Wastewater treatment may help to reduce water shortages, whilst concurrently recover
energy and nutrients, leading to some of the exploitation of important sources being offset …

Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

In this study, activated carbon was derived from pulverized waste tires using carbonization
and chemical activation techniques. Single and competitive batch adsorption experiments …

Increased industrial and domestic activities have induced pollution, global warming and
resources depletion, calling for advanced remediation techniques. For instance, biochar …

Biochar, a solid carbon-rich residue is derived from wide variety of abundantly available raw
materials like forest and agricultural waste, industrial by products and waste, and municipal …

This work demonstrates sustainable valorization of pine needle biomass as a biosorbent for
dye removal. Pine needle biomass was prepared by pyrolysis at 550° C and functionalized …

Biochar is a solid material obtained from the pyrolytic carbonization of biomass in an oxygen-
free/limited environment. Sulfur-containing biochar has a wide range of applications, such …

Carbon-centric adsorbents (CCA) are diverse forms, from simple biochar (BC) to graphene
derivatives, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and activated carbon (AC), which have been vastly …

The process of removal of heavy metals is important due to their toxic effects on living
organisms and undesirable anthropogenic effects. Conventional methods possess many …

Biochar has been of considerable importance for various environmental applications in
recent years. It has exhibited substantial advantages like favourable structural and surface …