Review of organic and inorganic pollutants removal by biochar and biochar-based composites

L Liang, F Xi, W Tan, X Meng, B Hu, X Wang - Biochar, 2021 - Springer
Biochar (BC) has exhibited a great potential to remove water contaminants due to its wide
availability of raw materials, high surface area, developed pore structure, and low cost …

Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

N Bolan, SA Hoang, J Beiyuan… - International …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Biochar is produced as a charred material with high surface area and abundant functional
groups by pyrolysis, which refers to the process of thermochemical decomposition of organic …

Biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal: A review

B Qiu, X Tao, H Wang, W Li, X Ding, H Chu - Journal of Analytical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an efficient and low-cost adsorbent, biochar has attracted extensive attention and
research in the field of heavy metal pollution water treatment due to its superiority in heavy …

Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: A review on types of feedstocks, chemical compositions, operating parameters, techno …

RK Mishra, DJP Kumar, A Narula, SM Chistie, SU Naik - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar generation from biomass pyrolysis is an appealing and practical technology for
storing carbon and lowering the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon recalcitrance in …

Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Agricultural waste to real worth biochar as a sustainable material for supercapacitor

AP Khedulkar, B Pandit, R Doong - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar made from agricultural waste is gaining more attention in energy field due to its
sustainability, low cost, apart from having high supercapacitance performance. Also, it has a …

Adsorption of Pb (II) and Cd (II) by magnetic activated carbon and its mechanism

Z Zhang, T Wang, H Zhang, Y Liu, B Xing - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetized activated carbons (MAC) were prepared by activating rape straw powder, and
pyrolyzing at different temperatures, then magnetizing activated carbon by hydrothermal …

Sustainable biochar/MgFe2O4 adsorbent for levofloxacin removal: Adsorption performances and mechanisms

B Yao, Z Luo, S Du, J Yang, D Zhi, Y Zhou - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The limitation of low efficiency and complicated separation after adsorption make the
practical application of biochar a huge challenge. Here, one pomelo peel-derived magnetic …

A critical review on arsenic removal from water using biochar-based sorbents: the significance of modification and redox reactions

R Amen, H Bashir, I Bibi, SM Shaheen, NK Niazi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is considered to be the cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and sustainable
sorbent that has an extraordinary potential to efficiently remove toxic elements, including …

Preparation and application of magnetic biochar in water treatment: A critical review

X Li, C Wang, J Zhang, J Liu, B Liu, G Chen - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, magnetic biochar has been widely used in removal of pollutants from water.
In this paper, the preparation technologies of magnetic biochar are analyzed, and the …