Persistent free radicals in carbon-based materials on transformation of refractory organic contaminants (ROCs) in water: a critical review

Y Qin, G Li, Y Gao, L Zhang, YS Ok, T An - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
With the increased concentrations and kinds of refractory organic contaminants (ROCs) in
aquatic environments, many previous reviews systematically summarized the applications of …

Activity and reactivity of pyrogenic carbonaceous matter toward organic compounds

JJ Pignatello, WA Mitch, W Xu - Environmental Science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pyrogenic carbonaceous matter (PCM) includes environmental black carbon (fossil fuel
soot, biomass char), engineered carbons (biochar, activated carbon), and related materials …

Wood-derived black carbon (biochar) as a microbial electron donor and acceptor

JM Saquing, YH Yu, PC Chiu - Environmental Science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Research on the environmental impacts of black carbon has focused largely on sorption.
Besides being a strong geosorbent, black carbon is redox-active and may facilitate abiotic …

Advancement in methodologies for reduction of nitroarenes

HK Kadam, SG Tilve - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of aryl amines as raw materials for various applications has spurred
extensive research in developing economic processes for the reduction of nitroarenes …

Biochar as an electron shuttle for reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol by Geobacter sulfurreducens

L Yu, Y Yuan, J Tang, Y Wang, S Zhou - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol (PCP) by Geobacter sulfurreducens in
the presence of different biochars was investigated to understand how biochars affect the …

Biochar-mediated abiotic and biotic degradation of halogenated organic contaminants–A review

M Dorner, S Lokesh, Y Yang, S Behrens - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prevailing global increases in population, urbanization, and agricultural production are
causing increased pressures on water resources, especially as the use of chemicals in …

Biochar-facilitated microbial reduction of hematite

S Xu, D Adhikari, R Huang, H Zhang… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
As an important component of soil organic matter (SOM), the transformation of pyrogenic
carbon plays a critical role in the biogeochemical cycles of carbon and other redox-active …

Biochar enhances the microbial and chemical transformation of pentachlorophenol in paddy soil

H Tong, M Hu, FB Li, CS Liu, MJ Chen - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
It is widely believed that biochar plays an important role in sequestrating pollutants in soil.
The impacts of biochar on soil microbial community structure, and consequently on the …

Recent progresses in graphene-based (photo) catalysts for reduction of nitro compounds

M Nasrollahzadeh, Z Nezafat, MG Gorab, M Sajjadi - Molecular Catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid progresses in the reduction of nitro compounds represent a potent and extensively
utilized transformation, which allows the introduction of amino compounds. From the …

Role of black carbon electrical conductivity in mediating hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine (RDX) transformation on carbon surfaces by sulfides

W Xu, JJ Pignatello, WA Mitch - Environmental Science & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Recent research has demonstrated that black carbons catalyze the transformation of a range
of nitrated explosives sorbed to the carbon surfaces in the presence of sulfides. Although …