A review of PFAS adsorption from aqueous solutions: Current approaches, engineering applications, challenges, and opportunities

X Lei, Q Lian, X Zhang, TK Karsili, W Holmes… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have drawn great attention due to their wide
distribution in water bodies and toxicity to human beings. Adsorption is considered as an …

Waste to catalyst: role of agricultural waste in water and wastewater treatment

M Kumar, S Ambika, A Hassani, PV Nidheesh - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently, owing to the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization activities, a
huge quantity of wastewater is generated that contain toxic chemical and heavy metals …

Enhanced degradation of sulfamethoxazole by activation of peroxodisulfate with red mud modified biochar: Synergistic effect between adsorption and nonradical …

K Xu, Q Lin, X Fan, J Zheng, Y Liu, Y Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of the potential environmental risk associated with large quantities of red
mud, there has been an urgent need to find a rational disposal technology for this waste. In …

Evaluation of the adsorption of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) within aqueous influents onto customized ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) adsorbents: Performance and …

P Sarker, X Lei, K Taylor, W Holmes, H Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes represent treatment challenges for wastewater treatment
systems. These resistance genes are a direct outcome of insufficient treatment of …

Green remediation of pharmaceutical wastes using biochar: a review

RS Monisha, RL Mani, B Sivaprakash… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Pharmaceutical waste generation in domestic and industrial discharges is a major challenge
requiring adapted treatment solutions. Antibiotics, pain killers, lifesaving drugs, birth control …

Insight into the activation mechanisms of biochar by boric acid and its application for the removal of sulfamethoxazole

X Zhang, DD Gang, J Zhang, X Lei, Q Lian… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is frequently detected in the environment and causes a huge
threaten to human health. Biochar (BC) is a metal-free adsorbent and generally exhibits a …

Elimination of sulfadiazine and its metabolite from hydrolyzed urine by biochar activated periodate process: Lower environmental risk compared with CoFe2O4 …

J Dai, Z Wang, A Zhu, Y Ji, Z Kong, T Cai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Source-separation and treatment of urine are recognized as promising strategies to recover
nutrients, as well as reduce the stress of terminal wastewater treatment plants. As a …

Adsorptive remediation of azo dye contaminated wastewater by ZnCl2 modified bio-adsorbent: Batch study and life cycle assessment

P Maiti, H Siddiqi, U Kumari, A Chatterjee… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Removing hazardous impurities from wastewater is critical for sustainable effluent
management. Therefore, the present study investigates the adsorption of an azo dye, methyl …

Enhanced 2, 6-dimethylpyrazine removal by catalytic ozonation with legumes biochar: The roles of oxygen-and nitrogen-containing functional groups

S Dong, W Xu, Q Guo, K Luo, H Cheng, J Tang… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Designing efficient and environmentally friendly catalysts is essential to activating ozonation
for wastewater remediation. This study prepared soybean biochar (SB), adzuki beans …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of different types of biochar-based catalysts and mechanisms in advanced oxidation processes for organic contaminants removal

Z Zeng, A Umeh, GA Iyengar, F Qi, R Naidu - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar (BC)-assisted advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) offer an unprecedented
opportunity for organic contaminant remediation because of their high efficiency and …