Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: a comprehensive review

Y Zhou, S Qin, S Verma, T Sar, S Sarsaiya… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review focuses on a holistic view of biochar, production from feedstock's, engineering
production strategies, its applications and future prospects. This article reveals a systematic …

Occurrence, toxicity and adsorptive removal of the chloramphenicol antibiotic in water: a review

LM Nguyen, NTT Nguyen, TTT Nguyen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum bacterial antibiotic used against conjunctivitis,
meningitis, plague, cholera, and typhoid fever. As a consequence, chloramphenicol ends up …

Hydrothermal synthesis of magnetic sludge biochar for tetracycline and ciprofloxacin adsorptive removal

Y Ma, M Li, P Li, L Yang, L Wu, F Gao, X Qi… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, biochar derived from municipal sludge was activated by zinc chloride, which
was first time used as the precursor for hydrothermal synthesis of magnetic sludge biochar …

Adsorptive removal of sulfonamides, tetracyclines and quinolones from wastewater and water using carbon-based materials: Recent developments and future …

BK Biswal, R Balasubramanian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are widely used for treatment of diseases caused by bacteria. They reach the
aquatic environment through urine and excreta. The dominant antibiotics that are commonly …

Biomass-derived activated carbons for the removal of pharmaceutical mircopollutants from wastewater: A review

J Ouyang, L Zhou, Z Liu, JYY Heng, W Chen - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived activated carbons (biochars) have attracted great attention due to their
excellent physicochemical properties such as high specific area, large pore volume, well …

N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation

SH Ho, R Li, C Zhang, Y Ge, G Cao, M Ma, X Duan… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochars are low-cost and environmental-friendly materials, which are promising in
wastewater treatment. In this study, biochars were manufactured from C-phycocyanin …

Modification of biochar derived from sawdust and its application in removal of tetracycline and copper from aqueous solution: adsorption mechanism and modelling

Y Zhou, X Liu, Y **ang, P Wang, J Zhang, F Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highly efficient simultaneous removal of Cu (II) and tetracycline (TET) from aqueous solution
was accomplished by iron and zinc doped sawdust biochar (Fe/Zn-biochar). The mutual …

Role of biochar surface characteristics in the adsorption of aromatic compounds: Pore structure and functional groups

XF Tan, SS Zhu, RP Wang, YD Chen, PL Show… - Chinese Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar (BC) are widely used as highly efficient adsorbents to alleviate aromatics-based
contaminants due to their ease of preparation, wide availability, and high sustainability. The …

Carbon-based materials as adsorbent for antibiotics removal: mechanisms and influencing factors

Y **ang, Z Xu, Y Wei, Y Zhou, X Yang, Y Yang… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the development of the removal of organic pollutants in the soil and water environment,
antibiotics have been considered as emerging pollutants and received considerable …

Research on the sustainable efficacy of g-MoS2 decorated biochar nanocomposites for removing tetracycline hydrochloride from antibiotic-polluted aqueous solution

Z Zeng, S Ye, H Wu, R **ao, G Zeng, J Liang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotic concentrations in surface waters far exceed the pollution limit due to the abuse of
pharmaceuticals, resulting in an urgent need for an approach with potential efficiency …