Biochar for the removal of contaminants from soil and water: a review

M Qiu, L Liu, Q Ling, Y Cai, S Yu, S Wang, D Fu, B Hu… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar shows significant potential to serve as a globally applicable material to remediate
water and soil owing to the extensive availability of feedstocks and conducive physio …

Organic amendments for in situ immobilization of heavy metals in soil: A review

J Gao, H Han, C Gao, Y Wang, B Dong, Z Xu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing need for soil remediation due to the increase in heavy metals (HMs)
migrating into the soil environment, especially those from man-made sources dominated by …

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties and Cr (VI) adsorption from water with groundnut shell biochars: Mechanistic approach

A Shakya, M Vithanage, T Agarwal - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study was envisaged to understand the effect of increasing pyrolysis temperature on the
Cr (VI) removal potential of the groundnut shells derived biochars. The biochars were …

Biochar-clay, biochar-microorganism and biochar-enzyme composites for environmental remediation: a review

M Lin, F Li, X Li, X Rong, K Oh - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Springer
Worldwide pollution of waters and soils is a rising health issue calling for advanced
decontamination methods such as adsorption of contaminants on biochar because biochar …

Phytofabrication of bimetallic silver-copper/biochar nanocomposite for environmental and medical applications

M Hosny, M Fawzy, AS Eltaweil - Journal of environmental management, 2022 - Elsevier
In the current study, a novel, green, low-cost, and sustainable path for the phyto-fabrication
of Ag–Cu biochar nanocomposite (Ag–Cu/biochar) by Atriplex halimus biomass and …

Cellulose hydrogel coated nanometer zero-valent iron intercalated montmorillonite (CH-MMT-nFe0) for enhanced reductive removal of Cr (VI): Characterization …

Y Wang, Y Gong, N Lin, H Jiang, X Wei, N Liu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose hydrogel coated nanometer zero-valent iron intercalated montmorillonite (CH-
MMT-nFe 0) was innovatively designed and fabricated, and applied for the removal of Cr …

Single and simultaneous adsorption of Cr (VI) and Cu (II) on a novel Fe3O4/pine cones gel beads nanocomposite: Experiments, characterization and isotherms …

M Touihri, F Guesmi, C Hannachi, B Hamrouni… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the use of magnetic sorbents has gained a spread attention due to their eco-
friendly characteristic, ease of separation and low cost. Herein, a novel biocomposite …

Method and mechanism of chromium removal from soil: a systematic review

Z Bao, H Feng, W Tu, L Li, Q Li - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution has increasingly affected human life, and the treatment of heavy metal
pollution, especially chromium pollution, is still a major problem in the field of environmental …

The role of biochar nanomaterials in the application of environmental remediation and pollution control

K Zhang, R Cen, H Moavia, Y Shen, A Ebihara… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transferring biochar nanomaterials (BNMs) from laboratory studies to field applications has
significant implications for environmental remediation and sustainable agriculture. This …

Mechanism of Cr (VI) removal by polyphenols-rich bacterial cellulose gel produced from fermented wine pomace

Z Li, J Dong, F Azi, X Feng, Z Ge, S Yang, Y Sun… - NPJ Clean …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) is still a common contaminant in water. In this work,
we studied the Cr (VI) adsorption by polyphenol-rich bacterial cellulose (BC) gel …