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Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review.

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It can be concluded that biochar technology represents a new, cost effective, and environmentally-friendly solution for the treatment of wastewater.
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This article is published in Chemosphere.The article was published on 2020-08-01. It has received 409 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Wastewater.

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Adsorption of tetracycline hydrochloride onto ball-milled biochar: Governing factors and mechanisms.

TL;DR: The best performing BM-biochar was the one pyrolysed at 600 °C with TCH adsorption amount of 84.54 mg/g, which has the potential for TCH removal from aqueous solutions.
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Technologies towards antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) removal from aquatic environment: A critical review.

TL;DR: In this paper, the occurrence and risk of Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic environment are introduced, and the main routes and potential impacts of ARGs dissemination are enumerated.
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ZnO/biochar nanocomposites via solvent free ball milling for enhanced adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel ZnO/biochar nanocomposites were synthesized using a facile ball-milling method, which increased the mesopores and macropores by breaking biochar and squeezing ZnOs.
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Biochar as an Eco-Friendly and Economical Adsorbent for the Removal of Colorants (Dyes) from Aqueous Environment: A Review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the application of biochar as an eco-friendly and economical adsorbent to remove toxic colorants (dyes) from the aqueous environment.
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Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent--a critical review.

TL;DR: A review of recent applications of biochars, produced from biomass pyrolysis (slow and fast), in water and wastewater treatment, and a few recommendations for further research have been made in the area of biochar development for application to water filtration.
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The forms of alkalis in the biochar produced from crop residues at different temperatures

TL;DR: The forms of alkalis of the biochars produced from the straws of canola, corn, soybean and peanut at different temperatures (300, 500 and 700°C) were studied by means of oxygen-limited pyrolysis and it was suggested that carbonates were the major alkaline components in theBiochars generated at the high temperature.
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A comparative review of biochar and hydrochar in terms of production, physico-chemical properties and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, an updated review on the fundamentals and reaction mechanisms of the slow-pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) processes, identifies research gaps, and summarizes the physicochemical characteristics of chars for different applications in the industry.
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A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal

TL;DR: In this article, a review incorporating existing literature to understand the overall sorption behavior of heavy metals on biochar adsorbents is presented, and mathematical models are used to evaluate the efficiency of biochar at removing heavy metals.
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Adsorption of VOCs onto engineered carbon materials: A review

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.
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