Harnessing the power of functionalized biochar: progress, challenges, and future perspectives in energy, water treatment, and environmental sustainability

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27240%2F24%3A10254723" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27240/24:10254723 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42773-024-00316-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42773-024-00316-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42773-024-00316-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s42773-024-00316-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Harnessing the power of functionalized biochar: progress, challenges, and future perspectives in energy, water treatment, and environmental sustainability

Original language description

The swift advancement of sustainable energy technologies, coupled with the urgent need to address environmental challenges, has generated considerable interest in the multifaceted applications of biochar materials to promote energy, water, and environmental sustainability. This comprehensive review examines recent advancements in the production and applications of functionalized biochar materials, emphasizing their pivotal roles in energy conversion and storage, wastewater treatment, CO2 reduction, soil amelioration, and the promotion of carbon neutrality within a circular economy framework. The functionalization of biochar materials involves surface chemistry and porosity modifications, achieved through techniques like templating, chemical activation, metal impregnation, or heteroatom doping. These modifications substantially enhance the catalytic activity, energy storage capacity, and cycling stability of biochar materials, making them particularly effective in diverse energy applications such as water splitting, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. Additionally, functionalized biochar materials demonstrate remarkable efficacy as catalysts and adsorbents in wastewater treatment, proficiently removing pollutants like heavy metals, organic contaminants, and nutrients, thereby facilitating resource recovery from wastewater. The review also underscores the potential of functionalized biochar materials in CO2 capture and conversion, exploring innovative strategies to augment their CO2 adsorption capacity and state-of-the-art catalytic processes for transforming captured CO2 into valuable fuels and chemicals. In summary, this review offers valuable insights into the recent advancements in biochar research, underscoring its substantial commercial potential as a versatile material contributing to a cleaner and more sustainable future.Article HighlightsThe current status of biochar research is comprehensively reviewed.The potential of biochar in energy, water, and environmental fields is critically examined.Technology readiness levels (TRLs) of various biochar-based technologies are evaluated.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20200 - Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/LUC23031" target="_blank" >LUC23031: Pump as Turbine: improving the design and operation through digitalisation</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biochar

ISSN

2524-7972

e-ISSN

2524-7867

Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SG - SINGAPORE

Number of pages

80

Pages from-to

"March 2024"

UT code for WoS article

001182872200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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