Application of biochar-based materials in environmental remediation: from multi-level structures to specific devices

L Lu, W Yu, Y Wang, K Zhang, X Zhu, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - Biochar, 2020 - Springer
The development of biochar has triggered a hot-spot in various research fields including
agriculture, energy, environment, and materials. Biochar-based materials provide a novel …

Plenty of room for carbon on the ground: Potential applications of biochar for stormwater treatment

SK Mohanty, R Valenca, AW Berger, KM Iris… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Low impact development (LID) systems are increasingly used to manage stormwater, but
they have limited capacity to treat stormwater—a resource to supplement existing water …

Perspectives of engineered biochar for environmental applications: A review

S Haghighi Mood, MR Pelaez-Samaniego… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Research on using biochar for environmental applications has witnessed unprecedented
advances in the past decade. Biochar is universally considered one of the best alternatives …

Biochar-based bioretention systems for removal of chemical and microbial pollutants from stormwater: A critical review

BK Biswal, K Vijayaraghavan, DL Tsen-Tieng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been increasingly used as a filter medium in engineered low impact
development systems (eg, bioretention systems) for decontamination of urban stormwater …

Evaluation of pilot-scale biochar-amended woodchip bioreactors to remove nitrate, metals, and trace organic contaminants from urban stormwater runoff

N Ashoori, M Teixido, S Spahr, GH LeFevre, DL Sedlak… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Stormwater is increasingly being valued as a freshwater resource in arid regions and can
provide opportunities for beneficial reuse via aquifer recharge if adequate pollutant removal …

A critical review of the reactivity of manganese oxides with organic contaminants

CK Remucal, M Ginder-Vogel - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Naturally occurring manganese (Mn (III/IV)) oxides are ubiquitous in a wide range of
environmental settings and play a key role in numerous biogeochemical cycles. In addition …

Urban vertical farming as an example of nature-based solutions supporting a healthy society living in the urban environment

A Zaręba, A Krzemińska, R Kozik - Resources, 2021 - mdpi.com
The subject of the article concerns vertical urban farms that play an important role in nature-
based solutions and ecosystem services for the city. In the face of a changing climate …

Manganese oxides and their application to metal ion and contaminant removal from wastewater

MA Islam, DW Morton, BB Johnson, B Mainali… - Journal of water process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Manganese oxides are ubiquitous in soil, sediment and aquatic environment. Over the
years, manganese oxides and their composites have proved to be effective as adsorbents …

Trace organic contaminants in urban runoff: Associations with urban land-use

A Burant, W Selbig, ET Furlong, CP Higgins - Environmental pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban development has led to an increase in urban runoff, accompanied with a decrease in
water quality during rain events. One of the major causes of the decrease in water quality is …

Biochar sorbents for sulfamethoxazole removal from surface water, stormwater, and wastewater effluent

KK Shimabuku, JP Kearns, JE Martinez, RB Mahoney… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examined sorption of the human and veterinary antibiotic sulfamethoxazole
(SMX) at environmentally relevant concentrations from laboratory clean water, surface water …