Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, Z Yuan, M Wang, F Wang… - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources
since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other …

Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

Single-atom copper embedded in two-dimensional MXene toward peroxymonosulfate activation to generate singlet oxygen with nearly 100% selectivity for enhanced …

P Yang, Y Long, W Huang, D Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Singlet oxygen (1 O 2)-dominated advanced oxidation processes has drawn
widespread attention for selective oxidation of organic pollutants in complex water …

Biochar as construction materials for achieving carbon neutrality

Y Zhang, M He, L Wang, J Yan, B Ma, X Zhu, YS Ok… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar is a waste-derived material that can sequester carbon at a large scale. The
development of low-carbon and sustainable biochar-enhanced construction materials has …

Persistent free radicals on biochar for its catalytic capability: A review

X Liu, Z Chen, S Lu, X Shi, F Qu, D Cheng, W Wei… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar is an economical carbon material for water pollution control, which shows great
promise to be applied in the up-scale wastewater remediation processes. Previous studies …

Enhancing biochar-based nonradical persulfate activation using data-driven techniques

R Wang, S Zhang, H Chen, Z He, G Cao… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Converting biomass into biochar (BC) as a functional biocatalyst to accelerate persulfate
activation for water remediation has attracted much attention. However, due to the complex …

Neglected but efficient electron utilization driven by biochar-coactivated phenols and peroxydisulfate: Polyphenol accumulation rather than mineralization

J Dou, Y Tang, Z Lu, G He, J Xu… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report an unrecognized but efficient nonradical mechanism in biochar-activated
peroxydisulfate (PDS) systems. Combining a newly developed fluorescence trapper of …

Coupled surface-confinement effect and pore engineering in a single-Fe-atom catalyst for ultrafast Fenton-like reaction with high-valent iron-oxo complex oxidation

B Huang, Z Wu, X Wang, X Song, H Zhou… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nanoconfinement effect in Fenton-like reactions shows great potential in environmental
remediation, but the construction of confinement structure and the corresponding …

Selective formation of reactive oxygen species in peroxymonosulfate activation by metal-organic framework-derived membranes: A defect engineering-dependent …

M Li, S You, X Duan, Y Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Defect engineering is an effective way to unveil relationship within structures and catalytic
activities of transition metal oxides. Herein, a novel strategy has been developed for in situ …

NaOH-modified biochar supported Fe/Mn bimetallic composites as efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for enhance tetracycline removal

F Liang, Z Liu, X Jiang, J Li, K **ao, W Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, NaOH-modified biochar supported Fe/Mn bimetallic composite (Fe-Mn/AW-BC)
was prepared to remove tetracycline (TC) through activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) …