Controlled release fertilizer: A review on developments, applications and potential in agriculture

P Vejan, T Khadiran, R Abdullah, N Ahmad - Journal of controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlled release fertilizer (CRF) plays a crucial yet necessary part in the sustainable
agriculture industry. An alarming rise in call for crop production directly influences the …

Biomass derived functional carbon materials for supercapacitor applications

S Rawat, RK Mishra, T Bhaskar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar produced from the thermochemical conversion of biomass, provides a green and
sustainable platform for the preparation of various functional carbon materials (porous …

Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy

GS Ghodake, SK Shinde, AA Kadam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical
conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (ie, in the …

Methods for preparation and activation of activated carbon: a review

Z Heidarinejad, MH Dehghani, M Heidari… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Activated carbon refers to a wide range of carbonised materials of high degree of porosity
and high surface area. Activated carbon has many applications in the environment and …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of copper ions from wastewater: a review

Y Liu, H Wang, Y Cui, N Chen - International journal of environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Copper pollution of the world's water resources is becoming increasingly serious and poses
a serious threat to human health and aquatic ecosystems. With reported copper …

Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, RK Liew, Y Yang, YW Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

A critical review on production, modification and utilization of biochar

Y Xie, L Wang, H Li, LJ Westholm, L Carvalho… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been an increased interest in the production of sustainable biochar in the past
years, as biochar shows versatile physicochemical properties and, can have a wide …

Remediation of heavy metal polluted waters using activated carbon from lignocellulosic biomass: an update of recent trends

AT Hoang, S Kumar, E Lichtfouse, CK Cheng… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of a cheap and effective adsorption approach based on biomass-activated carbon
(AC) to remediate heavy metal contamination is clearly desirable for developing countries …

Low-cost activated carbon preparation from Corn stigmata fibers chemically activated using H3PO4, ZnCl2 and KOH: Study of methylene blue adsorption, stochastic …

F Mbarki, T Selmi, A Kesraoui, M Seffen - Industrial Crops and Products, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to produce a low-cost activated carbon (AC) from an inexpensive
precursor material, corn stigmata (CS), by chemical activation at low temperatures using H 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Production and applications of activated carbons as adsorbents from olive stones

J Saleem, UB Shahid, M Hijab, H Mackey… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2019 - Springer
Olive stones have been widely used as a renewable energy biowaste source. As they are
rich in elemental carbon (40–45 wt%), much research focussed on effectively converting …