Biochar for the removal of contaminants from soil and water: a review

M Qiu, L Liu, Q Ling, Y Cai, S Yu, S Wang, D Fu, B Hu… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar shows significant potential to serve as a globally applicable material to remediate
water and soil owing to the extensive availability of feedstocks and conducive physio …

Methods to prepare biosorbents and magnetic sorbents for water treatment: a review

AI Osman, EMA El-Monaem, AM Elgarahy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Access to drinkable water is becoming more and more challenging due to worldwide
pollution and the cost of water treatments. Water and wastewater treatment by adsorption on …

Synthesis of phosphorylated hyper-cross-linked polymers and their efficient uranium adsorption in water

Y Tian, L Liu, F Ma, X Zhu, H Dong, C Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) is hazardous and radioactive, wastewater containing U (VI) should be treated
before being discharged. Here, two novel uranium adsorbents, phosphorylated hyper-cross …

Hydrothermal fabrication of phytic acid decorated chitosan-graphene oxide composites for efficient and selective adsorption of uranium (VI)

H Xia, Q Ren, J Lv, Y Wang, Z Feng, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An innovative chitosan/graphene oxide composite containing phytic acid (PCG) was
fabricated directly by a single hydrothermal reaction using graphene oxide, chitosan, and …

Magnetic-watermelon rinds biochar for uranium-contaminated water treatment using an electromagnetic semi-batch column with removal mechanistic investigations

LP Lingamdinne, JS Choi, GKR Angaru, RR Karri… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosorption using modified biochar has been increasingly adopted for the sustainable
removal of uranium-contaminated from an aqueous solution. In this research study, the facile …

Highly efficient uranium (VI) capture from aqueous solution by means of a hydroxyapatite-biochar nanocomposite: adsorption behavior and mechanism

W Ahmed, A Núñez-Delgado, S Mehmood, S Ali… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The exploration and rational design of easily separable and highly efficient sorbents with the
sufficient capability of retaining radioactive and toxic uranium U (VI) is paramount. In this …

Herbal plants-and rice straw-derived biochars reduced metal mobilization in fishpond sediments and improved their potential as fertilizers

S Mehmood, W Ahmed, JM Alatalo, M Mahmood… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fishpond sediments are rich in organic carbon and nutrients; thus, they can be used as
potential fertilizers and soil conditioners. However, sediments can be contaminated with …

Carbon based adsorbents for the removal of U (VI) from aqueous medium: A state of the art review

SA Fahad, MS Nawab, MA Shaida, S Verma… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon-based adsorbents such as activated carbon, biochar, and graphene materials are
the most promising candidates for removing uranium from an aqueous solution. These …

Nano-hydroxyapatite modified biochar: Insights into the dynamic adsorption and performance of lead (II) removal from aqueous solution

W Ahmed, T Xu, M Mahmood, A Núñez-Delgado… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption of lead as Pb (II) using biochar is an environmentally sustainable approach to
remediate this kind of pollution affecting wastewater. In this study, rice straw biochar (BC) …

Enhancement of heavy metal immobilization in sewage sludge biochar by combining alkaline hydrothermal treatment and pyrolysis

C Li, J Li, S Xie, G Zhang, L Pan, R Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Heavy metals, including Cd, As, Ni, Cu, Pb, Cr, Zn, and Mn in sewage sludge (SS)
are among the greatest impediments to SS application because of their potential toxicity to …