Adsorption of heavy metal onto biomass-derived activated carbon

B Wang, J Lan, C Bo, B Gong, J Ou - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the rapid development of the social economy and the massive increase in
population, human beings continue to undertake processing, and commercial manufacturing …

End-of-life tyre conversion to energy: A review on pyrolysis and activated carbon production processes and their challenges

NH Zerin, MG Rasul, MI Jahirul, ASM Sayem - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The number of end-of-life waste tyres has increased enormously worldwide, which is one of
the non-biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) piling up in an open space for a long …

Synthesis, purification, and characterization of carbon dots from non-activated and activated pyrolytic carbon black

RB González-González, LT González, M Madou… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, carbon dots were created from activated and non-activated pyrolytic carbon
black obtained from waste tires, which were then chemically oxidized with HNO3. The effects …

Carbon quantum dot fluorescent probes for food safety detection: Progress, opportunities and challenges

W Zhang, H Zhong, P Zhao, A Shen, H Li, X Liu - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
As a new photoluminescent nanomaterial, carbon quantum dots (CDs) have great potential
in the detection of food ingredients and contaminants, owing to its merits of ease in …

Carbon dots-based nanomaterials for fluorescent sensing of toxic elements in environmental samples: Strategies for enhanced performance

RB González-González, MB Morales-Murillo… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization and manufacturing expansion have caused heavy metal pollution,
which is a critical environmental issue faced by global population. In addition, the …

Processing and activation of tire-derived char: A review

S Doja, LK Pillari, L Bichler - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
An indispensable component of many land-based transportation systems are tires. Tires are
constructed from constituents resistant to both physical and chemical degradation, thus …

Study on pyrolysis characteristics, kinetics and thermodynamics of waste tires catalytic pyrolysis with low-cost catalysts

K Wang, T Shan, B Li, Y Zheng, H Xu, C Wang, X Tian - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
As a non-biodegradable solid waste, waste tires (WTs) have adverse effects on the
ecological environment and human health. Waste tires are a good source of energy. In order …

Recovery of high pure pyrolytic carbon black from waste tires by dual acid treatment

G Jiang, J Pan, W Deng, Y Sun, J Guo, K Che… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyrolytic carbon black (CBp) is one of the products from waste tires through the pyrolysis
process having potential business prospects. However, any impurities in CBp tremendously …

Pharmaceutical pollution fingerprinting and waterbodies remediation using waste-derived carbon dots as sustainable advanced nanomaterials

RB González-González, LY Martínez-Zamudio… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conversion of biomass waste into high-value nanomaterials such as carbon dots might
represent a great advancement towards a circular economy system. Biomass wastes are an …

Iron-based electrocatalysts derived from scrap tires for oxygen reduction reaction: Evolution of synthesis-structure-performance relationship in acidic, neutral and …

M Muhyuddin, D Testa, R Lorenzi, GM Vanacore… - Electrochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mass generation of scrap tires presents a major challenge for environmental safety,
however, their upcycling into carbon-based nanomaterials by the virtue of pyrolysis …