Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a …

AI Osman, S Fawzy, M Farghali, M El-Azazy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many
applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review …

Methods to prepare biosorbents and magnetic sorbents for water treatment: a review

AI Osman, EMA El-Monaem, AM Elgarahy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Access to drinkable water is becoming more and more challenging due to worldwide
pollution and the cost of water treatments. Water and wastewater treatment by adsorption on …

Recent advances and perspectives of g–C3N4–based materials for photocatalytic dyes degradation

R Guo, J Wang, Z Bi, X Chen, X Hu, W Pan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation technology is regarded as a promising technology for dye-
contained wastewater treatment due to its superior efficiency and recycling. The key to the …

Trends in renewable energy production employing biomass-based biochar

SK Bhatia, AK Palai, A Kumar, RK Bhatia, AK Patel… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tremendous population growth and industrialization have increased energy consumption
unprecedentedly. The depletion of fossil-based energy supplies necessitates the exploration …

Microalgae-based removal of pollutants from wastewaters: Occurrence, toxicity and circular economy

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, K Bhatt, H Simsek - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The natural and anthropogenic sources of water bodies are contaminated with diverse
categories of pollutants such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals …

[HTML][HTML] Cadmium elimination from wastewater using potato peel biochar modified by ZIF-8 and magnetic nanoparticle

R Foroutan, SJ Peighambardoust, S Ghojavand… - Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
A recyclable and magnetic nanocomposite was fabricated from biochar of potato peel (BPP),
MnFe 2 O 4, and ZIF-8 (BET area: 174.92 m 2/g). The Cd 2+ removal using BPP/MnFe 2 O …

Integrated approach for wastewater treatment and biofuel production in microalgae biorefineries

S Mehariya, RK Goswami, P Verma, R Lavecchia… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing world population generates huge amounts of wastewater as well as large
energy demand. Additionally, fossil fuel's combustion for energy production causes the …

Adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants onto biochars: Challenges, operating conditions, and mechanisms

CER Barquilha, MCB Braga - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of toxic substances in the environment has increased due to population
growth, urbanization, industrialization, as well as changes in people's lifestyles. Among …

Preparation of magnetic chitosan corn straw biochar and its application in adsorption of amaranth dye in aqueous solution

F Wang, L Li, J Iqbal, Z Yang, Y Du - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the magnetic chitosan biochar (MCB) was magnetized by chemical
coprecipitation after loading chitosan with Schiff base reaction. The prepared MCB was used …

Engineered algal biochar for contaminant remediation and electrochemical applications

A Singh, R Sharma, D Pant, P Malaviya - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar, a pyrogenic black carbon is derived by pyrolysis of carbon-rich biomass in an
oxygen-limited environment. The physico-chemical characteristics of biochar strongly impact …