Activated carbon from biomass waste precursors: Factors affecting production and adsorption mechanism

M Gayathiri, T Pulingam, KT Lee, K Sudesh - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of activated carbon is evidenced by the increased scope of carbon-based
applications in various industrial applications including pharmaceutical antidotes …

Adsorption materials for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the key factors for VOCs adsorption process: A review

X Li, L Zhang, Z Yang, P Wang, Y Yan, J Ran - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds are harmful to the environment and human health. Adsorption
technology has been used to VOCs abatement for over 30 years and has proven to be an …

Abundant cilantro derived high surface area activated carbon (AC) for superior adsorption performances of cationic/anionic dyes and supercapacitor application

S Bhat, UT Uthappa, T Sadhasivam, T Altalhi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing concern about water quality requirements and the looming energy crisis,
researchers all over the world have committed to the development of novel single low-cost …

Functionalized construction of biochar with hierarchical pore structures and surface O-/N-containing groups for phenol adsorption

D Feng, D Guo, Y Zhang, S Sun, Y Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) seriously endanger human health due to their
bioaccumulation and carcinogenic effects, while biochar adsorption method is regarded as …

Adsorption of VOCs onto engineered carbon materials: A review

X Zhang, B Gao, AE Creamer, C Cao, Y Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) severely threaten human health and the ecological
environment because most of them are toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic. The persistent …

Integrated adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using carbon-based nanocomposites: A critical review

W Zou, B Gao, YS Ok, L Dong - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are harmful for human and surrounding ecosystem, and
a great number of VOC abatement technologies have been developed during the past few …

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 …

Low-temperature catalysis for VOCs removal in technology and application: A state-of-the-art review

Z Zhang, Z Jiang, W Shangguan - Catalysis Today, 2016 - Elsevier
VOCs pollution is a complex issue involving a wide variability of pollutants that threatens
human health and environment. Owing to the effective and economic characters, low …

Adsorption and desorption mechanism of aromatic VOCs onto porous carbon adsorbents for emission control and resource recovery: recent progress and challenges

W Zhang, G Li, H Yin, K Zhao, H Zhao… - Environmental Science …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As is universally acknowledged, the fast advances in industrialization and urbanization have
caused the rapid increase in the emission of aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) …

Thermal desorption for remediation of contaminated soil: A review

C Zhao, Y Dong, Y Feng, Y Li, Y Dong - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil pollution has become a global environmental concern. Thermal desorption is one of the
methods commonly used to remediate contaminated soil. This method has received …