Biochar as the effective adsorbent to combustion gaseous pollutants: preparation, activation, functionalization and the adsorption mechanisms

C Wen, T Liu, D Wang, Y Wang, H Chen, G Luo… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The massive combustion utilization of fossil fuel in human industrial activities, such as power
plants, waste incineration, and kiln combustion for cement production, would emit serious …

Application of co-pyrolysis biochar for the adsorption and immobilization of heavy metals in contaminated environmental substrates

Y Li, H Yu, L Liu, H Yu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution has been considered as a serious threat to the environment and
human in the past decades due to its toxic and unbiodegradable properties. Recently …

Co-pyrolysis of biomass and different plastic waste to reduce hazardous waste and subsequent production of energy products: A review on advancement, synergies …

A Nawaz, SA Razzak - Renewable energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Global energy consumption has increased as a result of a growing population and
industrialization, leading to a number of complications such as fossil fuel exhaustion …

Biomass-derived biochar: From production to application in removing heavy metal-contaminated water

WH Chen, AT Hoang, S Nižetić, A Pandey… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Synergetic effects in the co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and plastic waste for renewable fuels and chemicals

W Cai, X Wang, Z Zhu, R Kumar, PN Amaniampong… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis to produce renewable fuels and high value-
added chemicals can help alleviate the energy and resource crisis facing the world today …

Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: a review

MJ Ahmed, BH Hameed - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of blended feedstocks has received increasing attention due to its significant
role in avoiding the weakness of products made from normal pyrolysis of individual …

Recent advancements in pyrolysis of halogen-containing plastics for resource recovery and halogen upcycling: a state-of-the-art review

C Ma, S Kumagai, Y Saito, T Yoshioka… - … science & technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plastic waste has emerged as a serious issue due to its impact on environmental
degradation and resource scarcity. Plastic recycling, especially of halogen-containing …

Recent advances in heteroatom-doped porous carbon for adsorption of gaseous pollutants

P Wu, Y Wang, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to simple and clean process, and renewable adsorbent, adsorption of gaseous
pollutants using porous carbon is a research hotspot in the field of air pollution control …

Removal performance, mechanisms, and influencing factors of biochar for air pollutants: a critical review

Z Zhao, B Wang, BKG Theng, X Lee, X Zhang, M Chen… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
The emission of air pollutants from various industries is a major contributor to environmental
pollution. The removal of these pollutants before they are discharged into the environment …

Biochars as media for air pollution control systems: Contaminant removal, applications and future research directions

W Gwenzi, N Chaukura, T Wenga, M Mtisi - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochars are low-cost and renewable biomaterials with several applications, including soil
amendment, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and removal of both inorganic and …