{"title":"Biowastes and derived green sorbents for water decontamination: Insights on thermochemical conversion strategies","authors":"Joshua O. Ighalo","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsc.2024.100880","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biowastes are waste materials of organic/biological origin. The aim of this paper was to discuss the recent breakthroughs in the thermochemical conversion of biowastes to green adsorbents for pollutant uptake. The review also discussed how thermochemical conversion impacts adsorbent cost considerations after their use in water decontamination. The nature of the biowaste feedstock and process temperature are important in controlling the biochar properties, especially those relevant to pollutant removal. Considering that biowaste tends to have wide compositional variations with each batch (especially from home and municipal waste), it would be difficult to fully tune properties based on composition. Biochar can have good cost performance when applied for pollutant removal since its adsorptive capacity tends to be high for a wide range of pollutants. The simplicity and efficiency of thermochemical processes ensure they will continue to be a reliable choice for researchers in adsorbent synthesis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54228,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 100880"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452223624000014/pdfft?md5=85b3d9d29fa098aed9d3aa7e8fb456b7&pid=1-s2.0-S2452223624000014-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452223624000014","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Biowastes are waste materials of organic/biological origin. The aim of this paper was to discuss the recent breakthroughs in the thermochemical conversion of biowastes to green adsorbents for pollutant uptake. The review also discussed how thermochemical conversion impacts adsorbent cost considerations after their use in water decontamination. The nature of the biowaste feedstock and process temperature are important in controlling the biochar properties, especially those relevant to pollutant removal. Considering that biowaste tends to have wide compositional variations with each batch (especially from home and municipal waste), it would be difficult to fully tune properties based on composition. Biochar can have good cost performance when applied for pollutant removal since its adsorptive capacity tends to be high for a wide range of pollutants. The simplicity and efficiency of thermochemical processes ensure they will continue to be a reliable choice for researchers in adsorbent synthesis.
期刊介绍:
The Current Opinion journals address the challenge specialists face in keeping up with the expanding information in their fields. In Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, experts present views on recent advances in a clear and readable form. The journal also provides evaluations of the most noteworthy papers, annotated by experts, from the extensive pool of original publications in Green and Sustainable Chemistry.