Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants
The rapid growth of various industries has led to a significant, alarming increase in recalcitrant pollutants in the environment. Hazardous dyes, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and other associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (such as acenaphthene, fluorene, fluoranthene, ph...
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| description | The rapid growth of various industries has led to a significant, alarming increase in recalcitrant pollutants in the environment. Hazardous dyes, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and other associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (such as acenaphthene, fluorene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, and pyrene) have posed a significant threat to the surroundings due to their refractory nature. Although activated carbon has been reported to be an adsorbent for removing contaminants from wastewater, it has its limitations. Hence, this review provides an elaborate account of converting agricultural waste into biochar with nanotextured surfaces that can serve as low-cost adsorbents with promising pollutant-removing properties. A detailed mechanism rationalized that this strategy involves the conversion of agrowaste to promising adsorbents that can be reduced, reused, and recycled. The potential of biowaste-derived biochar can be exploited for developing biofuel for renewable energy and also for improving soil fertility. This strategy can provide a solution to control greenhouse gas emissions by preventing the open burning of agricultural residues in fields. Furthermore, this serves a dual purpose for environmental remediation as well as effective management of agricultural waste rich in both organic and inorganic components that are generated during various agricultural operations. In this manner, this review provides recent advances in the use of agrowaste-generated biochar for cleaning the environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b2c224c34784b969d8610a86e0e6b822023-11-16T12:43:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462023-11-011110.3389/fchem.2023.12665561266556Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutantsSougata Ghosh0Sougata Ghosh1Maitri Nandasana2Thomas J. Webster3Thomas J. Webster4Thomas J. Webster5Sirikanjana Thongmee6Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, ThailandDepartment of Microbiology, School of Science, RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, School of Science, RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, IndiaSchool of Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, ChinaSchool of Engineering, Saveetha University, Chennai, IndiaMaterials Program, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, BrazilDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, ThailandThe rapid growth of various industries has led to a significant, alarming increase in recalcitrant pollutants in the environment. Hazardous dyes, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and other associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (such as acenaphthene, fluorene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, and pyrene) have posed a significant threat to the surroundings due to their refractory nature. Although activated carbon has been reported to be an adsorbent for removing contaminants from wastewater, it has its limitations. Hence, this review provides an elaborate account of converting agricultural waste into biochar with nanotextured surfaces that can serve as low-cost adsorbents with promising pollutant-removing properties. A detailed mechanism rationalized that this strategy involves the conversion of agrowaste to promising adsorbents that can be reduced, reused, and recycled. The potential of biowaste-derived biochar can be exploited for developing biofuel for renewable energy and also for improving soil fertility. This strategy can provide a solution to control greenhouse gas emissions by preventing the open burning of agricultural residues in fields. Furthermore, this serves a dual purpose for environmental remediation as well as effective management of agricultural waste rich in both organic and inorganic components that are generated during various agricultural operations. In this manner, this review provides recent advances in the use of agrowaste-generated biochar for cleaning the environment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1266556/fullagricultural wastebiochardyesheavy metalspesticidespharmaceutical products |
| spellingShingle | Sougata Ghosh Sougata Ghosh Maitri Nandasana Thomas J. Webster Thomas J. Webster Thomas J. Webster Sirikanjana Thongmee Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants Frontiers in Chemistry agricultural waste biochar dyes heavy metals pesticides pharmaceutical products |
| title | Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| title_full | Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| title_fullStr | Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| title_short | Agrowaste-generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| title_sort | agrowaste generated biochar for the sustainable remediation of refractory pollutants |
| topic | agricultural waste biochar dyes heavy metals pesticides pharmaceutical products |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1266556/full |
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