Biochar for the removal of contaminants from soil and water: a review

M Qiu, L Liu, Q Ling, Y Cai, S Yu, S Wang, D Fu, B Hu… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar shows significant potential to serve as a globally applicable material to remediate
water and soil owing to the extensive availability of feedstocks and conducive physio …

Recent advancement of biomass-derived porous carbon based materials for energy and environmental remediation applications

R Chakraborty, K Vilya, M Pradhan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent times, increasing environmental pollution alongside depletion of fossil fuel
reserves has led to a rejuvenated interest in utilizing biomass and waste materials …

N-doped porous carbon derived from macadamia nut shell for CO2 adsorption

J Bai, J Huang, Q Yu, M Demir, M Kilic, BN Altay… - Fuel Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective adsorption and converting CO 2 upon efficient solid-based adsorbents is critical for
net-zero accomplishment. Herein, we develop an advisable strategy to prepare nitrogen …

Recent advances in hydrochar application for the adsorptive removal of wastewater pollutants

JO Ighalo, S Rangabhashiyam, K Dulta… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the major environmental challenges in contemporary times. Biochar
from hydrothermal processes (known as hydrochars) has been explored as adsorbents for …

Simultaneous adsorption of Cr (VI) and phenol by biochar-based iron oxide composites in water: Performance, kinetics and mechanism

FX Dong, L Yan, XH Zhou, ST Huang, JY Liang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The pollution of heavy metals and organic compounds has received increased attention in
recent years. In the current study, a novel biochar-based iron oxide composite (FeYBC) was …

Conversion of organic solid waste into energy and functional materials using biochar catalyst: Bibliometric analysis, research progress, and directions

H Lyu, JY Lim, Q Zhang, S Senadheera… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Much effort has been made to use biochar to catalyze organic solid waste conversion into
value-added products. Biochar has a high specific surface area and abundant functional …

Magnetic Fe3O4/ZIF-8 composite as an effective and recyclable adsorbent for phenol adsorption from wastewater

Y Qu, L Qin, X Liu, Y Yang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Recovery of phenol in wastewater is a matter of concern. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
are promising adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants from water phase owing to …

Adsorption and membrane separation for removal and recovery of volatile organic compounds

G Gan, S Fan, X Li, Z Zhang, Z Hao - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a crucial kind of pollutants in the environment due
to their obvious features of severe toxicity, high volatility, and poor degradability. It is …

Synergistic effect of hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction for enhanced adsorption of rhodamine B from water using corn straw biochar

S Guo, Z Zou, Y Chen, X Long, M Liu, X Li, J Tan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dyes adsorption to biochar via hydrogen bonding, and π-π interaction alone have attracted
much research attention, however, their synergism in adsorption mechanisms remains …

Biomass-derived porous carbons for sorption of Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Y Shen - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can lead to environmental pollution and threaten
human health due to their toxic and carcinogenic nature. The emission of VOCs increases …