Research summary
Biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal was reviewed, gathering evidence that biochars can effectively remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions and, in some cases, outperform activated carbons; the review highlighted feedstock material as a major factor governing sorption capacity and synthesized the literature on sorption mechanisms including complexation and physical sorption across different biochar types [1]. A perspective on technologies and pathways toward carbon neutrality summarized how global development since the Industrial Revolution has depended on overexploitation of natural resources, with fossil fuel use, deforestation, and other land-use change driving rising greenhouse gas concentrations and global climate change, framed reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 as an urgent global priority, and reviewed approaches to reform production systems for both emissions reduction and atmospheric CO2 capture [2]. A critical review of soil amendments for immobilizing potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in contaminated soils discussed remediation strategies as a function of element type, soil type, amendment type, immobilization efficiency, underlying mechanism, and field applicability, surveying manure, compost, biochar, clay minerals, phosphate compounds, coal fly ash, and liming materials as immobilizing agents; biochar was identified as attracting increased recent interest because of its surface properties, with integrated application of multiple amendments highlighted as an appropriate strategy [3].
Recent publications
- Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A reviewDOI
- Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent – A critical reviewDOI
- Occurrences and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water and water/sewage treatment plants: A reviewDOI
- Surface functional groups of carbon-based adsorbents and their roles in the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions: A critical reviewDOI
- A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removalDOI
- Effects of pyrolysis temperature on soybean stover- and peanut shell-derived biochar properties and TCE adsorption in waterDOI
- Engineered/designer biochar for contaminant removal/immobilization from soil and water: Potential and implication of biochar modificationDOI
- Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutralityDOI
- Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical reviewDOI
- Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainabilityDOI
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