A critical review on early-warning electrochemical system on microbial fuel cell-based biosensor for on-site water quality monitoring

T Kumar, S Naik, SE Jujjavarappu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) sensor is a very promising self-powered self-sustainable
system for early warning water quality detection. These sensors are cost-effective …

Valorization of heavy metal contaminated biomass: Recycling and expanding to functional materials

Y Chai, A Chen, M Bai, L Peng, J Shao, J Yuan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing global severe soil pollution, a large number of heavy metal elements
are enriched in biomass grown in polluted areas and hyperaccumulators used for …

Arsenic adsorption on layered double hydroxides biochars and their amended red and calcareous soils

X Gao, Y Peng, L Guo, Q Wang, CY Guan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highly efficient amendments for controlling arsenic (As) pollution in soils are imperative to
improve soil quality and enhance food production. In the present study, corn stalk biochar …

Thermochemical conversion of heavy metal contaminated biomass: Fate of the metals and their impact on products

Y Chai, M Bai, A Chen, L Peng, J Shao, C Shang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid depletion of fossil energy and increasingly severe environmental pollution,
the development of biomass resources for biorefineries has become a new research focus …

Production of furan chemicals from contaminated biomass using hydrothermal-assisted activated persulfate strategy: Exploring the critical role of heavy metals on …

Y Chai, J Yuan, M Bai, A Chen, S Zhu, L Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable disposal of heavy metal contaminated biomass has always been a challenging
task. Here, a strategy was proposed for directly producing valuable 5-hydroxymethylfurfural …

Zeolite immobilized ionic liquid as an effective catalyst for conversion of biomass derivatives to levulinic acid

MAA Zarin, MM Zainol, NAS Ramli, NAS Amin - Molecular Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid (LA) has received significant attention as a platform chemical for synthesizing
a broad range of bio-based fuels. In this study, a series of HY zeolite immobilized ionic liquid …

Mitigation of arsenic accumulation in arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) using Fe/Al/Zn impregnated biochar composites

R Sun, J Wang, Y Peng, H Wang, Q Chen - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Arsenic (As) contamination of aquatic and soil environments is a global concern,
highlighting the importance of As removal via high-efficiency and low-cost removal …

Bioenergy generation and nitrogen removal in a novel ecological-microbial fuel cell

S Liu, X Feng, H Xue, D Qiu, Z Huang, N Wang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel ecological-microbial fuel cell (E-MFC) was constructed based on the mutualistic
symbiosis relationship among wetland plants Ipomoea aquatic, benthic fauna Tubifex tubifex …

Valorization of heavy metal-adsorbed microalgae from a membrane bioreactor for levulinic acid production

CY Guan, YL Kao, PH Wu, CP Yu - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Though widely used in many industrial activities, heavy metals are known to cause serious
pollution problems in the environment. Many studies have indicated that microalgae is an …

Trapa natans husk-derived carbon as a sustainable electrode material for plant microbial fuel cells

FY Lin, YY Lin, HT Li, CS Ni, CI Liu, CY Guan… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC) is a novel technology that can be used to convert solar
energy into electrical energy using microbes in the rhizosphere of plants. However, low …