The adsorption, regeneration and engineering applications of biochar for removal organic pollutants: a review

Y Dai, N Zhang, C Xing, Q Cui, Q Sun - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, with the continuous development of industry and agriculture, the content of
organic pollutants in the environment has been increasing, which has caused serious …

Recent advances in hydrochar application for the adsorptive removal of wastewater pollutants

JO Ighalo, S Rangabhashiyam, K Dulta… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the major environmental challenges in contemporary times. Biochar
from hydrothermal processes (known as hydrochars) has been explored as adsorbents for …

The challenges and perspectives for anaerobic digestion of animal waste and fertilizer application of the digestate

M Samoraj, M Mironiuk, G Izydorczyk, A Witek-Krowiak… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in livestock production creates a serious problem of managing animal waste
and by-products. Among the wide range of waste valorization methods available, anaerobic …

Biochar and urease inhibitor mitigate NH3 and N2O emissions and improve wheat yield in a urea fertilized alkaline soil

K Dawar, S Fahad, MMR Jahangir, I Munir, SS Alam… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we explored the role of biochar (BC) and/or urease inhibitor (UI) in mitigating
ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) discharge from urea fertilized wheat cultivated …

Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

T Bandara, A Franks, J Xu, N Bolan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Pyrolysis characteristics and kinetic studies of horse manure using thermogravimetric analysis

CT Chong, GR Mong, JH Ng, WWF Chong… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Horse manure is a biowaste with bioenergy recovery potential for heat and power
generation. However, there is no kinetics data in literature to date. In this work, a kinetic …

Biochar surface complexation and Ni (II), Cu (II), and Cd (II) adsorption in aqueous solutions depend on feedstock type

S Wang, JH Kwak, MS Islam, MA Naeth… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising material for efficient removal of toxic metals from wastewater to meet
standards for discharge into surface water. We characterized adsorption behaviour of willow …

Polyborosilazane derived ceramics-nitrogen sulfur dual doped graphene nanocomposite anode for enhanced lithium ion batteries

M Idrees, S Batool, J Kong, Q Zhuang, H Liu, Q Shao… - Electrochimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Silicon boron carbon nitride ceramic nanocomposites filled with nitrogen sulfur dual-doped
graphene sheets (SiBCN/NSGs) were designed and synthesized by inserting pyrolyzed …

Enhanced removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by nano-zero-valent iron supported by KOH activated sludge-based biochar

H Wang, D Zhong, Y Xu, H Chang, H Shen, C Xu… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, aiming at the problems of limited specific surface area and surface functional
groups of sludge-based biochar and easy aggregation and oxidation of nano zero-valent …

Effect of heat treatment on hydrophobic silica aerogel

S He, Y Huang, G Chen, M Feng, H Dai, B Yuan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrophobic silica aerogels were heat treated under various conditions. Physical and
chemical analyses were conducted to study the effect of the heat treatments on the silica …