Biochar shows significant potential to serve as a globally applicable material to remediate
water and soil owing to the extensive availability of feedstocks and conducive physio …

Contamination of aquatic and soil systems by organic and inorganic pollutants has become
a serious issue of concern worldwide. Viable and cost-effective solutions are urgently …

Contamination of aquatic systems by antimony (Sb) is a worldwide issue due to its risks to
eco-environment and human health. Batch sorption experiments were conducted to assess …

Finding a low-cost and suitable adsorbent is still in urgent need for efficient decontamination
of As (III) and As (V) elements from the polluted waters. A novel zirconium hydroxide …

Biochar has a high specific surface area with abundant pore structure and functional groups,
which has been widely used in remediation of cadmium or arsenic contaminated water and …

An iron-based composite adsorbent with biochar as the support was prepared by
coprecipitation and the sol–gel method. Both single-iron-based modified biochar without …

The treatment of dye pollutants remains a challenge in the current management of the water
environment. In this study, an innovative biochar material co-modified with KOH and …

Saline-alkali soil has become significant problem for global agriculture and food security as
these soils have poor physicochemical conditions and reduce crop production by causing a …

The bioremediation of heavy metal ions and pesticides is both cost-effective and
environmentally friendly. Microbial remediation is considered superior to conventional …

There has been considerable growing interest in the production and application of biochar
derived from various sources, especially from the lignocellulosic biomass (crop residues) …