaction mechanism of the thermochemical activation of bone char (by pyrolysis and carbonization)

I Sierra, JL Ayastuy, MA Gutiérrez-Ortiz… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous materials based on bioapatite were prepared through the thermochemical activation
of pork bone char, using different reagents (H 2 SO 4 and K 2 CO 3), heating atmosphere …