A sustainable reuse strategy of converting waste activated sludge into biochar for contaminants removal from water: modifications, applications and perspectives

J Hu, L Zhao, J Luo, H Gong, N Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Conversion of sewage sludge to biochar for contaminants removal from water achieves the
dual purpose of solid waste reuse and pollution elimination, in line with the concept of …

Biomass directional pyrolysis based on element economy to produce high-quality fuels, chemicals, carbon materials–a review

H Zhang, K Yang, Y Tao, Q Yang, L Xu, C Liu… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass is regarded as the only carbon-containing renewable energy source and has
performed an increasingly important role in the gradual substitution of conventional fossil …

Carbon sequestration strategies in soil using biochar: advances, challenges, and opportunities

L Luo, J Wang, J Lv, Z Liu, T Sun, Y Yang… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biochar, a carbon (C)-rich material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass
under oxygen-limited environments, has been proposed as one of the most promising …

A state-of-the-art review on algae pyrolysis for bioenergy and biochar production

J Sun, O Norouzi, O Mašek - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Algae, as a feedstock with minimum land footprint, is considered a promising biomass for
sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials. Unlike lignocellulosic biomass, algae consist …

In-situ pyrolysis of Enteromorpha as carbocatalyst for catalytic removal of organic contaminants: Considering the intrinsic N/Fe in Enteromorpha and non-radical …

C Chen, T Ma, Y Shang, B Gao, B Jin, H Dan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
An environmentally friendly, facile, and economical Fe/N co-doped carbonaceous material
(Fe-N@ C) was prepared by the in-situ pyrolysis of Fe/N rich Enteromorpha biomass for …

Nitrogen containing functional groups of biochar: an overview

L Leng, S Xu, R Liu, T Yu, X Zhuo, S Leng, Q Xiong… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbonaceous material produced by thermal treatment, eg, pyrolysis, of biomass
in oxygen-deficient or oxygen-free environment. Nitrogen containing functional groups of …

Effect of biomass type and pyrolysis temperature on nitrogen in biochar, and the comparison with hydrochar

S Xu, J Chen, H Peng, S Leng, H Li, W Qu, Y Hu, H Li… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, two different biomasses (soybean straw and Chlorella) were pyrolyzed at
temperatures 300–800° C to obtain biochars. The impacts of biomass type and pyrolysis …

A review on pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass: Nitrogen transformation

L Leng, L Yang, J Chen, S Leng, H Li, H Li, X Yuan… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass, such as microalgae, macroalgae, sewage sludge, energy
crops, and some lignocellulosic biomass, produces bio-oil with high nitrogen (N) content …

Pyrolysis of microalgae: A critical review

C Yang, R Li, B Zhang, Q Qiu, B Wang, H Yang… - Fuel Processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microalgae as an environmentally friendly renewable feedstock can be processed into an
array of products via conversion technologies such as algal lipid upgrading, liquefaction …

Three-dimensional porous graphene-like biochar derived from Enteromorpha as a persulfate activator for sulfamethoxazole degradation: Role of graphitic N and …

Y Qi, B Ge, Y Zhang, B Jiang, C Wang, M Akram… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional graphene-like biochar derived from Enteromorpha (EGB) was prepared
as a persulfate (PS) activator for sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation. The graphitic N in the …