Insight into activated carbon from different kinds of chemical activating agents: A review

Y Gao, Q Yue, B Gao, A Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) is an important material in various fields owing to its low cost, well-
developed porosity, and favorable chemical stability. Key factors for the optimal synthesis of …

Biomass-derived activated carbons for the removal of pharmaceutical mircopollutants from wastewater: A review

J Ouyang, L Zhou, Z Liu, JYY Heng, W Chen - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived activated carbons (biochars) have attracted great attention due to their
excellent physicochemical properties such as high specific area, large pore volume, well …

Enhanced adsorptive removal of sulfamethoxazole from water using biochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization of sugarcane bagasse

G Prasannamedha, PS Kumar, R Mehala… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research work primarily focussed on the production of biochar from sugarcane bagasse
through HTC followed by NaOH activation at inert atmosphere for removing SMX from water …

Peroxymonosulfate activation via CoP nanoparticles confined in nitrogen-doped porous carbon for enhanced degradation of sulfamethoxazole in wastewater with …

X Fu, Y Lin, C Yang, S Wu, Y Wang, X Li - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transition-metal phosphides (TMPs) have been considered a promising candidate for
heterogeneous catalysis in wastewater treatment, while the feasibility of its application in …

Coconut shell and husk biochar: A review of production and activation technology, economic, financial aspect and application

A Ajien, J Idris, N Md Sofwan… - Waste Management & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The coconut industry generates a relatively large amount of coconut shell and husk
biomass, which can be utilized for industrial and environmental purposes. Immense …

Advances in activated carbon modification, surface heteroatom configuration, reactor strategies, and regeneration methods for enhanced wastewater treatment

DR Lobato-Peralta, E Duque-Brito… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review elucidates recent advances and challenges in the surface modifications of
activated carbon (AC), the configuration of heteroatoms on activated carbon surface, and the …

Synthesis of CuSiO3-loaded P-doped porous biochar derived from phytic acid-activated lemon peel for enhanced adsorption of NH3

Y Zhang, J Xiao, TC Zhang, L Ouyang… - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is a typical malodorous pollutant and one of the key factors causing PM2.
5. It is of great significance to develop an efficient material with outstanding adsorption ability …

Removal of ciprofloxacin from water by millimeter-sized sodium alginate/H3PO4 activated corncob-based biochar composite beads

J Chen, J Ouyang, X Cai, X Xing, L Zhou, Z Liu… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous system is of great significance for water
treatment. Here, millimeter-sized sodium alginate/H 3 PO 4 activated corncob-based biochar …

Methylcellulose/tannic acid complex particles coated on alginate hydrogel scaffold via Pickering for removal of methylene blue from aqueous and quinoline from non …

MW Abebe, H Kim - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorbents reported for liquid phase decontamination under both aqueous and non-
aqueous media are all dispersed phase sorbents that further require a tedious separation …

Heteroatom nitrogen and oxygen co-doped three-dimensional honeycomb porous carbons for methylene blue efficient removal

QQ Zhuang, JP Cao, Y Wu, M Zhao, XY Zhao… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
High carbon content and low-priced coal tar pitch (CTP) was a suitable precursor to prepare
porous carbon. However, the porous carbon directly prepared by CTP showed an …