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Efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants by biochar and biochar-based materials

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Biochar have received multidisciplinary attention because of their extraordinary physicochemical properties. In this review, the application of biochar and biochar-based materials for the efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants are summarized. The sorption of organic chemicals and heavy metal ions/radionuclides, degradation/transformation of organic pollutants, and sorption–reduction–solidification of high-valent metal ions are described in detail. The interaction mechanism at molecular level from advanced spectroscopic techniques and theoretical calculations is discussed. Finally, the challenges in the application of biochar and biochar-supported materials in the immobilization of heavy metal ions and photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants in soils or wastewater are pointed out. This review is helpful for the graduate students to understand the recent works about biochar and biochar-supported materials in environmental pollutants management.

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Financial supports from National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1900105) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (21836001) and Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program are acknowledged.

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  1. School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing, 312000, People’s Republic of China

    Baowei Hu

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, People’s Republic of China

    Yuejie Ai, Jie Jin, Li Zhuang & Xiangke Wang

  3. NAAM Research Group, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Tasawar Hayat & Ahmed Alsaedi

  4. State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People’s Republic of China

    Xiangke Wang

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Hu, B., Ai, Y., Jin, J. et al. Efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants by biochar and biochar-based materials. Biochar 2, 47–64 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-020-00044-4

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