Sustainable soil management under drought stress through biochar application: Immobilizing arsenic, ameliorating soil quality, and augmenting plant growth

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya, WA Shaikh, A Roy - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Rise in climate change-induced drought occurrences have amplified pollution of metal (loid)
s, deteriorated soil quality, and deterred growth of crops. Rice straw-derived biochars (RSB) …

Garbage to Gains: The role of biochar in sustainable soil quality improvement, arsenic remediation, and crop yield enhancement

A Kumar, M Kumari, U Azim, M Vithanage… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Threats of soil quality deterioration and metal pollution have inflicted several parts of the
world, apart from the need for surplus crop production. The investigation used biochar …

Biochar: a potential and green adsorbent for antibiotics removal from aqueous solution

Y Mei, S Zhuang, J Wang - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2024 - Springer
Antibiotics like tetracyclines, quinolones, sulfonamides, and β-lactams are commonly used
in human and animal health. They have been widely detected in aquatic environments, with …

Ball milling nano-sized biochar: bibliometrics, preparation, and environmental application

L Zeng, J Ma, J Yang, J Yang, X Zeng… - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Nano-sized biochar, which is a small structure prepared from biochar by grinding, has
surpassed traditional biochar in performance, showing enhanced effects and potential for a …

From waste to catalyst: Growth mechanisms of ZSM-5 zeolite from coal fly ash & rice husk ash and its performance as catalyst for tetracycline degradation in fenton-like …

Y Zhao, S Gu, L Li, M Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash (CFA), an industrial solid waste, can be utilized to synthesize Zeolite Socony
Mobil-5 (ZSM-5) by incorporating an external silica source. In this study, a series of ZSM-5 …

Valorization of invasive plant and leaf litter wastes into biochar: Production, properties and potential for arsenic removal

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya, WA Shaikh… - Groundwater for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is an emerging pollutant and because of its toxicity, long-term persistence,
elevated mobility, and high bioavailability, it has contaminated groundwaters of countries …

Harnessing Sustainable Biochar-based Composites for Effective PFAS Removal from Wastewater

A Kumar, WA Shaikh, HM Maqsood, SJ Parikh… - Current Opinion in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have garnered significant attention because of
their persistence and detrimental environmental impacts, posing major challenges in …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing activated carbon production from chontaduro seeds via physical activation with steam for ibuprofen removal: A factorial design and multi-attribute …

L Angel, A Villot, MR Susa, J Plazas-Tuttle… - Journal of Water …, 2025 - Elsevier
The primary goal of this research is to optimally produce activated carbon (AC) from
chontaduro seeds (CS) in a sustainable way and evaluate its effectiveness in removing …

One-step solvothermal preparation of Fe3O4@ HA magnetic nanomicrospheres for simultaneous removal of tetracycline antibiotics

S Li, S Li, X Li, X Zeng, J Chen, Z Liu, S Yu… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
Humic acid (HA) is a naturally biomass, that is considered as an ideal adsorbent material
due to the abundance of functional groups on its surface. For this purpose, the highly …

Removal potential and mechanism of sulfamethoxazole and norfloxacin by biochar derived from bagasse and polymeric ferric sulfate

Q Liu, Y Bian, T Xu, T Yue, X Cao, S Bai, H Lin… - … Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
To evaluate the potential for practical application of biochar derived from bagasse and
polymeric ferric sulfate (BPFSB), its capabilities and mechanisms for the removal of …