Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 8; p. e9164
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaoqing, Guo, Zizhang, Hu, Zhen, Zhang, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego PeerJ, Inc 19.05.2020; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Antibiotics; Biochar; Biomass; Contaminants; Contaminants removal; Efficiency; Environmental Contamination and Remediation; Environmental Impacts; Fourier transforms; Membrane separation; Metals; Modification methods; Natural Resource Management; Nitrates; Organic contaminants; Pesticides; Raw materials; Sorption mechanism; Spectrum analysis; Wastewater treatment; Water treatment

In the past decade, researchers have carried out a massive amount of research on the application of biochar for contaminants removal from aqueous solutions. As an emerging sorbent with great potential, biochar has shown significant advantages such as the broad sources of feedstocks, easy preparation...