Activated carbon from biomass precursors using phosphoric acid: A review

I Neme, G Gonfa, C Masi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Low-cost and renewable adsorbent activated carbon from lignocellulosic biomass is a focus
of worldwide concern due to its readily available waste disposal problems in the …

[HTML][HTML] The use of local materials to remove heavy metals for household-scale drinking water treatment: A review

LD Senanu, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Providing access to safe and clean drinking water requires that materials and technologies
for treating polluted water are affordable, operated without much difficulty and produced …

Phosphoric acid-activated biochar derived from sunflower seed husk: Selective antibiotic adsorption behavior and mechanism

TB Nguyen, WH Chen, CW Chen, AK Patel, XT Bui… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the unnecessary overuse of antibiotics has increased globally, resulting in
antibiotic contamination of water, which has become a significant environmental concern …

Competitive adsorption of pharmaceuticals in lake water and wastewater effluent by pristine and NaOH-activated biochars from spent coffee wastes: Contribution of …

J Shin, J Kwak, YG Lee, S Kim, M Choi, S Bae… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the competitive adsorption mechanisms of pharmaceuticals (ie,
naproxen, diclofenac, and ibuprofen) toward the pristine and NaOH-activated biochars from …

Transformer-based deep learning models for adsorption capacity prediction of heavy metal ions toward biochar-based adsorbents

ZH Jaffari, A Abbas, CM Kim, J Shin, J Kwak… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar adsorbents synthesized from food and agricultural wastes are commonly applied to
eliminate heavy metal (HM) ions from wastewater. However, biochar's diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Manganese and nitrate removal from groundwater using date palm biochar: Application for drinking water

YH Fseha, B Sizirici, I Yildiz - Environmental Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the removal of manganese and nitrate from aqueous systems in
batch and column studies using date palm waste-derived biochar. High removal efficiencies …

Performance, life cycle assessment, and economic comparison between date palm waste biochar and activated carbon derived from woody biomass

J Shaheen, YH Fseha, B Sizirici - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Currently, comparisons between biochar and activated carbon in terms of performance,
environmental impacts as well as financial implications are limited. In this study, biochar …

An insight review of lignocellulosic materials as activated carbon precursor for textile wastewater treatment

NA Bakar, N Othman, ZM Yunus, WAH Altowayti… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
The huge quantities of textile industry effluents with high concentrations of heavy metals are
associated with the water pollution. Among the conventional technologies currently in use …

Adsorption of radioactive strontium by pristine and magnetic biochars derived from spent coffee grounds

J Shin, YG Lee, J Kwak, S Kim, SH Lee, Y Park… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study rigorously investigated the adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of strontium
ions (Sr 2+) by the pristine and magnetic biochars prepared via the pyrolysis of pristine and …

Silanized halloysite nanotubes as 'nano-platform'for the complexation and removal of Fe (II) and Fe (III) ions from aqueous environment

G Pandey, M Tharmavaram, G Phadke… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron exists in the form of Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ ions in water, which poses multiple health hazards
at high concentrations. This work therefore focussed on the removal of both the ionic forms …