Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, ED van Hullebusch… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, due to the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization in develo**
countries, a large volume of wastewater is produced from industries that contain chemicals …

A comprehensive review of engineered biochar: production, characteristics, and environmental applications

HKS Panahi, M Dehhaghi, YS Ok, AS Nizami… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
A sustainable management of environment and agriculture is crucial to protect soil, water,
and air during intensified agriculture practices as well as huge industrial and transportation …

Production, activation, and applications of biochar in recent times

AK Sakhiya, A Anand, P Kaushal - Biochar, 2020 - Springer
Biomass is a green energy source and is available in abundance. Biochar is a carbon-rich
material derived from a wide range of biomass or organic waste through the thermochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Environmentally-related contaminants of high concern: potential sources and analytical modalities for detection, quantification, and treatment

T Rasheed, M Bilal, F Nabeel, M Adeel… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, emerging contaminants (ECs) of high concern are broadly distributed
throughout the environmental matrices because of various industrial practices and …

Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants in water: A review

OM Rodriguez-Narvaez, JM Peralta-Hernandez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, the presence of a group of contaminants, termed as emerging contaminants
(ECs) has been recognized as significant water pollutants that have adverse effects on …

Biochar-based nano-composites for the decontamination of wastewater: a review

X Tan, Y Liu, Y Gu, Y Xu, G Zeng, X Hu, S Liu… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Synthesizing biochar-based nano-composites can obtain new composites and combine the
advantages of biochar with nano-materials. The resulting composites usually exhibit great …

A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal

MI Inyang, B Gao, Y Yao, Y Xue… - Critical Reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
As a low-cost adsorbent, biochar can be used as a low-cost adsorbent for wastewater
treatment, particularly with respect to treating heavy metals in wastewater. A number of …

Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: progress and challenges

MB Ahmed, JL Zhou, HH Ngo, W Guo - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Antibiotics as emerging contaminants are of global concern due to the development of
antibiotic resistant genes potentially causing superbugs. Current wastewater treatment …

Application of biochar for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions

X Tan, Y Liu, G Zeng, X Wang, X Hu, Y Gu, Z Yang - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, many studies have been devoted to investigate the application of biochar for
pollutants removal from aqueous solutions. Biochar exhibits a great potential to efficiently …

Biochar-based water treatment systems as a potential low-cost and sustainable technology for clean water provision

W Gwenzi, N Chaukura, C Noubactep… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Approximately 600 million people lack access to safe drinking water, hence achieving
Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Ensure availability and sustainable management of water …