Chengcheng Cao

TL;DR: This review discusses recent research developments of VOC adsorption onto a variety of engineered carbonaceous adsorbents, including activated carbon, biochar, activated carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, graphene and its derivatives, carbon-silica composites, ordered mesoporous carbon, etc.

TL;DR: The reusability of activated hydrochar as a VOC sorbent was tested on H3PO4 activated hickory hydrochar (HHP), which had higher acetone and cyclohexane adsorption capacities.

TL;DR: The results indicate that O- and N-doped ball-milled biochars are promising in adsorption for effective and sustainable VOC removal.

TL;DR: This work provides a comprehensive review of recent research on various carbon adsorbents in terms of their surface functional groups and the associated removal behaviors and performances to heavy metals in aqueous solutions.

TL;DR: In this article, the development of efficient adsorbents and catalysts for VOCs with varied nature are discussed, and the perspectives on the potential future directions of the adsorptive removal and catalytic oxidation of VOC are given.

TL;DR: The source and production of biochar is summarized, its research status in the removal of organic pollutants is pointed out, the relevant adsorption parameters are introduced, its regeneration methods are summarizes, its application of engineering is studied, and the development prospects are described.

TL;DR: An overview of VOCs adsorption mechanisms and up-to-date progress of modification technologies for different porous materials is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of adsorbate-adsorbent interactions, modification methods for the mentioned porous materials, and enhancement of V OCs advertisersorption capacity.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that biochar technology represents a new, cost effective, and environmentally-friendly solution for the treatment of wastewater.