Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement: A review

KN Palansooriya, Y Yang, YF Tsang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

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 …

The potential role of biochar in the removal of organic and microbial contaminants from potable and reuse water: A review

M Inyang, E Dickenson - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, the potential benefits, economics, and challenges of applying biochar in water
treatment operations to remove organic and microbial contaminants was reviewed …

Biochar as a sorbent for emerging contaminants enables improvements in waste management and sustainable resource use

L Li, D Zou, Z Xiao, X Zeng, L Zhang, L Jiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants have recently been recognized as new and significant water
pollutants and gained great of concerns because of their considerable effects on …

Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review

X Wang, Z Guo, Z Hu, J Zhang - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
In the past decade, researchers have carried out a massive amount of research on the
application of biochar for contaminants removal from aqueous solutions. As an emerging …

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 for wastewater treatment—conversion technologies and applications

G Enaime, A Baçaoui, A Yaacoubi, M Lübken - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biochar as a stable carbon-rich material shows incredible potential to handle
water/wastewater contaminants. Its application is gaining increasing interest due to the …

A comprehensive review of biochar in removal of organic pollutants from wastewater: Characterization, toxicity, activation/functionalization and influencing treatment …

H Zeghioud, L Fryda, H Djelal, A Assadi… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current climate and environmental challenges demand novel and cost-effective
sustainable materials with a high efficacy and eco-friendly properties. Biochar (BC) has …

Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review

W Xiang, X Zhang, J Chen, W Zou, F He, X Hu… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising agent for wastewater treatment, soil remediation, and gas storage
and separation. This review summarizes recent research development on biochar …

Biochar for the removal of emerging pollutants from aquatic systems: a review

M Dong, L He, M Jiang, Y Zhu, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water contaminated with emerging pollutants has become a serious environmental issue
globally. Biochar is a porous and carbon-rich material produced from biomass pyrolysis and …