A critical review on arsenic removal from water using biochar-based sorbents: the significance of modification and redox reactions

R Amen, H Bashir, I Bibi, SM Shaheen, NK Niazi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is considered to be the cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and sustainable
sorbent that has an extraordinary potential to efficiently remove toxic elements, including …

Removal of hexavalent chromium via biochar-based adsorbents: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future perspectives

R Sinha, R Kumar, P Sharma, N Kant, J Shang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium originates from geogenic and extensive anthropogenic activities and significantly
impacts natural ecosystems and human health. Various methods have been applied to …

Biochar as sustainable alternative and green adsorbent for the remediation of noxious pollutants: a comprehensive review

S Jha, R Gaur, S Shahabuddin, I Tyagi - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current water crisis necessitates the development of new materials for wastewater
treatment. A variety of nanomaterials are continuously being investigated for their potential …

Advances in production and application of biochar from lignocellulosic feedstocks for remediation of environmental pollutants

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, SJ Varjani… - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermochemical processing of biomass results in a producing char, a typical by-product.
The char can be termed as biochar when specifically applied as a soil fertility enhancement …

Biochar for environmental management: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, contaminant treatment, and potential negative impacts

C Zhang, G Zeng, D Huang, C Lai, M Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
With increased interest in scientific investigations and large-scale applications of
lignocellulosic biomass derived biochar for environmental management, a comprehensive …

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 …

Removal of Cu (II), Cd (II) and Pb (II) ions from aqueous solutions by biochars derived from potassium-rich biomass

Z Ahmad, B Gao, A Mosa, H Yu, X Yin, A Bashir… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the novel application of biochars derived from potassium (K)-rich
feedstock (banana peels (BB) and cauliflower leaves (CB)). The sorptive property of the …

Iron-based materials for the adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical drugs: a comprehensive review of the mechanism pathway

SJ Olusegun, TGF Souza, GO Souza, M Osial… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation techniques for removing various contaminants
have received broad consideration and acceptance due to their advantages over …

A critical review of mechanisms involved in the adsorption of organic and inorganic contaminants through biochar

Z Abbas, S Ali, M Rizwan, IE Zaheer, A Malik… - Arabian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Successful application of low-cost adsorbent like biochar has introduced multidisciplinary
areas of science, particularly with respect to remediation of both organic and inorganic …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption-reduction performance of tea waste and rice husk biochars for Cr (VI) elimination from wastewater

U Khalil, MB Shakoor, S Ali, M Rizwan… - Journal of Saudi …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study tea waste and rice husk biochars were used for the elimination of Cr (VI)
from wastewater with the objectives to study the effect of pH (3–10), shaking time (0.016–24 …