[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements and challenges in emerging applications of biochar-based catalysts

X Yuan, Y Cao, J Li, AK Patel, CD Dong, X Jin… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable utilization of biochar produced from biomass waste could substantially
promote the development of carbon neutrality and a circular economy. Due to their cost …

Influence of oxygen-containing functional groups on the environmental properties, transformations, and toxicity of carbon nanotubes

AR Deline, BP Frank, CL Smith, LR Sigmon… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique physical and chemical properties that drive their use
in a variety of commercial and industrial applications. CNTs are commonly oxidized prior to …

Insight into chain scission and release profiles from photodegradation of polycarbonate microplastics

Y Shi, P Liu, X Wu, H Shi, H Huang, H Wang, S Gao - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Bisphenol A polycarbonate (BPA-PC) is a kind of widely used engineering plastics.
However, excessive usage causes the production of plastic wastes, following property …

Application of biochar-based materials in environmental remediation: from multi-level structures to specific devices

L Lu, W Yu, Y Wang, K Zhang, X Zhu, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - Biochar, 2020 - Springer
The development of biochar has triggered a hot-spot in various research fields including
agriculture, energy, environment, and materials. Biochar-based materials provide a novel …

Comparing photoactivities of dissolved organic matter released from rice straw-pyrolyzed biochar and composted rice straw

Y Liu, M Wang, S Yin, L Xie, X Qu, H Fu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we systematically compared the photoactivity and photobleaching behavior between
dissolved black carbon (DBC) from rice straw biochar and leached dissolved organic carbon …

Sunlight-driven production of reactive oxygen species from natural iron minerals: quantum yield and wavelength dependence

X Zheng, B Wu, C Zhou, T Liu, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photochemically generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) play numerous key roles in
earth's surface biogeochemical processes and pollutant dynamics. ROS production has …

Photogeneration of reactive species from biochar-derived dissolved black carbon for the degradation of amine and phenolic pollutants

D Wan, J Wang, DD Dionysiou, Y Kong… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to agricultural waste combustion and large-scale biochar application, biochar-derived
dissolved black carbon (DBC) is largely released into surface waters. The photogeneration …

Photochemical behavior of microbial extracellular polymeric substances in the aquatic environment

S Zhou, Z Liao, B Zhang, R Hou, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbially derived extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) occupy a large portion of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) in surface waters, but the understanding of the …

Novel insights into the molecular-level mechanism linking the chemical diversity and copper binding heterogeneity of biochar-derived dissolved black carbon and …

F Song, T Li, Q Shi, F Guo, Y Bai, F Wu… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biochar-derived dissolved black carbon (DBC) varies in chemical composition and
significantly affects the environmental fate of metal ions. However, the intrinsic molecular …

Analytical methods, molecular structures and biogeochemical behaviors of dissolved black carbon

Y Chen, K Sun, Z Wang, E Zhang, Y Yang, B Xing - Carbon Research, 2022 - Springer
Dissolved black carbon (DBC) is one of the most active fractions in the black carbon (BC)
continuum and plays a significant role in the global dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool …