Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a …

AI Osman, S Fawzy, M Farghali, M El-Azazy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many
applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review …

Phosphorus adsorption by functionalized biochar: a review

D Luo, L Wang, H Nan, Y Cao, H Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Phosphorus is essential element for agricultural production, yet phosphorus ore resources
are non-renewable and become depleted. Moreover, phosphate release from wastewater …

Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Modified biochar as a green adsorbent for removal of hexavalent chromium from various environmental matrices: mechanisms, methods, and prospects

S Ambika, M Kumar, L Pisharody, M Malhotra… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) contamination has gained interest from regulatory
authorities due to its high toxicity and carcinogenicity. Different approaches have been …

Waste to catalyst: role of agricultural waste in water and wastewater treatment

M Kumar, S Ambika, A Hassani, PV Nidheesh - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently, owing to the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization activities, a
huge quantity of wastewater is generated that contain toxic chemical and heavy metals …

A comparative review on adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of classified dyes with metal/non-metal-based modification of graphitic carbon nitride …

A Ahmadi, M Hajilou, S Zavari, S Yaghmaei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Dyes have different categories, and each is used in one of the industries according to its
appearance and physical characteristics. Dyes have severe toxicity and carcinogenic …

Production of biochar from rice straw and its application for wastewater remediation− an overview

SY Foong, YH Chan, BLF Chin, SSM Lock… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The valorization of biochar as a green and low-cost adsorbent provides a sustainable
alternative to commercial wastewater treatment technologies that are usually chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging technologies for biofuel production: A critical review on recent progress, challenges and perspectives

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, A Bonilla-Petriciolet… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to increasing anthropogenic activities, especially industry and transport, the fossil fuel
demand and consumption have increased proportionally, causing serious environmental …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of pollutants from wastewater by biochar: a review

N Jagadeesh, B Sundaram - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is a functional material prepared under controlled thermal decomposition of organic
feedstocks from crops, forestry residues, sewage sludge, algal biomass, and poultry manure …