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{"title":"A Review and Perspective of Environmental Disinfection Technology Based on Microwave Irradiation","authors":"Liming Liu,&nbsp;Na Wang,&nbsp;Azhar Ali Laghari,&nbsp;Hong Li,&nbsp;Can Wang,&nbsp;Zhenyu Zhao,&nbsp;Xin Gao,&nbsp;Qiang Zeng","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00247-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00247-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>In the context of COVID-19 sweeping the world, the development of microbial disinfection methods in gas, liquid, and solid media has received widespread attention from researchers. As a disinfection technology that can adapt to different environmental media, microwave-assisted disinfection has the advantages of strong permeability, no secondary pollution, etc. The purpose of this review is to put forward new development requirements for future microwave disinfection strategies by summarizing current microwave disinfection methods and effects. From the perspective of the interaction mechanism of microwave and microorganisms, this review provides a development direction for more accurate and microscopic disinfection mechanism research.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Compared to other traditional environmental disinfection techniques, microwave-assisted disinfection means have the advantages of being more destructive, free of secondary contamination, and thorough. Currently, researchers generally agree that the efficiency of microwave disinfection is the result of a combination of thermal and non-thermal effects. However, the performance of microwave disinfection shows the differences in the face of different environmental media as well as different types of microorganisms.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review highlights the inactivation mechanism of microwave-assisted disinfection techniques used in different scenarios. Suggestions for promoting the efficiency and overcoming the limitations of low energy utilization, complex reactor design, and inaccurate monitoring methods are proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"9 1","pages":"46 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-022-00247-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5149630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modeling Secondary Organic Aerosols in China: State of the Art and Perspectives","authors":"Jingyi Li,&nbsp;Haowen Zhang,&nbsp;Lin Li,&nbsp;Fei Ye,&nbsp;Hongli Wang,&nbsp;Song Guo,&nbsp;Na Zhang,&nbsp;Momei Qin,&nbsp;Jianlin Hu","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00246-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00246-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) is a huge environmental challenge in China. Based on field studies, secondary organic aerosols (SOA) contribute greatly to PM_2.5 formation in many locations. Modeling SOA is a frontier research field in air quality and a rapidly developing field internationally. This review intends to provide a state-of-the-art understanding of the current status of SOA modeling in China and recommendations for future research.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>SOA has been shown to exhibit significant spatial and seasonal variations in China. The traditional pathway of SOA from the condensation of semi-volatile products by the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) tends to significantly underestimate the observations. This gap has been greatly improved by considering new pathways such as the heterogeneous reactions of dicarbonyls and epoxides, the aging of primary organic aerosols and SOA, the oxidation of semi- and intermediate VOCs from emissions, and the aqueous-phase reactions of water-soluble organic species. In addition to these mechanisms, the contributions of specific precursors and sources also depend on the emission inventory of precursors, which has significant uncertainties. The interactions between anthropogenic and biogenic sources and meteorological facteros affect SOA formation. Overall, SOA plays an essential role in the budget of solar radiative forcing and the new particle formation.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review focuses on the advances in modeling SOA in China since 2000. Parameterization of SOA mechanisms and properties and the emission and meteorology inputs should be improved to understand the characteristics and influences of SOA in China.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"9 1","pages":"22 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4937534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital Transformation of Packaged Reverse Osmosis Plants for Industrial and Sewer Mining Applications","authors":"Claudio Kohn,&nbsp;Hung Cong Duong,&nbsp;Ngoc Bich Hoang,&nbsp;Long Duc Nghiem","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00244-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00244-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Packaged reverse osmosis (RO) systems are often synonymous with industrial water supply and high quality water reuse. These RO systems can satisfy specific industries with stringent water quality specifications. They are also compact for deployment in basement of commercial buildings for sewer mining. Increasing applications of packaged RO systems opens the door for digital transformation of their design, operation, and maintenance for a quantum leap in system performance (energy consumption, treatment efficiency, and cost). This review summarises opportunities and challenges associated with the digitalisation of packaged RO systems and guide the industry to take advantage of these opportunities.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Digital connectivity and machine learning offer a game changing capability to packaged RO systems. With digital capability, it is more cost-effective to design, operate, and manage these RO systems. Performance can be optimised via a range of approaches that are not possible with traditional human intervention. For example, hybrid systems that require sophistication control and prediction can benefit from big data analytics. On the other hand, other system that needs less intervention can work autonomously with little human intervention.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>Automatic high-quality water treatment systems have attracted significant attention in recent years. This review identified a gap in understanding variable possibilities that machine learning and prediction can be successfully utilized by RO systems. This review confirms that artificial intelligence and machine learning can improve the way these systems work. Future research should strive to achieve a better way to apply these applications in packaged RO systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"360 - 368"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4783063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mobilization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Soils: A Review","authors":"Charbel Abou-Khalil,&nbsp;Dibyendu Sarkar,&nbsp;Pamela Braykaa,&nbsp;Michel C. Boufadel","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00241-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00241-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Abstract\u0000</h2><div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Soils can receive a considerable amount of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via different contamination pathways. Remediating PFAS-contaminated soils is primarily limited to immobilization whereby the concentration of PFAS remains practically unaffected. Other remediation techniques include chemical and thermal methods, which are typically associated with very high costs and substantial energy usage requirements. A more cost-effective approach, however, could be to mobilize PFAS from the bulky soil to a medium (e.g., water, sorbents, plants) that can be sequentially treated or properly disposed of.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Soil washing, soil flushing, and liquefractionation are particularly promising mobilization approaches for treating permeable soils by desorbing the PFAS into a solution that can be subsequently treated, with liquefractionation generating the least wastewater volume. For cohesive soils, however, electrokinetic remediation would be more suitable for mobilizing PFAS. Another option could be phytoremediation, resulting in the confinement of PFAS in a small volume of plant parts which can be thermally converted into a valuable product, such as biochar, whereby PFAS is either adsorbed onto the carbonaceous matter or destroyed depending on the temperatures adopted.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review thoroughly discusses all mobilization techniques that can be used for treating PFAS-contaminated soils, while investigating the possibility of combining such techniques with other approaches to enhance the treatment efficiency. Unfortunately, research on coupling mobilization methods with other remediation techniques for treating PFAS-contaminated soils is significantly lacking, and thus, additional studies on the effectiveness of such hybrid approaches should be carried out while providing cost estimations in terms of removal efficiencies, process longevity, and waste regeneration or disposal.\u0000</p></div></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"422 - 444"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4489852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent Development of Algal Biochar for Contaminant Remediation and Energy Application: A State-of-the Art Review","authors":"Thanh-Binh Nguyen,&nbsp;Van-Truc Nguyen,&nbsp;Hong-Giang Hoang,&nbsp;Ngoc-Dan-Thanh Cao,&nbsp;Thanh-Tin Nguyen,&nbsp;Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo,&nbsp;Ngoc-Kim-Qui Nguyen,&nbsp;Mai-Duy-Thong Pham,&nbsp;Duc-Long Nghiem,&nbsp;Thi-Kim-Quyen Vo,&nbsp;Cheng-Di Dong,&nbsp;Xuan-Thanh Bui","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00243-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00243-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Algae, as a low-impact aquatic feedstock, is regarded as a promising biomass for producing valuable biofuel, syngas, and biochar. Algae, on the other hand, are mostly composed of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates, as opposed to lignocellulosic biomass. Algal species have a faster growth rate and higher photosynthetic efficiency than terrestrial plants, making them an excellent alternative for a sustainable environment. Algal biomass has shown great promise as a raw material for biochar production in recent years. Algae biochar has a high potential for use as a material for contamination remediation and energy application. This review paper summarizes the applicability of algal biochar, algal biochar modification strategies, fabrication methods, and algal biochar properties. Carbon sequestration, sediment and water treatment, and energy applications are all thoroughly discussed. More emphasis should be placed on practical applications, and more research should be conducted to address existing problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"9 1","pages":"73 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4335095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates","authors":"Khuong V. Dinh,&nbsp;Heidi Sjursen Konestabo,&nbsp;Katrine Borgå,&nbsp;Ketil Hylland,&nbsp;Samuel J. Macaulay,&nbsp;Michelle C. Jackson,&nbsp;Julie Verheyen,&nbsp;Robby Stoks","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00245-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00245-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Global warming and pollution are among the five major causes of global biodiversity loss, particularly in aquatic invertebrates which are highly diverse but understudied. In this review, we highlight advancements in current environmental studies investigating the interactive effects between warming and contaminants in freshwater and marine invertebrates. We not only focused on temperate regions but also synthesized information on the less studied Arctic/Antarctic and tropical regions.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>In general, the same combination of warming and contaminants may result in either additive or non-additive interactive effects depending on taxa, the response variable, life stage, genotype, exposure level, duration and order of exposure, and the number of exposed generations. For traditional contaminants such as metals and pesticides, combined effects with warming at the individual level were generally synergistic. Growing evidence suggests that multigenerational exposure can shift the interaction between warming and contaminants toward antagonism, while contemporary evolution may change the interaction type.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>Our synthesis highlights the importance of temporal aspects in shaping interaction type, including order of exposure, ontogenetic effects, transgenerational effects, and evolution. The combination of laboratory experiments (to advance mechanistic understanding) and outdoor mesocosm studies or field observations (to increase realism) is needed to obtain comprehensive assessments of interactive effects of warming and pollutants from genes to ecosystems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"341 - 359"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-022-00245-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4016171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Persistence and Ecological Impact of Ionic Liquids in Soil","authors":"Jingwen Zhang,&nbsp;Chengbo Lu,&nbsp;Bing Li,&nbsp;Albert Juhasz,&nbsp;Zhongkun Du,&nbsp;Lusheng Zhu,&nbsp;Jun Wang,&nbsp;Jinhua Wang","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00242-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00242-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>Ionic liquids (ILs) are organic salts composed of organic cations and organic/inorganic anions that are liquid at room temperature. ILs are considered “green” solvents; however, with the widespread application of ILs in the chemical industry, research has determined that ILs may persist in the soil environment and exert toxicological impact on ecological receptors. This paper reviews the status of ILs residues in soil, their effect on soil biota, limitations of current studies, and emerging research areas for ILs.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>The ILs change the physical and chemical properties of soil by reducing pH and improving electrical conductivity. Ionic liquids may be absorbed by plants and animals, causing oxidative stress and DNA damage. Exposure to ILs may also impact soil microorganisms, changing the structure of soil microbial community, and impacting their functionality.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review highlights that IL fate and transport are influenced by the size of the alkyl chain. Those with longer carbon chains with the same anion, normally have smaller median lethal concentrations (LC₅₀) to earthworms, which indicates that IL toxicity increases with increasing carbon chain length. As such, the relationship between structure, mobility, and toxicity should be considered in the development and application of ILs. In the future, long-term monitoring of ILs residues and distribution in the environment will be required. Degradation products and the toxicity of degradation products should also be further identified.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><p>This paper summarized the ways in which ILs enter the soil environment, identified methods for the detection of ILs in environmental matrices, and detailed the environmental behavior (absorption, transfer/biological uptake, and degradation) of ILs in soil including ecological impacts on invetebrates, plants, and microorganisms.</p>\u0000 <figure><div><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></div></figure>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"556 - 568"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-022-00242-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5127371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable Pistachio Dehulling Waste Management and Its Valorization Approaches: A Review","authors":"Javad Toghiani,&nbsp;Narges Fallah,&nbsp;Bahram Nasernejad,&nbsp;Amir Mahboubi,&nbsp;Mohammad J. Taherzadeh,&nbsp;Neda Afsham","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00240-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00240-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>In countries such the USA, Iran, and Turkey, pistachio nut is considered one of the most economically valuable agricultural products. Pistachio production and related dehulling processes generate a large quantity of organic waste, containing green hull, cluster woody part, shells, and leaves. The inadequate conventional management of such wastes calls for sustainable and economical strategies not only to enhance resource efficiency but also to create value.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>Pistachio residues have a high content of total extractives and essential oils and a considerable amount of phenolic compounds that explain their good antioxidant activities and other potential human health benefits. Furthermore, considering the generation volume (about 660,000 tons) and lignocellulosic structure, pistachio residues can also be sustainably used to produce value-added products, such as biofuels, phytochemicals, activated carbon, and other potential bioproducts such as filamentous fungi as protein enriched biomass, single-cell protein (SCP), and volatile fatty acids. In general, recent studies have not  comprehensively investigated all value-added potential products.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>This review provides a thourough insight into the present pistachio processing industries, and pistachio waste chemical composition and characteristics. Furthermore, the applications of pistachio residues as a renewable source for the production of potential value-added products by various thermochemical (pyrolysis, gasification, and liquefaction), physicochemical (solvent extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), and extraction by pressurized liquids (PLE)), and biological (anaerobic digestion (AD) and fermentation (solid-state and submerged)) processes are presented including an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of such methods. In this regard, production of new products such as edible filamentous fungi and antioxidant, and their market appeal has been briefly considered.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"9 1","pages":"60 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-022-00240-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4987009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How the COVID-19 Pandemic Muted and Remixed the World’s Acoustics for a While","authors":"César Asensio,&nbsp;Ignacio Pavón,&nbsp;Guillermo de Arcas","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00236-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00236-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose of Review</h3><p>This review aims to analyze the effects of the pandemic on the world’s sound environment.</p><h3>Recent Findings</h3><p>The confinements associated with the pandemic led to a reduction in sound levels worldwide and a change in the perception of soundscapes in the absence of traffic noise and human-generated noise.</p><h3>Summary</h3><p>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries and regions around the world adopted a series of interventions in 2020 that have been referred to as “lockdown” or “confinement.” These sets of restrictions had a clear and obvious consequence derived from the absence of people in the streets and the reduction of daily activity and commuting, which caused an unprecedented silencing on a large scale. Along with the silence that ensued, the pandemic and the confinements affected acoustics and our relationship with sounds on different scales. In the cities, this phenomenon had a strong reduction in acoustic intensity due to the absence of vehicles on the streets. Perhaps this was more perceptible in our neighborhoods, with notable changes in their soundscapes, first due to the absence of people in the streets and later due to more outdoor activity derived from the fear of the spread of the virus in indoor spaces. The longer periods of time spent in our homes during the lockdowns also highlighted the importance of sound insulation in buildings and the acoustic conditioning of our schools or homes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"328 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40726-022-00236-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4589336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biochar Modification Methods for Augmenting Sorption of Contaminants","authors":"Abhishek Kumar,&nbsp;Tanushree Bhattacharya,&nbsp;Wasim Akram Shaikh,&nbsp;Sukalyan Chakraborty,&nbsp;Dibyendu Sarkar,&nbsp;Jayanta Kumar Biswas","doi":"10.1007/s40726-022-00238-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40726-022-00238-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biochar is a stable carbonaceous material obtained on pyrolysing biomass. Although it possesses crucial properties of high surface area, porosity, surface functionality, and sorption capacity, there is immense scope to augment these properties for effective contaminant sorption. Physical and chemical modifications enhance surface area, porosity, and contents of oxygen-containing functional groups. While acidic modifications augment surface functional groups and cation exchange capacity, alkaline modifications increase aromaticity, hydrophobicity, and π-π interactions. Impregnation with metals amplifies magnetic properties, availability of active sites, chemisorption, electrostatic attraction, and complexation. These modifications assist in sorption of cationic and anionic contaminants. Accordingly, the present study reviews modified biochars which promote eco-friendly contaminant removal. Moreover, various biomass and modification methods utilised for modified biochar production have been elaborated along with the changes in physico-chemical properties. Importantly, mechanistic insights into the functional role of modified biochars for removal of contaminants have been provided. Further, the impact of ageing on modified biochars and their contaminant adsorption performance have been discussed. Lastly, the feasibility and limitations of various biochar modification methods in addition to different research gaps have been presented to create a road map for future investigations. Waste management and contaminant remediation are the need of the hour for planet survivability, which could be achieved by precise biochar modification.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000 <figure><div><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></div></figure>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":528,"journal":{"name":"Current Pollution Reports","volume":"8 4","pages":"519 - 555"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4515332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}