Due to the rapid development of the social economy and the massive increase in
population, human beings continue to undertake processing, and commercial manufacturing …

The current climate and environmental challenges demand novel and cost-effective
sustainable materials with a high efficacy and eco-friendly properties. Biochar (BC) has …

Biochar materials have recently received considerable recognition as eco-friendly and cost-
effective adsorbents capable of effectively removing hazardous emerging contaminants (eg …

In the literature, the linear form of the pseudo-first-order (PFO) and pseudo-second-order
(PSO) models are often applied for fitting the data of adsorption kinetics. Many authors have …

The presence of pharmaceuticals in ecosystems is a major health issue, calling for
advanced methods to clean wastewater before effluents reach rivers. Here, we review …

Recently, biomass has been understood and investigated to develop adsorbents for carbon
dioxide (CO 2) adsorption due to their non-hazardous nature, availability, low disposal cost …

Over the last decade, the removal of pharmaceuticals from aquatic bodies has garnered
substantial attention from the scientific community. Ibuprofen (IBP), a non-steroidal anti …

The presence of toxic substances in the environment has increased due to population
growth, urbanization, industrialization, as well as changes in people's lifestyles. Among …

Aquatic pollution caused by antibiotics poses a significant threat to human health and the
ecosystem. Inspired from “Emmental Cheese” that owns lots of natural pores, we here …

For the first time, zinc chloride activation method was used to prepare waste paper-based
activated carbon in this study. The structure, morphology, surface functional groups and …