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 …

Mercury sources, contaminations, mercury cycle, detection and treatment techniques: A review

KG Pavithra, P SundarRajan, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury is considered a toxic pollutant harmful to our human health and the environment.
Mercury is highly persistent, volatile and bioaccumulated and enters into the food chain …

Recent advances in activated carbon modification techniques for enhanced heavy metal adsorption

M Mariana, AK Hps, EM Mistar, EB Yahya… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of water with heavy metals is a global issue. Its water solubility and non-
degradability nature convert it into a potential threat to human health as well as flora and …

Recent advancement of biomass-derived porous carbon based materials for energy and environmental remediation applications

R Chakraborty, K Vilya, M Pradhan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent times, increasing environmental pollution alongside depletion of fossil fuel
reserves has led to a rejuvenated interest in utilizing biomass and waste materials …

Regeneration mechanism of a novel high-performance biochar mercury adsorbent directionally modified by multimetal multilayer loading

L Jia, P Cheng, Y Yu, S Chen, C Wang, L He… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar that is directly obtained by pyrolysis exhibits a low adsorption efficiency;
furthermore, the process of recycling adsorbents is ineffective. To solve these problems …

Biochar production from slow pyrolysis of biomass under CO2 atmosphere: a review on the effect of CO2 medium on biochar production, characterisation, and …

P Premchand, F Demichelis, D Chiaramonti… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The replacement of inert gas by CO 2 in pyrolysis has piqued a great deal of interest in
recent years due to its numerous positive effects on end products. The reactive nature of CO …

A review on removal of mercury from flue gas utilizing existing air pollutant control devices (APCDs)

Y Li, J Yu, Y Liu, R Huang, Z Wang, Y Zhao - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal pollutant. It is of great significance to develop cost-
effective mercury pollution control technologies of coal-fired flue gas. Among various …

A critical review on removal of gaseous pollutants using sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation technologies

Y Liu, L Liu, Y Wang - Environmental Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Excessive emissions of gaseous pollutants such as SO2, NO x, heavy metals (Hg, As, etc.),
H2S, VOCs, etc. have triggered a series of environmental pollution incidents. Sulfate radical …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of cationic methylene blue dye using microwave-assisted activated carbon derived from acacia wood: optimization and batch studies

MFM Yusop, MA Ahmad, NA Rosli… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study assesses the performance of optimized acacia wood-based activated carbon
(AWAC) as an adsorbent for methylene blue (MB) dye removal in aqueous solution. AWAC …

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 …