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] Biochar for wastewater treatment—conversion technologies and applications

G Enaime, A Baçaoui, A Yaacoubi, M Lübken - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biochar as a stable carbon-rich material shows incredible potential to handle
water/wastewater contaminants. Its application is gaining increasing interest due to the …

Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

CO2 capture from biogas by biomass-based adsorbents: A review

B Aghel, S Behaein, F Alobaid - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biogas is one of the most important renewable energy sources containing methane, carbon
dioxide, and small amounts of other gases and water. Raw biogas cannot be used because …

Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage

X Tan, S Liu, Y Liu, Y Gu, G Zeng, X Hu, X Wang… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest of the scientific community on production of activated carbon
using biochar as potential sustainable precursors pyrolyzed from biomass wastes. Physical …

CO2 adsorption at nitrogen-doped carbons prepared by K2CO3 activation of urea-modified coconut shell

L Yue, Q Xia, L Wang, L Wang, H DaCosta… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article reports on the synthesis and characterization of porous nitrogen-doped carbons
synthesized by carbonization of coconut shell followed by urea modification and K 2 CO 3 …

Caffeine removal from aqueous media by adsorption: an overview of adsorbents evolution and the kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

SAL Bachmann, T Calvete, LA Féris - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Caffeine is an emerging pollutant and is considered the most representative pollutant of the
Pharmaceutical Active due to its high consumption by the general population. It can be used …

Characterization of char from biomass gasification and its similarities with activated carbon in adsorption applications

V Benedetti, F Patuzzi, M Baratieri - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study points out the similarities between gasification char and activated carbon and
reviews its successful applications in the field of adsorption. Since only few data on char …

Recent advances in the development and applications of biomass-derived carbons with uniform porosity

B Szczęśniak, J Phuriragpitikhon, J Choma… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tremendous efforts have been made to achieve the ordered porosity of solids. Nowadays,
researchers are developing strategies for the preparation of uniformly porous carbons …

Removal of paracetamol on biomass-derived activated carbon: Modeling the fixed bed breakthrough curves using batch adsorption experiments

FJ García-Mateos, R Ruiz-Rosas, MD Marqués… - Chemical engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remediation of paracetamol (PA), an emerging contaminant frequently found in
wastewater treatment plants, has been studied in the low concentration range (0.3–10 mg …