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 …

Performance and prospects of different adsorbents for phosphorus uptake and recovery from water

H Bacelo, AMA Pintor, SCR Santos… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The need to control eutrophication in water bodies and the risk of supply shortage of
phosphate rock have motivated the search for treatment techniques able to sequester and …

Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Recent advances in biomass derived activated carbon electrodes for hybrid electrochemical capacitor applications: Challenges and opportunities

P Dubey, V Shrivastav, PH Maheshwari, S Sundriyal - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass derived activated carbon (BDAC) materials are recently gaining attention as an
active electrode material for alternative energy storage devices. Biomass is a rich source of …

Renewable biomass‐derived carbons for electrochemical capacitor applications

X Luo, S Chen, T Hu, Y Chen, F Li - SusMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is rich, renewable, sustainable, and green resources, thereby excellent raw
material for the fabrication of carbon materials. The diversity in structure and morphology of …

Biomass-derived porous carbons as supercapacitor electrodes–A review

M Shaker, AAS Ghazvini, W Cao, R Riahifar, Q Ge - New Carbon Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrochemical capacitors, also called supercapacitors (SCs), have been gaining a more
significant position as electrochemical energy storage devices in recent years. They are …

Biochar production, activation and adsorptive applications: a review

BR Patra, A Mukherjee, S Nanda, AK Dalai - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Rising global population and urbanization are major causes of waste generation, energy
demand and carbon emissions. The atmospheric CO 2 concentration has increased of 44 …

[HTML][HTML] Review of phosphate removal from water by carbonaceous sorbents

IW Almanassra, V Kochkodan, G Mckay… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, phosphate is considered the main cause of eutrophication and has
received substantial attention from the scientific community. Phosphate is a major pollutant …

Zeolite supported Fe/Ni bimetallic nanoparticles for simultaneous removal of nitrate and phosphate: synergistic effect and mechanism

Y He, H Lin, Y Dong, B Li, L Wang, S Chu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Excessive nutrients (N and P) are among the most concerned pollutants in surface and
ground waters. Herein, we report nanoscale zero-valent iron/nickel supported on zeolite (Z …

Adsorption of phosphorus by calcium-flour biochar: Isotherm, kinetic and transformation studies

S Wang, L Kong, J Long, M Su, Z Diao, X Chang… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Discharging phosphorus (P)-contaminated water directly into the aquatic environment leads
to resource loss and eutrophication. Thus, removing P from waste streams is imperative. In …