Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced mitigation of heavy metal phytotoxicity in metal contaminated soils: A critical review

M Riaz, M Kamran, Y Fang, Q Wang, H Cao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem and has received a serious concern for
the ecosystem and human health. In the last decade, remediation of the agricultural polluted …

Behaviors and influencing factors of the heavy metals adsorption onto microplastics: A review

X Gao, I Hassan, Y Peng, S Huo, L Ling - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The microplastics (MPs) serving as the “minor but efficient” vector and carriers of the
environmental heavy metals (HMs) were broadly disseminated in the freshwater and marine …

[HTML][HTML] A state of the art review on phosphate removal from water by biochars

IW Almanassra, G Mckay, V Kochkodan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decade, biochar (BC) has attracted significant attention for the removal of
pollutants from aqueous solutions. Biochar exhibits many distinctive characteristics that …

Biochar: From by-products of agro-industrial lignocellulosic waste to tailored carbon-based catalysts for biomass thermochemical conversions

R Zou, M Qian, C Wang, W Mateo, Y Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Producing chemicals and energy from renewable biomass is critical in tackling the energy
crisis. As a by-product of biomass conversion, biochar with its low price, extensive sources …

Sustainable wastewater treatment by biochar/layered double hydroxide composites: Progress, challenges, and outlook

M Zubair, I Ihsanullah, HA Aziz, MA Ahmad… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar/layered double hydroxide (LDH) composites have gained considerable attention in
recent times as low-cost sustainable materials for applications in water treatment. This paper …

Preparation, environmental application and prospect of biochar-supported metal nanoparticles: A review

J Liu, J Jiang, Y Meng, A Aihemaiti, Y Xu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a low-cost, porous, and carbon-rich material and it exhibits a great potential as an
adsorbent and a supporting matrix due to its high surface activity, high specific surface area …

A meta-analysis of heavy metal bioavailability response to biochar aging: Importance of soil and biochar properties

C Yuan, B Gao, Y Peng, X Gao, B Fan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely applied to remediate the heavy metal-polluted soils, whereas
biochar aging can induce the changes of the biochar physic-chemical properties …

Insight into metal-impregnated biomass based activated carbon for enhanced carbon dioxide adsorption: A review

J Gopalan, A Buthiyappan, AAA Raman - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomass has been understood and investigated to develop adsorbents for carbon
dioxide (CO 2) adsorption due to their non-hazardous nature, availability, low disposal cost …

Recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater by red mud-modified biochar and its potential application

Z Zhao, B Wang, Q Feng, M Chen, X Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A large amount of wastewater containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and fluorine produces in the
production of phosphate fertilizer. In this study, to simultaneously recover nitrogen and …

Engineered biochar: A multifunctional material for energy and environment

MK Awasthi - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is a stable carbon-rich product loaded with upgraded properties obtained by thermal
cracking of biomasses in an oxygen-free atmosphere. The pristine biochar is further …