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Biochar based catalysts for the abatement of emerging pollutants: A review

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Do Minh, Tam, Song, Jianzhi, Deb, Anjan, Cha, Ligen, Srivastava, Varsha, Sillanpää, Mika·2020·Chemical Engineering Journal

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Biochar has emerged as a new class of biomass-derived functional materials that can be obtained using a plethora of thermochemical conversion techniques. Biochar-based environmental catalysts have potential applications toward a positive, planet-level impact. Here, recent observations in the activated conversions of emerging contaminants are reviewed, highlighting the most influential advancements, including metal-free processes. The status quo of the underlying interaction mechanisms are summarized, revealing the active functional moieties, persistent free radicals, graphitic degree and electron transfer capacity collectively and synergistically regulate the catalytic potency. These remarkable features convey biochar's high activity and flexibility into viable chemo-redox, photo-, bio-, sono-, and electrocatalysis. Advanced coupling processes and some perspectives on future possibilities are proposed at the end.

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Authors: Do Minh, T., Song, J., Deb, A., Cha, L., Srivastava, V., & Sillanpää, M.
Affiliations: Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (FI)
Duy Tan University (VN)
Corresponding author: Sillanpää, Mika
ORCID: Song, Jianzhi
Deb, Anjan
Srivastava, Varsha
Sillanpää, Mika
Venue: Chemical Engineering Journal
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2020-08
Volume: 394
Pages: 124856
ISSN: 1385-8947 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124856
OpenAlex: W3014055492
Cited by: 231
References: 279
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 13
FWCI: 10.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
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Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
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Locations: Chemical Engineering Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders: Maa- ja Vesitekniikan Tuki Ry
Regional Council of South Savo
European Regional Development Fund
China Scholarship Council
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Advanced oxidation water treatment
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
Keywords: biochar, emerging contaminants, pollution reduction, biomass-derived materials, metal-free catalysis, persistent free radicals, electron transfer, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, sonochemistry, bio-based catalyst

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