The effects of biochar and its applications in the microbial remediation of contaminated soil: A review

X Zheng, W Xu, J Dong, T Yang, Z Shangguan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amendment of biochar for soil bioremediation can improve soil conditions, influence soil
microbial community, and achieve co-application of biochar-microbe to promote the removal …

Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review

W **ang, X Zhang, J Chen, W Zou, F He, X Hu… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising agent for wastewater treatment, soil remediation, and gas storage
and separation. This review summarizes recent research development on biochar …

Preparation, modification and environmental application of biochar: A review

J Wang, S Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich material which can be prepared from various organic waste
feedstock, such as agricultural wastes and municipal sewage sludge. Biochar has received …

Enhancement of ciprofloxacin sorption on chitosan/biochar hydrogel beads

MZ Afzal, XF Sun, J Liu, C Song, SG Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar is effective in water treatment but it is hard to retrieve or separate biochar powder
from aqueous solutions. In this study, the removal of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solutions …

Biochar as simultaneous shelter, adsorbent, pH buffer, and substrate of Pseudomonas citronellolis to promote biodegradation of high concentrations of phenol in …

L Zhao, D **ao, Y Liu, H Xu, H Nan, D Li, Y Kan, X Cao - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial degradation is an elimination method for removal of organic contaminants from
soil and water. However, the main factor limiting its practical application is high bacterial …

Biochar as environmental armour and its diverse role towards protecting soil, water and air

A Kumar, E Singh, R Mishra, S Kumar - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been of considerable importance for various environmental applications in
recent years. It has exhibited substantial advantages like favourable structural and surface …

Sustainable green nanoadsorbents for remediation of pharmaceuticals from water and wastewater: A critical review

AH Khan, NA Khan, M Zubair, MA Shaida… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last three decades, pharmaceutical research has increased tremendously to offer safe
and healthy life. However, the high consumption of these harmful drugs has risen …

Biochar-mediated abiotic and biotic degradation of halogenated organic contaminants–A review

M Dorner, S Lokesh, Y Yang, S Behrens - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prevailing global increases in population, urbanization, and agricultural production are
causing increased pressures on water resources, especially as the use of chemicals in …

Sustained and efficient remediation of biochar immobilized with Sphingobium abikonense on phenanthrene-copper co-contaminated soil and microbial preferences …

Y Zhang, S Liu, L Niu, A Su, M Li, Y Wang, Y Xu - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Immobilized microbial technology has been widely used in wastewater treatment, but it has
been used less frequently for soil remediation, particularly in sites that are co-contaminated …

Bio-derived carbon-based materials for sustainable environmental remediation and wastewater treatment

AK Priya, M Muruganandam, S Suresh - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Most of the biosynthesized nanocomposites has the excellent tunability and
multifunctionality including carbon-based materials, which other materials neglect to show …