Critical review of existing nanomaterial adsorbents to capture carbon dioxide and methane

A Alonso, J Moral-Vico, AA Markeb… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Innovative gas capture technologies with the objective to mitigate CO 2 and CH 4 emissions
are discussed in this review. Emphasis is given on the use of nanoparticles (NP) as sorbents …

Electrospun graphene carbon nanofibers for CO2 capture and storage: A review

FEC Othman, N Yusof, AF Ismail, AI Rushdan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The never-ending increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) to the atmosphere is at an
alarming rate, associated with many serious environmental concerns such as climate …

Phytoremediation: Metal decontamination of soils after the sequential forestation of former opencast coal land

M Desai, M Haigh, H Walkington - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation through forestry may be an effective means for reducing the metal loading
in lands reclaimed after surface-coal-mining in the UK. Planted with mixed woodland, the …

Pretreatment assisted synthesis and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers from absorbent cotton

E Abu-Danso, V Srivastava, M Sillanpää… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) were
synthesized from absorbent cotton. Two pretreatments viz. dewaxing and bleaching with …

A multicomponent approach to using waste-derived biochar in biofiltration: a case study based on dissimilar types of waste

E Baltrėnaitė, P Baltrėnas, A Bhatnagar, T Vilppo… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
The environmental legislation and strict enforcement of environmental regulations are the
tools effectively used for developing the market of materials for environmental protection …

Trace metals in biochars from biodegradable by-products of industrial processes

E Mancinelli, E Baltrėnaitė, P Baltrėnas… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2016 - Springer
Three biodegradable materials (ie wood chips (WC), digested sewage sludge (DSS), and
lignin (LG)) obtained as by-products of industrial processes were selected for biochar (BC) …

Research of the impact of environmentally persistent free radicals on chemical element behaviour in the soil–plant system

E Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė, S Lomnicki, O Ogunmusi - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) may pose a potential risk to the ecosystem
and human health via oxidation stress and are considered emerging contaminants. Being …

A biochar-based medium in the biofiltration system: Removal efficiency, microorganism propagation, and the medium penetration modeling

P Baltrėnas, E Baltrėnaitė, J Kleiza… - Journal of the Air & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Biofiltration is a method of biological treatment belonging to cleaner technologies because it
does not produce secondary air pollutants, but helps to integrate natural processes in …

Biogeochemical and engineered barriers for preventing spread of contaminants

E Baltrėnaitė, A Lietuvninkas, P Baltrėnas - Environmental Science and …, 2018 - Springer
The intensive industrial development and urbanization, as well as the negligible return of
hazardous components to the deeper layers of the Earth, increases the contamination load …

Dissolved organic carbon content and leachability of biomass waste biochar for trace metal (Cd, Cu and Pb) speciation modelling

E Mancinelli, E Baltrėnaitė, P Baltrėnas… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) interacts with dissolved trace metal affecting their mobility
and bioavailability through the formation of DOC–metal complexes. Several types of biochar …