Access to drinkable water is becoming more and more challenging due to worldwide
pollution and the cost of water treatments. Water and wastewater treatment by adsorption on …

The quest for producing cost-effective and efficient adsorbents for CO 2 capture has
received enormous attention in recent times. Biomass-derived porous carbons are …

In recent years, there has been a significant interest on biochar for various environmental
applications, eg, pollutants removal, carbon sequestration, and soil amelioration. Biochar …

Biochar is a solid by-product of thermochemical conversion of biomass to bio-oil and
syngas. It has a carbonaceous skeleton, a small amount of heteroatom functional groups …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas contributing to global
warming, causing tremendous impacts on the global ecosystem. Fossil fuel combustion is …

The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Rice is second only to maize among the world's most important cereal crops, with a global
harvested area of approximately 158 million hectares and an annual production of more …

In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

In a desperate attempt to find organic alternatives to synthetic fertilizers, agricultural
scientists are increasingly using biochar as a soil amendment. Using chemical fertilizers …

Pesticides are extensively used in the modern agricultural system. The inefficient and
extensive use of pesticides during the last 5 to 6 decades inadvertently led to serious …